Andrew Jackson Warner

{{Short description|American architect (1833-1910)}}

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| birth_place = New Haven, Connecticut

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| death_place = Rochester, New York

| burial_place = Mount Hope Cemetery

| occupation = Architect

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Andrew Jackson Warner (March 17, 1833 – September 4, 1910), also known as A. J. Warner, was a prominent architect in Rochester, New York.

Early life

Warner was born in New Haven, Connecticut on March 17, 1833, a son of Amos Warner Jr. and Adah (née Austin) Warner. His paternal grandfather was Amos Warner, who fought in the American Revolutionary War.{{cite book |title=Register of the Empire State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution |date=1899 |publisher=The Society of the Sons of the American Revolution |page=332 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BsYWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA332 |accessdate=22 September 2020 |language=en}} He was educated at Guilford Academy in Guilford, Connecticut.Maruoka, Susanne Keaveney The architecture of Andrew Jackson Warner in Rochester, New York, University of Rochester Dept. of Fine Arts, 1965.

Career

File:Powers Building - Rochester, New York.jpg, 1869]]

File:Old County Hall, Buffalo,NY.jpg, 1871]]

In 1847, he came to Rochester as an apprentice to one of his uncles, Merwin Austin, for whom he worked as a draftsman.{{cite book |last1=Tribert |first1=Renée |last2=O’Gorman |first2=James F. |title=Gervase Wheeler: A British Architect in America, 1847–1860 |date=2012 |publisher=Wesleyan University Press |isbn=978-0-8195-7146-5 |page=108 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=faonrQ14AoMC&dq=Merwin+Austin+Warner&pg=PA108 |accessdate=22 September 2020 |language=en}} He was soon made a partner in his uncle's business, which as Austin & Warner existed from about 1855 to 1858.{{cite book |last1=O’Gorman |first1=James F. |title=Henry Austin: In Every Variety of Architectural Style |date=2012 |publisher=Wesleyan University Press |isbn=978-0-8195-6969-1 |page=196 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1pSU4VTVrHYC&dq=Merwin+Austin+Warner&pg=PA196 |accessdate=22 September 2020 |language=en}} Warner then established an independent practice until 1867 when he partnered with Charles Coots under the firm name of Andrew J. Warner & Co.{{cite book |title=Annual Report of the State Agricultural and Industrial School, Industry, N.Y. |date=1870 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mI8qAAAAMAAJ&dq=Charles+Coots+Warner&pg=RA6-PA17 |accessdate=22 September 2020 |language=en}} After this he had an independent practice, then from 1875 to 1877 partnered with James Goold Cutler (1848-1927) in a firm known as Warner & Cutler.Kowsky, Francis R., Buffalo architecture: a guide, MIT Press, 1981, pages 64–65. {{ISBN|978-0-262-52063-8}}.{{cite book |last1=Peck |first1=William Farley |title=Semi-centennial History of the City of Rochester: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers |date=1884 |publisher=D. Mason & Company |page=525 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6tUwAQAAMAAJ&dq=Charles+Coots+Warner&pg=PA525 |accessdate=22 September 2020 |language=en}}

Personal life

Warner was married to Catherine Pardee Foster (1834–1921), the daughter of Jonathan Foster and Hulda (née Griffin) Foster, on March 22, 1955. Together, they were the parents of two sons:{{cite book |last1=Pierce |first1=Frederick Clifton |title=Foster Genealogy |date=1899 |publisher=Press o W.B. Conkey Company |page=824 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PolMAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA824 |accessdate=22 September 2020 |language=en}}

  • William Amos Warner (1855–1917)
  • John Foster Warner (1859–1937), who was also an architect who married Mary Adams (1859–1943).{{Cite web |url=http://www.rochester.lib.ny.us/rochimag/architecture/Architects/Warner/Bio.htm |title=Monroe County (NY) Library System - Rochester Images - Biographical Information |access-date=2009-10-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608182852/http://www.rochester.lib.ny.us/rochimag/architecture/Architects/Warner/Bio.htm |archive-date=2011-06-08 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=4233|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Brick Presbyterian Church Complex|date=September 1991|accessdate=2009-10-01|author=Kathleen LaFrank|publisher=New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913100512/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=4233|archivedate=2012-09-13}}

Warner died in Rochester on September 4, 1910, and is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery.Reisem, Richard O., Mt. Hope: America's First Municipal Victorian Cemetery, Landmark Soc. of Western New York, 1994, page 18. {{ISBN|978-0-9641706-3-6}}.

Selected works

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