Charles Rollinson Lamb

{{short description|American architect}}

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| birth_place = New York, New York

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| nationality = American

| education = Art Students League of New York

| field = Architecture

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Charles Rollinson Lamb (1860 – February 22, 1942) was an American architect and sculptor.

Born and raised in New York City, he studied under William Sartain at the Art Students' League. He was a member of his father's firm, the J&R Lamb Studios.{{cite web |title=Lamb, Charles Rollinson (1860 - 1942) |url=https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/148449 |website=Philadelphia Architects and Buildings |accessdate=7 September 2018}} He was a founding member of the National Sculpture Society. He was best known for ecclesiastical architecture and memorial and historical art. Lamb was the designer of the Dewey Arch in 1899.

In 1888 he married Ella Condie Lamb with whom he had five children.{{cite web |last1=Benson |first1=James |title=Ella Lamb |url=http://www.askart.com/artist_bio/Ella_Condie_Lamb/10031117/Ella_Condie_Lamb.aspx |website=AskArt |accessdate=7 September 2018}} Ella joined the studio creating stained glass designs and murals.{{cite web |title=Lamb, Ella Condie (1862 - 1936?) |url=https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/881053 |website=Philadelphia Architects and Buildings |accessdate=7 September 2018}}

Lamb designed the World War I memorial in Chelsea Park, Manhattan, with a bronze statue of a soldier by Philip Martiny.{{citation|title=Chelsea Park Memorial (Doughboy)|publisher=NYC Parks |url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/chelsea-park/monuments/232|accessdate=2017-10-30}}