Cross & Cross

Cross & Cross was known as Old New York City Society's architectural firm of choice.[http://www.hamptons.com/print.php?articleID=330 Bayberry Land] John Cross (1878–1951) studied architecture at the Columbia University and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and served as the creative half of the partnership, while Eliot Cross (1884–1949) focused on the development side of the business, particularly through his role as Chairman of the Board of the real estate development firm of Webb and Knapp, which he organized in 1922.{{Cite web |url=http://nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/citybankfarmers.pdf |title=NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission, page 3 |access-date=2007-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716182649/http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/citybankfarmers.pdf |archive-date=2012-07-16 |url-status=dead }} The two firms shared office space in the Knapp Building on Madison Avenue. In 1942, John Cross was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate Academician.{{cite news |title=ACADEMY OF DESIGN ADDS 25 TO ROLLS; 12 Architects Are Elected, Largest Number in History of the Institution 5 GRAPHIC ARTISTS NAMED 4 Painters and 4 Sculptors Also Are Selected as Associate Members |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1942/04/18/85531875.pdf |accessdate=15 November 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=April 18, 1942 |language=en}}

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• 1 East 42nd Street, New York, NY, completed in 1927.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070218110751/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=1east42street-newyorkcity-ny-usa Emporis- 1 East 42nd Street]}}
• 53 Park Place, New York, NY, completed in 1922.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070211111935/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=53parkplace-newyorkcity-ny-usa Emporis- 53 Park Place]}}
• 123 East 53rd Street, (demolished 1953-1955 to build 399 Park Avenue, the new headquarters for the First National City Bank, today's Citigroup)
• 155 East 72nd Street, New York, NY, completed in 1928.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070505155825/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=155east72street-newyorkcity-ny-usa Emporis- 155 East 72nd Street]}}
• 405 Park Avenue, New York, NY, a 12-story apartment building, completed in 1915 (completely altered in 1957).{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130409092315/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=405parkavenuenue-newyorkcity-ny-usa Emporis- 405 Park Avenue]}}
• 720 Park Avenue, with Rosario Candela, New York, NY, completed in 1929.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070223134200/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=720parkavenuenue-newyorkcity-ny-usa Emporis- 720 Park Avenue]}}
• Ampico Building, 29 West 57th Street, New York, NY, completed in 1924.
• The Hangar Club (from 1942 the Assisium School, and from 2006 a private residence), 36 East 63rd Street, New York, NY, completed in 1929.[http://www.nyc-architecture.com/UES/UES013.htm NYC-Architecture- The Assisium School]
• Bank of America International, 37-41 Broad Street, New York, NY (originally Lee, Higginson & Company Bank Building) {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070223193328/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=claremontpreparatoryschool-newyorkcity-ny-usa Emporis- Bank of America International]}}
• Bank of the Manhattan Company, Bayside, New York, completed in 1941.[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?pp/gottscho:@OR(@field(AUTHOR+@od1(Cross+++Cross,+architect+))+@field(OTHER+@od1(Cross+++Cross,+architect+))) U.S. Library of Congress]
• Bayberry Land (Sabin Residence), Southampton, New York, completed in 1918 (demolished in May 2004).
• Central Hanover Building, 335 Greenwich Street, New York, NY, completed in 1931.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070224021030/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=centralhanoverbuilding-newyorkcity-ny-usa Emporis- Central Hanover Building]}}
• Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co., branch bank, 35 East 72nd Street, New York, NY, completed in 1931 (now JP Morgan Chase bank branch).
• Manufacturers Trust Building, 1 East 57th Street, New York, NY, completed in 1931 (now Louis Vuitton and much altered by the architect Jun Aoki in 2004).{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070223090811/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=manufacturerstrustbuilding-newyorkcity-ny-usa Emporis-Manufacturers Trust Company Building]}}
• Church of Notre Dame, 40 Morningside Drive, New York, NY, completed in 1914.[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/earl/ccm/notredame.html Columbia University Church of Notre Dame]
• 20 Exchange Place, New York, NY, completed in 1931.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070503112244/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=20exchangeplace-newyorkcity-ny-usa Emporis- City Bank Farmers Trust Company Building]}}
• 90 Church Street, New York, NY, completed in 1935.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070224022111/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=federalofficebuilding-newyorkcity-ny-usa223 Emporis- Federal Office Building]}}
• Field Mansion, Yorktown, New York,[http://www.yorktownny.org/Public_Documents/YorktownNY_CompPlan/PreliminaryDrafts/DiscussionDraftHistoric.pdf Yorktown, NY] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008082738/http://www.yorktownny.org/Public_Documents/YorktownNY_CompPlan/PreliminaryDrafts/DiscussionDraftHistoric.pdf |date=2007-10-08 }}
• Franklin Towers, New York, NY, completed in 1931.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070428231547/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=franklintowers-newyorkcity-ny-usa Emporis-Franklin Towers]}}
• General Electric Building, 570 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY, completed in 1931.[http://www.nyc-architecture.com/MID/MID017.htm NYC-Architecture- General Electric Building]
• Harriman Building, 35-39 Broadway, New York, NY, completed in 1928.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070301202056/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=harrimanbuilding-newyorkcity-ny-usa Emporis- Harriman Building]}}[https://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F10B1FFB3D5C14738DDDAD0A94D8415B898EF1D3 NY Times- Harriman Building Sold]
• The Barclay Hotel (now the InterContinental New York Barclay Hotel), 111 East 48th Street, New York, NY, completed in 1926.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070210185412/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=hotelintercontinental-newyorkcity-ny-usa Emporis- Hotel InterContinental]}}
• Dr. Ernest Stillman House, now The Hewitt School, 45 East 75th Street, New York, NY, completed in 1925.
• Aetna Building, 151 William Street, New York, NY, completed in 1940 with Eggers & Higgins. Now ILX Systems. (The facade has been greatly altered.)[http://www.nyc-architecture.com/SCC/SCC006.htm NYC-Architecture- ILX Systems]
• McCutcheon Building, 609 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, completed in 1925. (The lower two stories have been altered.){{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070218111920/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=mccutcheonbuilding-newyorkcity-ny-usa Emporis- McCutcheon Building]}}
• The Knapp Building, 383-385 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, completed in 1923 (now demolished).
• Leigh Hall, Yale School of Music, New Haven, CT, completed in 1930.[http://www.facilities.yale.edu/projects/PastProj.asp?strYear=2005&strProjid=178 Yale University] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060828154208/http://www.facilities.yale.edu/Projects/PastProj.asp?strYear=2005&strProjid=178 |date=2006-08-28 }}
• The Links Club, 36-38 East 62nd Street, New York, NY, completed 1917.
• Edward S. Moore Residence, Roslyn, New York, completed in 1922.
• Museum of Non-Objective Painting, 24 East 54th Street, New York, NY
• One Sutton Place South with Rosario Candela, New York, NY, completed in 1927.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070219012905/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=1suttonplaceapartments-newyorkcity-ny-usa Emporis- One Sutton Place]}}
• Park Building, Worcester, MA, completed in 1915.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070330155134/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=parkplazaapartments-worcester-ma-usa Emporis- Park Plaza Apartments]}}
• Guaranty Trust Company of New York offices, 4 Place de la Concorde, Paris, France,[https://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=FA061FFA38591A7B93C4AB178CD85F458585F9 NY Times Obituary- John W. Cross] completed in 1929.Brooklyn Daily Eagle, May 29, 1929, Page 16.
• Postum Building, 250 Park Avenue, New York, NY, completed in 1924.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070219004741/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=postumbuilding-newyorkcity-ny-usa Emporis- Postum Building]}}
• Stone & Webster Building, 90 Broad Street, New York, NY, completed in 1931.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070223192133/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=st1websterbuilding-newyorkcity-ny-usa Emporis- Stone & Webster Building ]}}
• Tiffany & Co. flagship store, 727 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, completed in 1940.[http://www.thecityreview.com/tiffb.html The City Review- Tiffany's]
• Union and New Haven Trust Building (now "The Union" apartments) on the New Haven Green, New Haven, CT, completed in 1927.
• U.S. Post Office, Jamaica, Queens, completed in 1934.{{NRISref|2009a}}
• Wiley Building, 434 Park Avenue South, New York, NY, completed in 1913.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070304024752/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=wileybuilding-newyorkcity-ny-usa Emporis- Wiley Building]}}
• William Sloan House, 360 West 34th Street, New York, NY, completed in 1930{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/newyorktransform0000penn |url-access=subscription |title = New York Transformed: The Architecture of Cross & Cross|isbn = 9781580933803|last1 = Pennoyer|first1 = Peter|last2 = Walker|first2 = Anne|year = 2014| publisher=The Monacelli Press, LLC }}
• Lewis Spencer Morris House, 116-118 East 80th Street, New York, NY, completed in 1923.
• George and Martha Whitney House, 120 East 80th Street, New York, NY, completed in 1930.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cityrealty.com/condos/building_iframe.php?lid=8401 |title=City Realty |access-date=2007-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061020062932/http://www.cityrealty.com/condos/building_iframe.php?lid=8401 |archive-date=2006-10-20 |url-status=dead }}
• The Yorkgate, 25 East End Avenue, New York, NY, completed in 1928.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070219010818/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=streetyorkgate-newyorkcity-ny-usa991 Emporis- The Yorkgate]}}

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• [http://ppapc.com/nytransformed/ New York Transformed: The Architecture of Cross & Cross] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110214249/http://ppapc.com/nytransformed/ |date=2017-11-10 }} by Peter Pennoyer and Anne Walker, 2014, The Monacelli Press.

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