Marion Sims Wyeth
{{Short description|American architect (1889–1982)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Marion Sims Wyeth
| image = MSW.2.jpg
| birth_date = February 17, 1889
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1982|2|4|1889|2|17}}
| death_place = West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.
| education = Princeton University
École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
| occupation = Architect
| parents = John Allan Wyeth
Florence Nightingale Sims
| relatives = J. Marion Sims (maternal grandfather)
John Allan Wyeth (brother)
}}
Marion Sims Wyeth {{IPAc-en|ˈ|w|aɪ|.|ə|θ}} {{post-nominals|list=FAIA}} (February 17, 1889 – February 4, 1982) was an American architect known for his range in styles such as Art Deco, Mediterranean Revival, and classical Georgian, French, and Colonial. He designed numerous mansions in Palm Beach, Florida, during its gilded age. Wyeth was among a group of architects considered the "Big Five," along with John L. Volk, Addison Mizner, Maurice Fatio, and Howard Major, who defined Palm Beach style in the early twentieth century.
Biography
Wyeth was born in New York City to Florence Nightingale Sims and Dr. John Allan Wyeth, who founded what is today the Stuyvesant Polyclinic Hospital in 1882{{cite book|title=Sabre and scalpel: the autobiography of a soldier and surgeon|publisher=Harper & Brothers|author=Wyeth, John Allan|year=1914|page=[https://archive.org/details/b31345657/page/464 464]|url=https://archive.org/details/b31345657}} (which became Cabrini Medical Center). His grandfather J. Marion Sims founded the first Women's Hospital in the U.S. in 1855 (it is now part of Mount Sinai Morningside).{{Cite web|url=http://www.nywomenshealth.com/history-obstetrics-gynecology-st-lukes-roosevelt-hospital-new-york.htm|title = OBGYN & Reproductive Health Services NYC | Mount Sinai - New York}}File:High point monument.jpg|348x348px]]File:MaralagoLoC.jpgWyeth attended Princeton University and studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he was awarded the Prix Jean LeClerc in 1913 and the Deuxième Prix Rougevin in 1914.[https://books.google.com/books?id=jIXc9ES8qcAC&dq=Rhinelander+King+architect&pg=PT447 Long Island Country Houses and Their Architects, 1860-1940 by Robert B. Mackay (Editor), Anthony K. Baker (Editor), Carol A. Traynor (Editor) - W. W. Norton & Company (February 1997)] - {{ISBN|0-393-03856-4}}
Wyeth worked at Carrère & Hastings in New York City. He moved to Palm Beach, Florida, in 1919 where he founded the firm of Wyeth and King with his business partner Frederic Rhinelander King. He was the first Palm Beach architect to be elected a fellow of the American Institute of Architects.[https://www.abbeville.com/products/tropical-style?_pos=1&_sid=0adf298b5&_ss=r Tropical Style: Private Palm Beach by Jennifer Ash (Author), Alex McLean (Author) Abbeville Press; 2nd edition (November 1992)] {{ISBN|1-55859-489-2}}
Wyeth had over 700 commissions, many of which in Palm Beach, including Mar-a-Lago (1923-1927 with Joseph Urban). Other notable commissions include the Norton Museum of Art (1941) in West Palm Beach, the Florida Governors Mansion in Tallahassee, and Shangri La, Doris Duke’s house in Honolulu, Hawaii.{{Cite web|title=Marion Sims Wyeth Collection|url=https://www.palmbeachpreservation.org/marion-sims-wyeth|access-date=2020-10-21|website=Palm Beach Preservation Foundation|language=en-US}}
In 1993, Wyeth's archives were donated to the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach by architect Sidney Neil. The collection includes 13,000 architectural drawings and over 900 photographs.{{Cite web |title=Marion Sims Wyeth Collection |url=https://www.palmbeachpreservation.org/marion-sims-wyeth |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=Palm Beach Preservation Foundation |language=en-US}}
Projects
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- Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida
- La Claridad, Palm Beach, Florida
- Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
- High Point Monument, New Jersey and associated Grey Rock Inn
- Florida Governor's Mansion, Tallahassee, Florida
- Palm Beach Day Academy, Palm Beach, Florida
- Shangri La, Doris Duke's home in Honolulu
- The Church of the Epiphany on New York City's Upper East Side{{cite web|url=http://epiphanynyc.org/history/ |title=Epiphany history 1933-1962 |publisher=Epiphanynyc.org |date= |accessdate=2015-08-17}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t0gj61QSgk8C&q=%22church+of+the+epiphany%22+1393&pg=PA471 |title=AIA Guide to New York City |author1=Norval White |author2=Elliot Willensky |author3=Fran Leadon |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-19-977291-9 |accessdate=2013-01-06}}
- Dutch South African Village, Coral Gables, Florida
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Marion Sims Wyeth|position=left}}Marion Sims Wyeth Collection on [https://preservationfoundationofpalmbeach.omeka.net/collections/show/6 Omeka] {{Authority control}}
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Category:20th-century American architects
Category:Architects from New York City
Category:Architects from Florida
Category: American neoclassical architects
Category:American residential architects
Category:People from Palm Beach, Florida
Category:Princeton University alumni
Category:American alumni of the École des Beaux-Arts