Roger Bullard
{{Short description|American architect (1884–1935)}}
{{Infobox Architect
| name = Roger Bullard
| image = Roger_Bullard.png
| birth_date = {{birth-date|May 7, 1884}}
| death_date = {{death-date and age|March 2, 1935|May 7, 1884}}
| birth_place = New York, New York, United States
| death_place = Plandome, New York, United States
| nationality = American
| alma_mater = Columbia University School of Architecture
| occupation = architect
| significant_buildings = Salutation, America's Little House, Rynwood, St. Joseph's Chapel
| significant_projects = Maidstone Club
| awards = * Gold medal from Better Homes in America in the Small House Architectural Competition (1933)
- Honorable Mention from the American Institute of Architects (1931)
| spouse = {{marriage|Annie Sturges|1912}}
| children = 4
}}
Roger Harrington Bullard (May 7, 1884 - March 2, 1935) was an American architect.
Early life and education
Bullard was born on May 7, 1884 in New York City to Lewis Henderson Bullard and Mary Perrin Bullard. His family resided in a home at 147-38 Ash Avenue in Flushing, Queens from 1884 to 1909.{{cite news |last=Rhoades |first=Liz |date=May 24, 2001 |url=https://www.qchron.com/editions/north/flushing-mansion-may-get-new-lease-on-life-as-museum/article_af8315fb-9cc4-5285-9311-8a38b2a8e0b6.html |title=Flushing Mansion May Get New Lease On Life As Museum |work=Queens Chronicle |access-date=May 14, 2025}}{{cite news |last=Ferris |first=Marc |date=October 5, 2001 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday/96943961/ |title=Eyesore or a Relic? |work=Newsday |access-date=May 14, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}
He was educated in Flushing and graduated from the Columbia University School of Architecture in 1907.{{cite web |url=https://americanaristocracy.com/people/roger-harrington-bullard#bio |title=Roger Harrington Bullard|website=American Aristocracy|access-date=April 29, 2025}}
Career
Upon graduation, for the next two years, he worked as an architect with the Office of Public Works (Auxiliar Obras Publicas) in Cuba. Returning to the States, he worked for six years under Grosvenor Atterbury in Long Island before becoming a partner in the firm of Goodwin, Bullard & Woolsey. In 1921, he opened his own office at 607 Fifth Avenue, New York.
He received an honorable mention from the American Institute of Architects for an apartment house in Manhattan (1931), and a Gold Medal from Better Homes in America in the Small House Architectural Competition (1933) for a small cottage he built for Samuel Agar Salvage in Glen Head. {{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1934/03/26/archives/better-homes-award-won-by-new-yorker-roger-h-bullards-design-for.html|newspaper=The New York Times|title=BETTER HOMES AWARD WON BY NEW YORKER; Roger H. Bullard's Design for Cottage Wins Gold Medal in National Competition|date=March 26, 1934|access-date=April 30, 2025}} Bullard, along with architect Clifford C. Wendehack, also designed the model home known as "America's Little House" that opened in 1934 and was surrounded by skyscrapers on the northeast corner of Park Avenue and 39th Street in New York.{{cite news |date=November 7, 1934 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1934/11/07/archives/model-home-opens-throng-inspects-it-queues-wait-all-day-to-see.html |title=Model Home Opens; Throng Inspects It |work=The New York Times |access-date=May 10, 2025}}
In 1912, he married Annie Sturges, daughter of Henry Cady Sturges, and they had four children. Annie was a niece of the first wife of J.P. Morgan and through this connection Bullard built several houses for the extended Morgan family, perhaps most notably Salutation at Glen Cove, Long Island, which he completed for Junius Spencer Morgan III, which is said to be the inspiration for the West Egg mansion of Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby.{{cite web |url=https://www.goldcoastlibrary.org/local_history/roger-harrington-bullard/|title=Roger Harrington Bullard|website=Gold Coast Library|access-date=April 29, 2025}} Another notable Gold Coast, Long Island mansion he designed was Rynwood for Samuel Agar Salvage, the "father of Rayon" in the United States.{{Cite web |last=L |first=Zach |date=February 26, 2009 |title=Rynwood |url=http://www.oldlongisland.com/2009/02/rynwood.html |website=Old Long Island |access-date=May 8, 2025}}
He gained a reputation for designing large homes and country clubs, most on Long Island. The clubs he designed included: the Maidstone Club at East Hampton, New York; Plainfield Country Club, New Jersey; Oakland Golf Club, Bayside, Long Island; and, the Milwaukee Country Club. His private clients included the Morgan family; Sir Samuel Agar Salvage; Harold Hartshorne; Paul Pennoyer Sr.; and, Seth Low Pierrepont. He was a member of the executive committee of the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and the Architectural League of New York. He was also a member of Lloyd Warren's Beaux Arts Institute of Design and New York Society of Architects.
Notable works
=Country clubs and golf courses=
=Other notable projects=
- Salutation, in Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, for Junius Spencer Morgan III
- America's Little House, in New York, New York
- Rynwood Estate, in Long Island, New York, for Sir Samuel Agar Salvage
- St. Joseph's Chapel at the Kent School, in Kent, Connecticut
Awards
- Gold medal from Better Homes in America in the Small House Architectural Competition (1933) for cottage on the Rynwood Estate.
- Honorable Mention from the American Institute of Architects (1931) for apartment house in New York City.
Death
He died on March 2, 1935 in Plandome, New York.{{cite news |date=March 2, 1935 |title=Roger H Bullard Dies in Plandome |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/times-union-obituary-for-roger-h-bullard/96912555/ |access-date=April 29, 2025 |newspaper=Times Union |location=Brooklyn |page=9 |via=Newspapers.com}}
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