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Truman I. Lacey

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|birth_place = Wyoming County, Pennsylvania

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|death_place = Binghamton, New York

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Truman I. Lacey (1834–1914) was an American architect in practice in Binghamton, New York from 1872 until 1914.

Life and career

Truman Isaac Lacey was born January 11, 1834, in Braintrim Township, Pennsylvania, to David Lacey, a carpenter, and Ruth (Lake) Lacey."Alonzo F. Lacey" in [https://books.google.com/books?id=stEwAQAAMAAJ Commemorative Biographical Record of Northeastern Pennsylvania] (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Company, 1900): 448–449. Lacey was a descendant of Isaac Lacey, a Connecticut native who settled in Pennsylvania in the 1790s. In 1856 Lacey moved with his parents and siblings to Auburn Township, Susquehanna County, and in 1857 upon his marriage he moved to Wyalusing. As a young man, he worked variously as a carpenter and cabinetmaker. In 1871, he was declared bankrupt.Bradford Reporter, April 13, 1871. In 1872 Lacey moved the family to Binghamton, where he established himself as an architect. At the time, the only other architect in the area was Isaac G. Perry.

Lacey was a private practitioner until 1888, when he formed a partnership with his eldest son, B. Taylor Lacey, in the new firm of T. I. Lacey & Son. In 1889 Lacey's younger son, Arthur T. Lacey, also began working in his office. In 1892, they opened a branch office at Scranton, under the management of B. Taylor. In 1902 Lacey reorganized the partnership, with B. Taylor as his partner for work done in the Scranton office, and Arthur T. as partner for that in Binghamton. Circa 1908 B. Taylor left to practice in Scranton on his own account. Lacey and his younger son practiced together until his death in 1914. Arthur T. Lacey and his sister, Genevieve Lacey, continued the firm under its original name."Arthur Truman Lacey" in [https://books.google.com/books?id=VdMn8wXJ5iUC Binghamton and Broome County, New York: A History] 3, ed. William Foote Seward (New York and Chicago: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1924): 204. After Genevieve retired, Arthur T. Lacey admitted his own sons as partners beginning in 1928, and practiced until his own death in 1959. His two sons continued the firm until 1976.

Lacey joined the Western Association of Architects in 1888, which was merged with the American Institute of Architects in 1889, but allowed his fellowship to lapse in 1895.Proceedings of the Thirty-sixth Annual Convention of the American Institute of Architects (Washington: American Institute of Architects, 1903): 174.

Personal life

Lacey was married twice. In 1857 he married Juliette Gaylord of Wyalusing. She died in 1858.D. Craft, [https://books.google.com/books?id=mlcVAAAAYAAJ Historical Discourse of the Wyalusing Presbyterian Church] (Wyalusing: Wyalusing Presbyterian Church, 1870) Later the same year he married Clarissa Pamela Burch of Auburn.Edwin Welch Burch, [https://books.google.com/books?id=5gc7AAAAMAAJ A Burch Book] (Council Bluffs: Edwin W. Burch, 1925): 45–46. They had a total of seven children, all born in Wyalusing:

  • Effie Amelia Lacey (1860–1879)
  • Freddie Lacey (1861–1862)
  • Genevieve Lacey (1862–1944)
  • Anna Juliette Lacey (1864–1920)
  • Bascom Taylor Lacey (1866–1958)Pocono Record, June 16, 1958, 10.
  • Truman Powell Lacey (1868–1869)
  • Arthur Truman Lacey (1870–1959)

Prior to his bankruptcy, Lacey had become fairly prosperous in Wyalusing. In 1869, he built a substantial home for his family at 129 Church Street in the borough. The house incorporates elements of the Italianate and Carpenter Gothic styles and is included in the Wyalusing Borough Historic District. After moving to Binghamton, he built a new house at 114 Park Avenue in the Southside neighborhood of Binghamton. Built probably in the 1870s, the house features elaborate Stick style detail.

Mrs. Lacey died December 18, 1909, in Binghamton, followed by her husband on November 25, 1914, at the age of 80.

Legacy

At least nine buildings designed by Lacey have been listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places, and others contribute to listed historic districts.

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Category:1834 births

Category:1914 deaths

Category:19th-century American architects

Category:20th-century American architects

Category:Architects from Pennsylvania

Category:Architects from New York (state)

Category:People from Binghamton, New York