William Goadby Loew

Loew was born on November 3, 1875. He was a son of Julia Frances ({{nee}} Goadby) Loew and Edward Victor Loew,{{cite news |title=DEATH LIST OF A DAY. {{!}} Edward Victor Loew |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1907/11/11/archives/justice-mcgomas-dead-four-times-a-congressman-a-senator-and-on.html |access-date=19 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=11 November 1907}} a lawyer who served as New York City Comptroller.{{cite book |title=New York City Directory |date=1886 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vEhhGFiKVdcC |access-date=19 October 2021 |language=en}} His elder brother, also named Edward Victor Loew, married Catherine Cossitt Dodge,{{cite web |last1=Miller |first1=Tom |title=Daytonian in Manhattan: The John S. Rogers Mansion - No. 53 East 79th Street |url=http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-john-s-rogers-mansion-no-53-east.html |website=daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com |publisher=Daytonian in Manhattan |access-date=19 October 2021 |date=4 November 2016}} and served in Squadron A of the New York Volunteer Cavalry with their uncle, Arthur M. Goadby, during the Spanish-American War.{{cite news |last1=Goadby |first1=Arthur M. |title=THEY NEITHER TOIL NOR SPIN; What Is the Cause of the Present Degeneracy of Our Congress? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1896/01/02/archives/they-neither-toil-nor-spin-what-is-the-cause-of-the-present.html |access-date=19 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=2 January 1896}}{{cite web |title=Roll of Troop A, New York Volunteer Cavalry, 1898 |url=https://www.spanamwar.com/TroopANYCavalry.htm |website=www.spanamwar.com |access-date=19 October 2021}}

His paternal grandparents were Frederick J. Loew and Salome ({{nee}} Schaffner) Loew, both natives of Strasbourg, Germany. His uncle was Frederick William Loew, the twelfth Judge of the Court of Common Pleas (who married Julia Augusta Vanderpoel, daughter of Dock Commissioner Jacob Vanderpoel).{{cite book |last1=Brooks |first1=James Wilton |title=History of the Court of Common Pleas of the City and County of New York: With Full Reports of All Important Proceedings |date=1896 |pages=99–102 |publisher=Subscription |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jwI9AAAAIAAJ |access-date=19 October 2021 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=McAdam |first1=David |last2=Bischoff |first2=Henry |last3=Clarke |first3=Richard Henry |last4=Dykman |first4=Jackson O. |last5=Cott |first5=Joshua Marsden Van |last6=Reynolds |first6=George G. |title=History of the Bench and Bar of New York: Coudert, F.R. The bar of New York, 1792-1892. [Biographical |date=1897 |publisher=New York History Company |page=252 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IEI4AQAAMAAJ |access-date=19 October 2021 |language=en}} His maternal grandparents were Thomas Goadby and Julia ({{nee}} Stacey) Goadby of Manhattan.{{cite book |title=The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time |date=1897 |publisher=J. T. White Company |page=309 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0XZMAAAAYAAJ |access-date=19 October 2021 |language=en}}

Loew graduated from Columbia College in 1897.

The same year he graduated from Columbia, he bought a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1897 which he retained until his death in 1955.

In 1915, he founded Loew & Co., which maintained offices at 2 Wall Street until it was acquired by W. H. Goadby & Co. in 1938, of which Loew became a special partner,{{cite news |title=W. H. Goadby & Co. to Absorb Loew & Co. And Take Over Quarters at 2 Wall St. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1938/02/24/archives/w-h-goadby-co-to-absorb-loew-co-and-take-over-quarters-at-2-wall-st.html |access-date=19 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=24 February 1938}} although he later relinquished the connection.

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Loew was a fan of horse racing and an owner of Thoroughbred runners. His successful horses included Helioptic who won the 1946 Queens County Handicap, and the multiple stakes race winning filly Case Goods whose wins included the 1953 Astoria Stakes.

On April 12, 1898, Loew was married to Florence Bellows Baker, the daughter of George Fisher Baker, at All Souls' Unitarian Church in New York City.{{cite news |title=EASTER MONDAY NUPTIALS; Miss Florence Baker Is Married to William Goadby Loew at All Souls' Church. CLARKSON-CLARKSON WEDDING The Rev. William M. Grosvenor Performs the Ceremony at the Incarnation Church -- Miss Dunham Becomes Mrs. Luling -- Other Marriages. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1898/04/12/archives/easter-monday-nuptials-miss-florence-baker-is-married-to-william.html |access-date=19 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=12 April 1898}} In 1934, he was picked as one of the best-dressed men in the United States.{{cite news |title=BROKER ACCLAIMED BEST-DRESSED MAN; Jury of Tailors Picks William Goadby Loew of Wall St. for Sartorial Taste. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1934/12/25/archives/broker-acclaimed-bestdressed-man-jury-of-tailors-picks-william.html |access-date=19 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=25 December 1934}} Together, they were the parents of:

• Barbara Baker Loew (1899–1961), who married Edwin Main Post Jr., son of Emily Post, in 1920. They divorced in 1934 and she married Nicholas Ivanovich Holmsen in 1935.{{cite news |title=NICHOLAS HOLMSEN, SOCIETY FIGURE, 60 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1962/02/27/archives/nicholas-holmsen-society-figure-60.html |access-date=19 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=27 February 1962}}{{cite news |title=MRS. BARBARA POST HAS HOME WEDDING; Becomes Bride of Nicholas Holmsen in Ceremony in Her Sister's Residence. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1935/06/22/archives/s-bbpos-has-home-wedding-becomes-bride-of-nicholas-holmsen-in.html |access-date=19 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=22 June 1935}}
• Florence Julia Loew (1901–1972), who married Robert Early Strawbridge Jr., a grandson of Charles Frederick Berwind, in 1931.{{cite news |last1=Times |first1=Special to The New York |title=MISS FLORENCE LOEW TO MARRY ON AUG. 15; Simple Ceremony to Mark Her Wedding to R.E. Strawbridge in Trinity Church, Newport, R.I. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1931/07/31/archives/miss-florence-loew-to-marry-on-aug-15-simple-ceremony-to-mark-her.html |access-date=19 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=31 July 1931}}
• Evelyn Loew (1903–1969), who married Edward Livingston Burrill (1896–1981) in 1923.{{cite news |title=RUSH OF WEDDINGS MARKS EARLY JUNE; Miss Evelyn Loew and E. L. Surrill Jr. Are Wed a^Old Westbury. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1923/06/03/archives/rush-of-weddings-marks-early-june-miss-evelyn-loew-and-e-l-surrill.html |access-date=19 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=3 June 1923}} They divorced and she married Crawford Hill Jr., a son of Crawford Hill,{{cite news |last1=Times |first1=Special to The New York |title=CRAWFORD HILL DIES; STOCKBROKER WAS 61 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1960/04/04/archives/craw-ford-hill-dies-stockbrokerwas61.html |access-date=19 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=4 April 1960}} in 1936.{{cite news |title=MRS. LOEW BURRILL TO BE WED JAN,'2; Marriage to Crawford Hill Take Place at Home of Parents, the W. G. Loews |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1936/01/10/archives/mrs-loe-bijrrill-to-be-wed-jan2-marriage-to-crawford-hifl-take.html |access-date=19 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=10 January 1936}}{{cite news |title=Hill -- Burrill. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1936/01/25/archives/hill-burrill.html |access-date=19 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=25 January 1936}}
• Winifred Loew (1909–1982), who married Richard Trimble (1904–1941).{{cite news |title=WINIFRED LOEW WED TO RICHARD TRIMBLE; Several Hundred at Wedding of G.F. Baker's Granddaughter in Old Westbury. RECEPTION HELD OUTDOORS Bride's Sister Her Only Attendant --Henry Parish 2d Is Best Man --Ushers Number Twelve. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1930/06/26/archives/winifred-loew-wed-to-richard-trimble-several-hundred-at-wedding-of.html |access-date=19 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=26 June 1930}} After his death, she married John Parkinson (1906–1973) in 1947.{{cite news |title=MRS.TRIMBLE WED IN HOME OF FATHER; Daughter of William G. Loew Is Bride of John Parkinson Jr. --Dr. L. I. Neale Officiates . |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1947/10/10/archives/mrstrimblewed-in-home-of-father-daughter-of-william-g-loew-is-bride.html |access-date=19 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=10 October 1947}}

His wife died on May 24, 1936, at 56 East 93rd Street,{{cite news |title=PLAN $300,000 HOME IN EAST 93D STREET; William Goadby Loews to Join New Residential Colony Near Madison Avenue. YORK AVENUE CORNER SOLD Sixteen-Story Studio Building to Replace Five Tenements on 91st St. Corner--Other Sales. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1930/11/20/archives/plan-300000-home-in-east-93d-street-william-goadby-loews-to-join.html |access-date=19 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=20 November 1930}}{{cite news |title=2,000 VISIT MANSION; Brave Rain to Tour 40-Room William Goadby Loew House |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1956/04/16/archives/2000-visit-mansion-brave-rain-to-tour-40room-william-goadby-loew.html |access-date=19 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=16 April 1956}} their townhouse in New York City.{{cite news |title=MRS. LOEW IS DEAD; LEADER IN SOCIETY; Daughter of Late George F. Baker, Famous Banker, and Wife of New York Broker. NOTED AS HORSEWOMAN Benefactor of Needy Children-Had Won Many Prizes for Flower Show Exhibits. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1936/05/25/archives/mrs-loew-is-dead-leader-in-society-daughter-of-late-george-f-baker.html |access-date=19 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=25 May 1936}}{{cite news |title=Mrs. W. G. Loew Dies In N. Y.; Once Harford Hunt Master. Daughter Of Late George F. Baker Was Known Here For Charities And Interest In Many Forms Of Sport |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1673168092.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=May+25,+1936&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=Mrs.+W.+G.+Loew+Dies+In+N.+Y.;+Once+Harford+Hunt+Master&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131203047/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1673168092.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=May+25,+1936&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=Mrs.+W.+G.+Loew+Dies+In+N.+Y.;+Once+Harford+Hunt+Master&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |work=Baltimore Sun |date= May 25, 1936|access-date=2010-11-12 }}{{cite news |title=Mrs. Loew Is Dead. Leader In Society. Daughter of Late George F. Baker, Famous Banker, and Wife of New York Broker. Noted as Horsewoman. Benefactor of Needy Children-Had Won Many Prizes for Flower Show Exhibits. |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html |work=New York Times |date=May 25, 1936 |access-date=2010-11-12 }} Loew died of a heart attack at the Racquet and Tennis Club in New York City on May 23, 1955.{{cite news |title=W. G. LOEW DEAD; STOCKBROKER, 79; Prominent Society Figure and Sportsman Bought Exchange Seat in 1897 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1955/05/24/archives/-g-loedead-stockbroker-79-prominent-society-figure-and-sportsman.html |access-date=19 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=24 May 1955}} He is buried with his wife at Locust Valley Cemetery in Locust Valley.

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In addition to their New York City townhouse at 56 East 93rd Street, they owned Stoneacre, a large villa along Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island (the grounds were designed by Frederick Law Olmsted), and Loewmoor in Old Westbury, New York (originally the Charles Albert Stevens estate named Annondale, and subsequently owned by Charles T. Barney before Loew).{{cite news |last1=Mahon |first1=Cathy |title=Old Westbury's Loewmoor estate comes on the market |url=https://www.newsday.com/classifieds/real-estate/old-westbury-s-loewmoor-estate-comes-on-the-market-1.1910162 |access-date=19 October 2021 |work=Newsday |date=May 13, 2010 |language=en}}

The contents of his home in Old Westbury, including "a quantity of eighteenth-century cabinetwork, British sporting paintings, views and portraits, Chinese and French porcelain, antique textiles and fine Oriental rugs", were auctioned off in early 1951.{{cite news |title=FIRST '51 AUCTIONS SET FOR THIS WEEK; Objects From Westbury Home of William Goadby Loew to Be Among Dispersals French Settee in Needlepoint English Imports Offered |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1950/12/31/archives/first-51-auctions-set-for-this-week-objects-from-westbury-home-of.html |access-date=19 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=31 December 1950}} The English furniture, silver, paintings and other household items from his New York residence were auctioned off after his death.{{cite news |title=LOEW COLLECTION TO BE AUCTIONED; English Appointments Go One Block This Week--French Furniture Also Offered |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1956/04/22/archives/loew-collection-to-be-auctioned-english-appointments-go-one-block.html |access-date=19 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=22 April 1956}}

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