Ralph Adams Cram

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Ralph Adams Cram was a prominent American architect best known for his influential Gothic Revival designs, including major collegiate and ecclesiastical buildings in the early 20th century.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf American architect
architect
human
activeYearsEnd early 20th century
activeYearsStart late 19th century
awardReceived Royal Institute of British Architects Gold Medal (honorary recognition, context of esteem)
birthDate 1863-12-16
birthPlace Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1942-09-22
deathPlace Boston, Massachusetts, United States
educatedAt public schools in Massachusetts
employer Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson
familyName Cram
fieldOfWork collegiate architecture
ecclesiastical architecture
genre architectural theory
religious writing
givenName Ralph
hasGender male
influenced American collegiate Gothic style
influencedBy medieval Gothic architecture
knownFor Gothic Revival ecclesiastical architecture
collegiate Gothic campus designs
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Collegiate Gothic
Gothic Revival architecture
name Ralph Adams Cram
notableWork Bryn Athyn Cathedral (consulting role)
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York (design work)
Church of the Advent, Boston (additions and alterations)
Princeton University Chapel
Princeton University Graduate College
Princeton University campus plan
Rice Institute (Rice University) original campus plan
St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, New York City
West Point Cadet Chapel
“Church Building: A Study of the Principles of Architecture in Their Relation to the Church”
“The Substance of Gothic”
occupation architect
author
partnerInFirmWith Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue
Frank W. Ferguson
placeOfResidence Boston, Massachusetts, United States
positionHeld head of architecture firm Cram and Ferguson
supervising architect for Princeton University
religion Anglo-Catholicism
Episcopal Church


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