Cass Gilbert

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American architect architect human

Cass Gilbert was a prominent American architect best known for designing landmark structures such as the Woolworth Building in New York City and the United States Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C.

Aliases (2)

Cass Gilbert Jr. ×1
George B. Post ×1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American architect → architect → human →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
designed	Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House → Broadway–Chambers Building → Detroit Public Library → Essex County Courthouse → First National Bank Building (St. Paul) → Minnesota State Capitol → New York Life Insurance Building (Kansas City) → Railway Exchange Building (St. Louis) → St. Louis Art Museum → United States Supreme Court Building → West Virginia State Capitol → Woolworth Building →
educatedAt	Massachusetts Institute of Technology → École des Beaux-Arts (informal influence) →
employer	own architectural practice →
familyName	Gilbert →
fieldOfWork	architecture →
genre	Beaux-Arts →
givenName	Cass →
knownFor	Beaux-Arts architecture → design of monumental public buildings → early skyscraper design →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	American Institute of Architects →
movement	Beaux-Arts architecture → City Beautiful movement →
name	Cass Gilbert →
nationality	American →
notableAchievement	designed one of the earliest skyscrapers in New York City → designed the seat of the judicial branch of the U.S. federal government →
notableWork	Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House → Broadway–Chambers Building → Detroit Public Library → Essex County Courthouse → Federal Courthouse and Post Office (New Haven, Connecticut) → First National Bank Building (St. Paul) → Minnesota State Capitol → New York Life Insurance Building (Kansas City) → Railway Exchange Building (St. Louis) → St. Louis Art Museum → United States Custom House (New York City) → United States Supreme Court Building → West Virginia State Capitol → Woolworth Building →
occupation	architect →
placeOfActivity	United States →
positionHeld	president of the American Institute of Architects →
workLocation	New York City → Saint Paul, Minnesota →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bayonne Bridge → Cornelius Vanderbilt II House ("George B. Post") → George Washington Bridge → Saint Louis Art Museum → Supreme Court Building → Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse → Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse ("Cass Gilbert Jr.") →	architect
Cass Gilbert →	name