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Albert Randolph Ross (October 26, 1868 – October 27, 1948) was an American architect. Born in Westfield, Massachusetts, he was a son of architect John W. Ross. Albert Ross attended grammar school in Westfield and later in Davenport, Iowa, where he went on to high school, finishing in 1884.〔 After working as a draughtsman in his father's Davenport architecture office from 1884 to 1887, he spent a year working for an architect in Buffalo, New York, before joining the New York City firm of McKim, Mead and White in 1891.〔(Columbus in Photographs: Albert Randolph Ross )〕 After leaving that firm in 1897, he started the firm of Ackerman and Ross, which operated from 1898 to 1901.〔 In 1927, when he was awarded a $10,000 prize in a competition to design a new courthouse for Milwaukee out of 33 who submitted proposals, he told the ''Milwaukee Journal'' why he settled on a traditional design: In 1901, Ross married Susan Husted, from Brookline, Massachusetts.〔 From 1901 until 1948 his main residence was on Negro Island, near Boothbay Harbor, Maine.〔 He died October 27, 1948.〔 ==Buildings== Among the buildings that Ross designed were 12 libraries.〔 Some of his notable design projects included: *Gloversville Free Library, Gloversville, New York, Beaux Arts building listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NHRP) *Pittsfield Public Library, Pittsfield, Maine; NRHP-listed for its architecture〔 *Columbus Metropolitan Library, Columbus, Ohio, formally known as the Carnegie Building〔〔 *Carnegie Library, Denver, Colorado; now known as the McNichols Civic Center Building〔〔(Former Carnegie Library, Denver )〕 (1910) *East Orange Public Library, East Orange, New Jersey *Union County Courthouse, Elizabeth, New Jersey〔 *Carnegie Library, Washington, DC,〔 now the Historical Society of Washington, D.C.〔 *Exterior design for Draper Hall, State University at Albany, Albany, New York〔(Draper Hall ), M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University at Albany〕 (1909) *Milwaukee County Courthouse, Milwaukee, Wisconsin〔 (1931) *Carnegie Library, Good Will Home Association, Hinckley, Maine *Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey (1914) *Needham Free Public Library, Needham, Massachusetts〔(Needham Free Public Library ), accessed February 11, 2015〕 (1904) *Old Town Public Library, Old Town, Maine〔(Old Town Public Library ), accessed February 11, 2015〕 (1904) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Albert Randolph Ross」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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