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Griffith Thomas (1820—1879) was an American architect. He partnered with his father, Thomas Thomas, at the architecture firm of T. Thomas and Son.〔("Correspondence: The Death of Mr. Griffith Thomas" ), ''The American Architect and Building News'' Vol. 5 No. 161, January 25, 1879, pp. 29–30. Online at Google Books.〕 Architecture writer Christopher Gray called him "one of the most prolific architects of the period" (the mid-19th century).〔("On Canal Street, a Sooty Survivor of a Grander Time" ), by Christopher Gray, ''New York Times'', March 26, 2006.〕 The American Institute of Architects in 1908 called him "the most fashionable architect of his generation."〔(''Architectural Record No. 24'' ), American Institute of Architects, p. 303.〕 Many of his notable buildings are found in New York City, including the central section of the Astor Library (1859), at 444 Lafayette Street; the Arnold Constable Building (1869), at Broadway and West 19th Street; the old New York Life Insurance Building (1870), at 346 Broadway; and the Gunther Building (1872), at 469-475 Broome Street.〔''New York: A Guide to the Metropolis'', by Gerard R. Wolfe〕 He was also the architect of the Fifth Avenue Hotel (1859), which was replaced in 1909 by Robert Maynicke's Toy Center Building,The Restoration Hardware Building 935 Broadway (159 Fifth Avenue); and of Pike's Opera House, which was later renamed the Grand Opera House, and was destroyed in 1960.〔("A New Metropolitan Theater—Pike's Opera House" ), ''New-York Tribune'', July 1, 1867, p. 4, col. 6〕〔 Griffith Thomas was interred at Green-Wood Cemetery, in Brooklyn, New York in 1879. His own marble monument is simple in comparison to the ornate structures he built during his lifetime.〔''Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery: New York's Buried Treasure'', by Jeffrey I. Richman〕 ==Notes== 〔 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「Griffith Thomas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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