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Henry Janeway Hardenbergh (February 6, 1847 - March 13, 1918) was an American architect, best known for his hotels and apartment buildings. ==Life and career== Hardenbergh was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey of a Dutch family, and attended the Hasbrouck Institute in Jersey City. He apprenticed in New York from 1865 to 1870 under Detlef Lienau, and, in 1870, opened his own practice there.〔Pierson, Majorie (ed.) et al. ("Ladies' Mile Historic District Designation Report v.2" ) New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (May 2, 1989)〕 He obtained his first contracts for three buildings at Rutgers College in New Brunswick, New Jersey—the expansion of Alexander Johnston Hall (1871), designing and building Geology Hall (1872) and the Kirkpatrick Chapel (1873)—through family connections. Hardenbergh's great-great grandfather, the Reverend Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh, had been the first president of Rutgers College from 1785 to 1790, when it was still called "Queen's College". He then got the contract to design the "Vancorlear" on West 55th Street, the first apartment hotel in New York City, in 1879.〔 The following year he was commissioned by Edward S. Clark, then head of the Singer Sewing Machine Company, to build a housing development. As part of this work, he designed the pioneering Dakota Apartments in Central Park West, novel in its location, very far north of the center of the city. Subsequently, Hardenbergh received commissions to build the Waldorf (1893) and the adjoining Astoria (1897) hotels for William Waldorf Astor and Mrs. Astor, respectively. The two competing hotels were later joined together as the Waldorf-Astoria, which was demolished in 1929 for the construction of the Empire State Building. Hardenbergh lived for some time in Bernardsville, New Jersey〔Gray, Christopher. ("Streetscapes/Henry Janeway Hardenbergh; An Architect Who Left an Indelible Imprint" ), ''The New York Times'', May 7, 2000. Accessed March 21, 2011. "He alternated living in New York and New Jersey, at first at 121 West 73rd Street, in Jersey City and Bernardsville, and in a big town house of his own design at 12 East 56th Street."〕 and died at his home in Manhattan, New York City on March 13, 1918.〔Staff. (March 14, 1918) ("H.J. Hardenbergh, Architect, Is Dead" ) ''The New York Times''〕 He is buried in Woodland Cemetery, in Stamford, Connecticut. 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「Henry Janeway Hardenbergh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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