{{short description|American architect}} {{Use American English|date=May 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox architect | name = Albert Hamilton Kipp | image = File:Albert Hamilton Kipp.jpg <!--the caption on the image itself looks like it says R. H. Kipp; is this a picture of a relative?--> | image_size = <!-- if image is smaller than 250px --> | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1850|11|14}} | birth_place = New York, New York | death_date = {{Death date and age|1906|05|22|1850|11|14}} | death_place = Dallas, Pennsylvania | other_names = | alma_mater = | spouse = Sarah Jennie Scott | partner = | children = | parents = Albert A. Kipp and Mary F. Lunderbilt | awards = | practice = | significant_buildings = | significant_projects = | significant_design = | signature = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> }} '''Albert Hamilton Kipp''' (November 14, 1850 – May 22, 1906) was an architect from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
==Career== Albert Hamilton Kipp was born in New York City on November 14, 1850,<ref>S.R. Smith. ''The Wyoming Valley in the Nineteenth Century'' (Wilkes-Barre, PA: Wilkes-Barre Leader Print, 1894).</ref> but grew up at Mount Pleasant, New York where his step-father, Elijah Bird, worked as a carpenter.<ref>1870 US Census, Mt. Pleasant, NY.</ref>
Kipp worked for a few years in New York for James Renwick, before moving to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in June 1886. He joined forces with Thomas Podmore in December 1886 to form the architecture firm Kipp & Podmore,<ref>''Wilkes-Barre Record'', December 25, 1886, page 1,</ref> but the firm dissolved by mutual consent at the end of 1891.<ref>''Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader'', December 26, 1891, page 4.</ref>
Kipp died at Dallas, Pennsylvania in 1906, and was buried in the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery at Sleepy Hollow, New York.
==Principal architectural works== * E. B. Hutchinson Residence, 847 Prospect Place, Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, built about 1886.<ref>NYC Landmarks Commission, Crown Heights North Historic District II, Designation Report, June 28, 2011.</ref> * Puritan Congregational Church, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, completed 1887.<ref>''American Architecture and Building News'', July 1887.</ref> * Nelson Memorial Hall, Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pennsylvania, built in 1887 — as Kipp & Podmore.<ref>''The Sunday Leader'', September 11, 1887, page 8.</ref> * Methodist Episcopal Church, Dallas, Pennsylvania, completed in 1889 — as Kipp & Podmore.<ref>''Wilkes-Barre Record'', June 1, 1939, page 4.</ref> * Armory, Gaylord Avenue, Plymouth, Pennsylvania, built in 1891 — as Kipp & Podmore.<ref>''Sunday News'', June 8, 1890, page 3.</ref> * State Street School, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, built in 1891 — as Kipp & Podmore.<ref>''The Plymouth Tribune'', October 16, 1891, page 8.</ref> * Spalding Library, Athens, Pennsylvania, built in 1897. * Pettebone Gymnasium, Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pennsylvania, built in 1898.<ref>''The Scranton Tribune'', March 2, 1898, page 6.</ref> * First National Bank, Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, completed in 1906.<ref>''Pittston Gazette'' (Pittston, Pennsylvania), October 13, 1905, page 10.</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery widths="150px" heights="150px"> Hutchinson Residence, Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York.jpg|Hutchinson Residence, Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, built about 1886. 1887 AH KIPP Puritan Church Wilkes-Barre PA.jpg|Puritan Congregational Church, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, completed about 1887. Nelson Memorial.jpg|Nelson Memorial Hall, Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pennsylvania, completed 1887. Wyoming Seminary tower LuzCo PA.JPG|Nelson Memorial, Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pennsylvania, photographed in 2013. M. E. Church Dallas PA.jpg|Methodist Episcopal Church, Dallas, Pennsylvania, completed 1889. Plymouth_PA_Armory_1898.jpg|Armory, Gaylord Avenue, Plymouth, Pennsylvania, completed 1891. Spalding_Memorial_Library-Tioga_Point_Museum_Nov_09.jpg|Spalding Memorial Library, Athens, Pennsylvania, completed 1897. Pettibone Gymnasium Kingston PA.jpg|Pettibone Gymnasium, Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pennsylvania, built 1898. </gallery>
==See Also== *List of American architects
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Find a Grave|53734355}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kipp, Albert Hamilton}} Category:Architects from Pennsylvania Category:19th-century American architects Category:1850 births Category:1906 deaths