{{Short description|American architect}} {{Infobox architect |name = Marcus T. Reynolds |image = Marcus Tullius Reynolds.jpeg |image_size = |caption = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1869|08|20}} |birth_place = Great Barrington, Massachusetts, U.S. |death_date = {{Death date and age|1937|03|18|1869|08|20}} |death_place = Albany, New York, U.S. |alma_mater = The Albany Academy<br />Williams College<br />Columbia University |practice = |significant_buildings = Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company Building |significant_projects = |significant_design = |awards = }}

'''Marcus Tullius Reynolds''' (August&nbsp;20, 1869 – March&nbsp;18, 1937) was an American architect from the Albany, New York area. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, he was raised by his aunt in Albany after the death of his mother. He attended Williams College and Columbia University and began his life as an architect in 1893. He is well known for his bank designs and specifically his design of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company Building in downtown Albany. Many of his buildings still stand today; some are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. He was the brother of the Albany historian and author Cuyler Reynolds.

==Early years== Reynolds was born on August&nbsp;20, 1869 to Dexter and Catherine Reynolds (née Cuyler) in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. When Catherine Reynolds died in 1875, Dexter placed Marcus and his brother Cuyler under the care of Dexter's sister Laura, widow of Bayard Van Rensselaer, moving them to 98 Columbia Street in Albany, New York. The Reynolds' family connection to the Van Rensselaer family allowed the boys to grow up surrounded by "wealthy, socially, and politically connected Dutch and New England heritage".<ref name=murnane>{{cite web |last=Murnane |first=Thomas F. |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hook and Ladder No. 4 |url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=193 |date=October 2000 |access-date=2011-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100046/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=193 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

As a boy, Reynolds attended Miss Gaylord's Boarding School in Catskill, New York. He later attended The Albany Academy in Albany and graduated from St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire in 1886.<ref name=murnane/> He entered Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts in the fall, where he became involved in the Sigma Phi fraternity. Reynolds was an avid photographer while in college, documenting architectural details on campus as well as collecting portraits of many of his classmates.<ref name=jeffers>{{Cite web |title=Marcus Tullius Reynolds |last=Jeffers |first=Matthew |publisher=Williams College Archives and Special Collections |date=2006-09-30 |access-date=2011-07-10 |url=http://archives.williams.edu/williamshistory/sawyerlibrary/mreynolds.php}}</ref> Reynolds decided to pursue architecture and enrolled in the architectural program at Columbia University's School of Mines<ref name=waite/> after graduating from Williams in 1890. Reynolds graduated from Columbia in 1893. His thesis,<ref name=waite>{{cite book |title=Architects in Albany |editor=Dianna S. Waite |chapter=Marcus T. Reynolds |last=Reynolds |first=Kenneth G. Jr |publisher=Mount Ida Press and Historic Albany Foundation |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-9625368-6-1 |pages=42–44}}</ref> ''Housing of the Poor in American Cities'', won him a prize from the American Economic Society and earned him an honorary Master of Arts degree from Williams College.<ref name=murnane/><ref name=jeffers/> It is still cited in scholarly work to this day.<ref name=waite/>

==Professional years== Rather than remain in New York City like many of classmates, Reynolds returned to Albany to begin his professional life. Indeed, Reynolds' social status and connections helped him significantly when looking for work; many of his high-class family friends became clients. Reynolds' first commissions out of college the demolition of the decrepit Van Rensselaer Mansion, which was owned by his cousins. He had much of the original building moved to Williams College where it was incorporated into the replacement Sigma Phi house.<ref name=murnane/> The structure was in such bad shape, much of the material was not usable in the new building.<ref name=jeffers/> His efforts on this project supported his second published work, ''The Colonial Buildings of Rensselaerwyck''.<ref name=murnane/>

The most notable of Reynolds' works is the Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company Building (D&H Building)—now known as the SUNY System Administration Building—located on Broadway at the bottom of State Street. Bank designs are considered his specialty. Many of his designs took advantage of sites in the city. For example, the D&H Building on its own plaza on Broadway at the base of State Street; the First Trust Company Building diagonally across from D&H plaza; the replacement Albany Academy building on Academy Road; and the Hackett Middle School on Delaware Avenue. Reynolds' practice was not just limited to Albany. He designed the Gideon Putnam hotel in Saratoga Springs, and designed banks in Catskill, Hudson, Amsterdam, and New York City.<ref name=waite/> Many of his buildings are listings on the National Register of Historic Places.

Reynolds died on March&nbsp;18, 1937 of appendicitis.<ref name=murnane/> He is credited by at least one historian for no less than "chang{{bracket|ing}} the face of downtown Albany."<ref name=waite/>

==Albany County Portfolio== {|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:98%" align="center" ! width = 8% | '''Year built''' ! width = 18% | '''Building name''' ! width = 8% class="unsortable" | '''Image''' ! width = 10% |'''Address''' ! width = 10% |'''Neighborhood''' ! width = 8% |'''Existing''' ! width = 8% | '''NRHP''' ! class="unsortable" | '''Comments''' |-- align="center" | 1893 | Albany Terminal Storage Warehouse Co. | <!--Image goes here--> | Tivoli Street | | Yes | No | <!--Description goes here--> |-- align="center" | 1893-1895 | Van Rensselaer Manor House | 100px | <!--Address goes here--> | Albany, New York (original location) | No | No | Rebuilt at Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts; demolished 1973 |-- align="center" | 1896–1897 | Van Rensselaer Houses | <!--Image goes here--> | 385–389 State Street | Downtown Albany | Yes | No | <!--Description goes here--> |-- align="center" | 1898 | Albany Country Club | <!--Image goes here--> | Western Avenue | <!--Neighborhood goes here--> | No | No | Remodeled and enlarged |-- align="center" | 1899–1900 | United Traction Company Building | 100px | 598 Broadway<br/><small>{{coord|42|39|7.71|N|73|44|58.55|W|name=United Traction Company Building}}</small> | North Albany/Downtown | Yes | Yes | <!--Description goes here--> |-- align="center" | 1899 | Curtis Douglas House | <!--Image goes here--> | 4 Elk Street | Downtown Albany | <!--Existing goes here--> | <!--NRHP goes here--> | Façade remodeled |-- align="center" | 1899 | Garrit Yates Lansing House | <!--Image goes here--> | 294 State Street | Center Square | Yes | No | Alterations only |-- align="center" | 1899 | New York State Normal School Dormitory | <!--Image goes here--> | <!--Address goes here--> | <!--Neighborhood goes here--> | No | No | Proposal only; never built |-- align="center" | 1899 | Superintendent's House | <!--Image goes here--> | Menands<br/><small>{{coord|42|42|22.44|N|73|43|25.83|W|name=Albany Rural Cemetery Superintendent's House}}</small> | Albany Rural Cemetery | Yes | No | Albany Rural Cemetery is listed on the National Register on its own; the house is not listed separately |-- align="center" | 1900–1901 | Pruyn Free Library | <!--Image goes here--> | North Pearl Street and Clinton Avenue<br/><small>{{coord|42|39|15.35|N|73|45|0.18|W|name=Pruyn Free Library}}</small> | Arbor Hill | No | No | |-- align="center" | 1901 | Meads Building | <!--Image goes here--> | 545 Broadway | <!--Neighborhood goes here--> | Yes | No | |-- align="center" | 1901–1902 | Albany City Savings Institution | 100px | 100 State Street | Downtown Albany | Yes | No | |-- align="center" | 1901–1902 | Canon George Carter House | <!--Image goes here--> | 62 South Swan Street<br/><small>{{coord|42|39|17.87|N|73|45|30.72|W|name=Canon George Carter House}}</small> | <!--Neighborhood goes here--> | Yes | No | |-- align="center" | 1901–1904 | Van Rensselaer Apartments | <!--Image goes here--> | Madison Avenue and Lark Street<br/><small>{{coord|42|39|8.9|N|73|46|3.72|W|name=Van Rensselaer Apartments}}</small> | Center Square | Yes | No | |-- align="center" | 1902 | National Savings Bank | <!--Image goes here--> | 70–72 State Street | Downtown Albany | No | No | |-- align="center" | 1902–1904 | Albany Trust Company | <!--Image goes here--> | 31–33 State Street | Downtown Albany | Yes | No | Also designed additions in 1908 and the 1930s |-- align="center" | 1902–1904 | New York State National Bank | <!--Image goes here--> | 69 State Street | Downtown Albany | No | No | Design addition in 1916 |-- align="center" | 1903–1905 | Ryder Apartments | <!--Image goes here--> | 355 State Street | Center Square | Yes | No | |-- align="center" | 1904 | First Trust Company Building | 100px | 35 State St.<br/><small>{{coord|42|38|56.62|N|73|45|3.25|W|name=First Trust Company Building}}</small> | Downtown | Yes | Yes | <!--Description goes here--> |-- align="center" | 1904 | Edmund Niles Huyck House | <!--Image goes here--> | 319 State Street | Center Square | Yes | No | Designed addition in 1915 |-- align="center" | 1904–1906 | The Hampton | <!--Image goes here--> | 40 State Street | Downtown Albany | Yes | No | |-- align="center" | 1907–1908 | Homeopathic Hospital | <!--Image goes here--> | 123 North Pearl Street | | | No | Later Memorial Hospital |-- align="center" | 1908 | William Wallace House | <!--Image goes here--> | 6 Elk Street | Downtown Albany | Yes | No | Façade remodeled |-- align="center" | 1909 | William J. Barnes Bungalow | <!--Image goes here--> | 16 Waverly Place | | No | No | Designed an addition in 1916; building destroyed by fire. Also known as the SUNY ALbany Chapel at one point. |-- align="center" | 1910 | Hampton Plaza Café | <!--Image goes here--> | | | | No | Alterations |-- align="center" | 1910 | Hook and Ladder No. 4 | 100px | Delaware Avenue<br/><small>{{coord|42|38|29.76|N|73|46|46.67|W|name=Hook and Ladder No. 4}}</small> | Delaware Avenue | Yes | Yes | <!--Description goes here--> |-- align="center" | 1912–1918 | Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company Building | 100px | Broadway at State Street<br/><small>{{coord|42|38|53.11|N|73|44|58.25|W|name=Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company Building}}</small> | Downtown | Yes | Yes | <!--Description goes here--> |-- align="center" | 1913–1915 | Albany Industrial Building | <!--Image goes here--> | 1031 Broadway<br/><small>{{coord|42|39|54.25|N|73|44|30.87|W|name=1031 Broadway Industrial Building}}</small> | North Albany | Yes | No | <!--Description goes here--> |-- align="center" | 1915 | Harmon Pumpelly Read House | | 7 Elk Street<br/><small>{{coord|42|39|11.65|N|73|45|15.56|W|name=7 Elk Street}}</small> | Downtown | Yes | No | Façade remodeled |-- align="center" | 1915–1916 | Municipal Gas Company Building | <!--Image goes here--> | 126 State Street<br/><small>{{coord|42|39|1.48|N|73|45|16.75|W|name=Municipal Gas Company Building}}</small> | Downtown | Yes | No | <!--Description goes here--> |-- align="center" | 1922–1924 | Public School No. 4 | <!--Image goes here--> | Madison Avenue and Ontario Street |<!--Neighborhood goes here--> | No | No | <!--Description goes here--> |-- align="center" | 1924 | Albany City Savings Institution | <!--Image goes here--> | 100 State Street<br/><small>{{coord|42|38|59.42|N|73|45|12.25|W|name=Albany City Savings Institution}}</small> | Downtown | Yes | No | <!--Description goes here--> |-- align="center" | 1925–1927 | William S. Hackett Junior High School | <!--Image goes here--> | 45 Delaware Avenue<br/><small>{{coord|42|38|59.32|N|73|46|11.37|W|name=William S. Hackett Junior High School}}</small> | Delaware Avenue | Yes | No | <!--Description goes here--> |-- align="center" | 1928–1931 | The Albany Academy | 100px | Academy Road<br/><small>{{coord|42|38|45.62|N|73|47|13.32|W|name=Albany Academy (current)}}</small> | | Yes | No | <!--Description goes here--> |-- align="center" | 1930 | The Albany Academy<br />(Joseph Henry Memorial) | 100px | Academy Park<br/><small>{{coord|42|39|10.91|N|73|45|17.77|W|name=Albany Academy (original)}}</small> | Downtown | Yes | Yes | Oversaw the conversion of the original Albany Academy into district offices for the City School District of Albany. |}

==Greene County Portfolio== {|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:98%" align="center" ! width = 8% | '''Year built''' ! width = 18% | '''Building name''' ! width = 8% class="unsortable" | '''Image''' ! width = 10% |'''Address''' ! width = 10% |'''Neighborhood''' ! width = 8% |'''Existing''' ! width = 8% | '''NRHP''' ! class="unsortable" | '''Comments''' |-- align="center" | 1909 | Catskill Savings Bank | <!--Image goes here--> | 341 Main Street <br />{{coord|42|13|04.3|N|73|51|54.4|W|name=Catskill Savings Bank (original)}} | Catskill | Yes | Yes | <!--Description goes here--> |}

== Saratoga County Portfolio == {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:98%" align="center" ! width="8%" | '''Year built''' ! width="18%" | '''Building name''' ! class="unsortable" width="8%" | '''Image''' ! width="10%" |'''Address''' ! width="10%" |'''City''' ! width="8%" |'''Existing''' ! width="8%" | '''NRHP''' ! class="unsortable" | '''Comments''' |-- align="center" | 1912 | Manufacturer's National Bank |thumb|194x194px | 7 North Main Street, Mechanicville, NY 12118 {{Coord|42.902844|-73.687025}} | Mechanicville | Yes | No | Building is now used for a private school. |}

== Published works == *{{Cite journal |title=Colonial Buildings of Rensselaerwyck |last=Reynolds |first=Marcus T. |journal=Architectural Record |volume=IV |issue=4 |date=Apr–Jun 1895}}

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