Background
Coffin, Lewis Augustus Junior. was born on July 21, 1892 in New York City. Son of Lewis A. and Grace (Geer) Coffin.
Coffin, Lewis Augustus Junior. was born on July 21, 1892 in New York City. Son of Lewis A. and Grace (Geer) Coffin.
Graduate Choate School, 1908. Bachelor of Arts, Columbia, 1912, graduate Architectural School, 1914.
Served to captain Field Artillery, United States Army, World War I. Advertising Educational Foundation in France.
Served to captain Field Artillery, United States Army, World War I. Member Delta Phi. Club: Union (New York City). Principal works include: office building, 232 East. 33d Saint, Doctors office building, 150 East. 54th Saint (both New York City), various buildings Choate School, Wallingford, Connecticut, Military Park Building, Newark, New Jersey, Helen Hartley Geer Memorial Gateway, Barnard College, New York City.
Married Lois G. Smith, October 6, 1925. Children: Joan Emory (Mistress Gordon Buchanan Leib), Lewis A. III. Founding partner firm Polhemus & Coffin, New York City, since 1919.