Background
Gibson, Robert Williams was born on November 17, 1854 in Essex, England. Son of Samuel Lodwick and Eliza (Williams) Gibson.
Gibson, Robert Williams was born on November 17, 1854 in Essex, England. Son of Samuel Lodwick and Eliza (Williams) Gibson.
Educated at Ingress House Schools, Gravesend, England. Entered Royal Academy of Arts, 1875. Graduate at London, 1879.
Passed art examination Royal Institute British Architects. Came to New York, 1881, and began practice. Retired; architect of Albany Cathedral, United States Trust Company’s Bank Clearing House, Greenwich Savings Bank, Coffee Exchange, Botanical Museum, New New York
Bank buildings at Buffalo, Albany, Utica and Syracuse, New York, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Providence, Rhode Island, and elsewhere.
Mason.
Married Caroline J. Hammond, 1890. Children: Mistress Lydia G. Minor, Robert H., Katherine G. (Mistress A. Van Cortland, Junior.