Background
Haroce Trmbauer was born in 1869 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. A descendant of one of the early Colonial settlers.
Haroce Trmbauer was born in 1869 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. A descendant of one of the early Colonial settlers.
Self-trained in architecture, he began his career as draftsman in the office of G. W. and W. D. Hewitt, and following several years of training and experience, designed for himself a number of buddings, including the large residence "Grey Towers” built for William H. Harrison and later moved to the Campus of Beaver College.
In 1892 Mr. Trumbauer established his own office in Philadelphia and in general practiced alone, although on occasions he collaborated with other architects on certain public structures. Among outstanding examples of his work were seventeen buildings at Duke University, Durham, N. C, designed in the Gothic style. These included buildings of the Men's School and the Womens College.
Among commercial buildings in Philadelphia were designed by Mr. Trumbauer, and in their successful execution he acquired success and wide recognition in the profession. Among these works were the following: Lynwood Hall at Elkins Park, for Peter A. Widener (1898); Free L.W of Philadelplna; Widener Home for Crippled Children, 1904 (*); Ritz Carlton Hote (in association with Warren & Wetmore of New York); Union League Building, the Art Museum (in association with the firm of Zantzinger, Boric & Medary) 1928; Jefferson Medical College and Curtis Clinic; North Broad Street Terminal, 1929. In addition he designed the Widener Memorial Library School of Geographic Research at Harvard University, 1913-14; the Evening Post Building in New York, the Duveen and Wildenstein Buildings, New York, and many distinguished private residences, among the latter "Whitemarsh Hall,” The Stotesbury Estate, and houses for James Duke, George Gould and other prominent New York citizens.