Background
Githens, Alfred Morton was born on August 25, 1876 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Henry Harrison and Frances Adele (Stotesbury) Githens.
Githens, Alfred Morton was born on August 25, 1876 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Henry Harrison and Frances Adele (Stotesbury) Githens.
Bachelor of Science, University of Pennsylvania, 1896. John Stewardson scholar, American Academy at Rome, 1901, Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts, Paris, 1903-1905.
Worked under Cope and Stewardson, architects of Philadelphia, and Cass Gilbert and Charles F. McKim, of New York, on university and exposition buildings and the plan for development of Washington, District of Columbia. Teacher of architectural design, Columbia, 1918-1921, 1925-1926, Princeton University, 1927-1928. Partner Charles C. Haight, New York, 1906-1917, Edward L. Tilton, 1917-1932, Francis Keally, 1937-1942.
Buildings included Currier and Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Baltimore and Brooklyn Public Libraries.
Since the practicing alone as architect or consultant in planning libraries.
Fellow) The American Institute of Architects. Member American library association, Century Association Associate National Academy Design. Republican.
Married Charlotte Sandys Foulke Sands, June 20, 1906. Children: Alfred Sands, Elizabeth (Mistress James East. Snyder), Frances (Mistress John West. Minter).