ARNOLD MOSES

Background

Arnold Moses was born in 1862 in England, United Kingdom. Mr. Moses arrived in this country while a youth.

Education

He attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Camden Philo-technic Institute.

Career

Mr. Moses arrived in this country while a youth and began his architectural career in Philadelphia. After a period of training and experience acquired in the office of Theopolius P. Chandler, the young man started practice for himself and continued active in Philadelphia for a number of years. One of his first important commissions was for the addition of a Senate Wing to the New Jersey State Capitol at Trenton, completed in 1904.

In the early twenties Mr. Moses moved to Camden, N. J. and opened an office in the Temple Building, subsequently (c.1927) took Walter T. Mayo into partnership, and maintained that association during the rest of his life.

Works

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• Other Work

  • Senate Wing to the New Jersey State Capitol at Trenton

    (completed in 1904)

Membership

As a member of the AIA, Moses also belonged to both the Philadelphia and New Jersey chapters. He was, however, more active in the New Jersey Chapter, where he served as president from 1927 to 1929, and with both the New Jersey Society of Architects and the West Jersey Society of Architects, in that case serving as its first president from 1925 to 1928. He was also a member of the New Jersey State Board of Architects from 1902 onward. According to his application for membership in the Philadelphia Chapter, AIA, Moses also worked as an instructor for building construction at Temple University.

Connections

Mother:

Mary Matilda (Bird) Moses

employer:

Theopolius P. Chandler

Mr. Moses had training and experience in the office of Theopolius P. Chandler.

coworker:

Walter T. Mayo

In the early twenties Mr. Moses moved to Camden, N. J. and opened an office in the Temple Building, subsequently (c.1927) took Walter T. Mayo into partnership.