Background
Arthur Ware was born in 1876 in New York, United States.
(James E. Ware & Sons)
James E. Ware & Sons
(James E. Ware & Sons)
James E. Ware & Sons
Arthur Ware was born in 1876 in New York, United States.
Arthur Ware entered Columbia University's School of Architecture in 1894, graduated (B.S.) four years later. In 1902 he succeeded in winning a traveling scholarship, and continued his studies tor three successive years at the Paris Ecole des Beaux Arts.
In practice during subsequent years in New York, he was associated with his father and a brother Franklin B. under the name of James E. Ware & Sons, and after the senior architect's death in 1918, formed a partnership with Franklin (F. B. and A. Ware) and opened an office at #1170 Broadway. Among the most important public buildings designed by the firm were Huntington Gymnasium at Colgate College, Hamilton, N. Y., Baggs Park Museum and Grace Church in Utica; Post Office Building, Ossining; buildings at Merrymount College, Tarrytown, also the Grant Avenue Presbyterian Church in Plainfield, N. J., and many large and costly residences on Long Island, in Westchester County, N. Y., and New Jersey.
In 1912 Mr. Ware joined the faculty of Columbia's School of Architecture as Associate Professor, also served as "Critic of Design” at the University's Extension atliers.
He was elected to the New York Chapter, A.I.A. in 1922, and as a member and one-time president of the Beaux Arts Society of Architects, was active for many years in support of an educational program for students sponsored by the Beaux Arts Institute of Design.
In practice during subsequent years in New York, Arthur Ware was associated with his father and a brother Franklin B. under the name of James E. Ware & Sons.
In practice during subsequent years in New York, Arthur Ware was associated with his father and a brother Franklin B. under the name of James E. Ware & Sons.
