Background
Edward Pearce Casey was born in 1864 in Portland, Maine, United States. Son of General Thomas L. Casey, and grandson of Brigadier-General Silas Casey.
Edward Pearce Casey was born in 1864 in Portland, Maine, United States. Son of General Thomas L. Casey, and grandson of Brigadier-General Silas Casey.
At the age of twenty-two, Edward graduated from Columbia's School of Mines with a degree in Civil Engineering, later he studied architecture three years at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France.
In 1891 Mr. Casey opened an office in New York, United States and maintained practice there until shortly before his decease. In 1892 Mr. Casey was appointed architect in charge of the completion of the Congressional Library at Washington, D. C., of which Smithmeyer and Pelz were the original architects. For five years he supervised the interior work. Also designed the Continental Memorial Hall in Washington for the Daughters of the American Revolution, (1904-1907), and participated successfully in several competitions. He was awarded a prize on plans for the Connecticut Avenue Bridge, prepared in collaboration with Professor William H. Burr of Columbia, also designed a number of monuments and memorials. Among the latter were the General Grant Memorial, 1905, the Commander Barry Monument in Washington, 1910, and New York State monuments at Antietam, 1920, and Gettysburg, 1924. During another period he was associated with Arthur D. Sneden in planning a number of churches, including St. Andrews Episcopal at Brewster, and the Second Reform Church at Hackensack, the latter won in a competition.
After 1908 he was a member of the New York Chapter, A.I.A. and raised to Institute Fellowship in 1926. He was a member of the Beaux Arts Society of Architects, a former Treasurer of the Architectural League, and member of many other professional organizations.