Background
George W. Jacoby was born in 1881 in New York, United States.
George W. Jacoby was born in 1881 in New York, United States.
He acquired an architectural education at Columbia University and in Paris at the Atlier Duquesne.
Mr. Jacoby entered the New York office of Trowbridge & Livingston, and during the thirty years he was connected with the firm had charge of the drafting office, and all work designed by the firm was completed under his direction.
In that important capacity he was identified with the planning of many outstendmg buildings, including the Mitsui Bank in New York and branch banks in Tokio and elsewhere in Japan; Gulf Building in Pittsburgh; Post Office at Pittsburgh; additions to the New York Stock Exchange, and the Hayden Planetarium, New York.
