Background
George Audsley was born on September 6, 1838 in Scotland.
(The first important commissions of George and William Aud...)
The first important commissions of George and William Audsley in New York.
(George and William Audsley completed this building in ass...)
George and William Audsley completed this building in association with the late Edward T. Mix.
(George and William Audsley collaborated this building wit...)
George and William Audsley collaborated this building with other architects. It is one of the finest of the early churches in that city.
George Audsley was born on September 6, 1838 in Scotland.
George received education in Scotland. He served an apprenticeship with the firm of A. & W. Reid of Elgin, at that time architects of considerable reputation in Scotland.
George served an apprenticeship with the firm of A. & W. Reid of Elgin, at that time architects of considerable reputation in Scotland. At the age of eighteen, he left for Liverpool, where he later practiced in partnership with one, John Cunningham. Still, later he joined his younger brother, William J. Audsley, a talented designer, in carrying on his work. During the middle years of the nineteenth century, there was a great deal of building in Great Britain with the Gothic Revival the popular style, and the Audsley brothers had an active practice in Liverpool. Subsequently, they established an office in London, and a few years after, in 1882 he migrated to America.
Beginning practice in New York, United States George, and William Audsley soon acquired a successful practice. One of their first important commissions was the Bowling Green Building (long since razed), and on a number of public buildings, they collaborated with other architects. Among these were the Layton Art Gallery at Milwaukee, United States, completed in association with the late Edward T. Mix, opened in 1888; the Church of Edward the Confessor in Philadelphia, one of the finest of the early churches in that city; and St. Mary’s School at Bayonne, United States.
In his later years, Mr. Audsley retired from practice to devote his time to organ building.
George Audsley joined his younger brother, William J. Audsley, a talented designer, in carrying on his work. George and William Audsley soon acquired a successful practice in New York.
George and William Audsley completed the Layton Art Gallery at Milwaukee, Wise. in association with the late Edward T. Mix, opened in 1888.
