Gilbert Phelps Hall

Background

Hall, Gilbert Phelps was born on October 15, 1884 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of William A. and Abigail K. (Underhill) Hall.

Education

Educated Rutgers Preparatory School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1900-1904. Bach. of Architecture, Cornell, 1909. Diplome École National des Beaux Arts, Paris, 1914.

Career

Elizabeth (Mistress Lewis C. Davis). Married second, Mary H. Mack, October 14, 1932. Began practice of architecture, 1914.

Designer in firm of Holabird & Root, Chicago, since 1914, junior partner since 1928.

Worked on designs of many buildings in Chicago (Daily News Building, Palmolive Building, Board of Trade Building, Stevens Hotel, et cetera) and throughout the United States. Appointed to Federal Housing Branch Number 2, of Public Works Administration, Washington, District of Columbia, December 2, 1935.

Commissioned to go to London for 3 months, August 1935, to design Earl’s Court, Exhibition Building, covering about 12 1/2 acres. Commissioned First lieutenant 119th Field Artillery, 32d Division, 40th Engineers Camouflage, France 1 year.

6 months at the front in Saint Mihiel.

Achievements

• Gilbert Phelps Hall has been listed as a notable architect. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Beaux Arts Society. Clubs: Saddle and Cycle, Arts, Tavern (Chicago).

Connections

Married Virginia Foley, June 9, 1917. Married second, Mary H. Mack, October 14, 1932.