Henry Jonas Magaziner

Background

Magaziner, Henry Jonas was born on September 13, 1911 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Louis and Selma (Jonas) Magaziner.

Education

Bachelor of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania, 1936.

Career

Draftsman, Philadelphia City Planning Project, 1936-1937; draftsman, Louis Magaziner (Architect), Philadelphia, 1937-1939; architect, Louis Magaziner (Architect), Philadelphia, 1946-1948; chief, Architects' Squad, Day & Zimmermann, Inc., Burlington, Iowa., 1940-1941; architect, Albert Kahn (Architect), Detroit, 1942; designer, Wright Aero. Corporation, Wood Ridge, New Jersey, 1943-1945; partner, Louis & Henry Magaziner, Philadelphia, 1948-1956; architect, planner private practice, 1956-1972; regional history architect, Mid-Atlantic region National Pk. Svc., Philadelphia, 1972-1987; private practice architecture, since 1987.

Architectural adviser Philadelphia History Commission, 1970-1975, member architectural committee, 1979-1985, chairman architectural committee, 1972-1975. Member of advisory board Preservation Alliance, Philadelphia, 1994-1996.

Achievements

• Henry Jonas Magaziner has been listed as a notable architect, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Our Liberty Bell

    (Here is a fascinating story of the Liberty Bell—from its ...)

  • The Golden Age of Ironwork

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  • Our Liberty Bell by Magaziner, Henry Jonas (2007) Paperback

Membership

Member Carpenters' Company of City and County of Philadelphia, member managing committee historic Carpenters' Hall, 2000-2002. Vice president Philadelphia Health and Welfare Council, 1957-1961, Philadelphia chapter Victorian Society of America, 1975. Vice president city planning Germantown Comty.

Council, 1957-1962; board directors Downtown Children's (day care) Center, 1956-1973, vice president, 1960-1961. Board directors Allens Lane Art Center, 1945-1967, Neighborhood Center Philadelphia, 1956-1974, History Society Pennsylvania, 1970-1974, Chestnut Hill History Society, 1970-1980, Philadelphia chapter Association for Preservation Technology, 1991-1998, Clean Air Council, 1980-1992, Center City Residents Association, 1995-1996. Board directors Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion Museum, president, 1964-1967.

Trustee Stewardsom Memorial Fellowship in Architect, 1958-1990. Fellow American Institute of Architects (member committee on history resources, John Harbeson award 2000), Association Preservation Technology, American Society for Testing and Materials (member committee on history preservation standards 1981-1990, fellow 2009). Member American Institute Conservation, Eastern National Park and Monument Association, Fellows in American Studies (president 1983-1984), National Trust for History Preservation, Society Architectural Historians (board directors 1977-1980, member editorial board 58 volunteer Buildings of the United States 1992-1998), Building Conservation International, Victorian Society of America, T-Square Atelier (president 1963-1965), Pennsylvania Society Architects, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, Library.

Company Philadelphia, Sierra Club, Athenaeum of Philadelphia, Preservation Action.

Connections

Married Reba Henken, June 19, 1938. Children: Ellen Louise (Mistress Alan I. Widiss), Fred Thomas.

Father:

Louis Magaziner

Mother:

Selma (Jonas) Magaziner

Spouse:

Reba Henken

child:

Ellen Louise Magaziner (Mistress Alan I. Widiss)

child:

Fred Thomas Magaziner