Background
J. Cleveland Cady was born in 1837.
J. Cleveland Cady was born in 1837.
During the early eighties, the firm of Cady, Berg & See established an office in New York. As head of the organization, Mr. Cady was identified with the design of several public buildings, of which the Metropolitan Opera House was an outstanding example. Opened to the public in 1883, it was later damaged by fire and rebuilt in 1903 from plans of Carree & Hastings. Among other buildings which Mr. Cady designed independently or with associates, were: Jarvis Hall of Science at Trinity College, c. 1889, the Brooklyn Academy of Design (Henry M. Congdon, Associate Architect): American Museum of Natural History, the first building of the group facing the Street, New York; Hudson Street Hospital, 1894; Skin and Cancer Hospital, Bellevue Medical School; Madison Avenue Hospital, a Presbyterian Institution, rebuilt after being damaged by fire; South Presbyterian Church at Morristown, N. J.; St. Andrews Methodist Church, W. 76th St., New York Park Avenue Methodist Church at 85th Street and Park Avenue’ and the Webb Memorial Chapel at Madison, New Jersey.
A devout Presbyterian
Mr. Cady maintained membership in the Church of the Covenant in New York for more than fifty years. In 1904 he was awarded an honorary L.L. Degree from Trinity College.