Lewis Greenleaf Adams, American Institute of Architects,, was an American architect based in New York City who practiced in midto late-twentieth-century New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, as part of the firms Mamfeldt, Adams & Prentice, Adams & Prentice, Mamfeldt, Adams & Woodbridge, Adams & Woodbridge, and under his own name at the end of his life, always based in New York City.
Background
In a double-marriage ceremony on July 24, 1921, he married Emiline Kellogg, daughter of Mr. and Mistress Frederick Kellogg of Utica, New York, and younger sister of Lois Kellogg who was married that same day to Philip C. Jessup, son of Mr. and Mistress Henry Wynans Jessup, of 20 Fifth Avenue.
Education
Adams attended the Groton School, graduation in 1916. earned his Bachelor of Architecture from the in 1920. There, he was a member of the secret society, Skull and Bones.
He studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris in 1926. He won the F.B. Morse Prize in 1935 and the Sherrill Prize in 1936.
He was likely related to architect John C. Greenleaf, as that architect had offices in 15 West 38th Street, Manhattan, from as early as 1919 to as late as 1924, while the firm of Adams and Prentice, of which Lewis Greenleaf Adams was partner was established at that address in 1929.
Career
Adams joined the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter in 1931. He was licensed in New York (1929), Connecticut (1933), New Jersey (1931), and nationally as National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (1940) Within the American Institute of Architects, he was the chairman of the Unification Committee in 1941, the Bachelor of Arts.I.D. Trustee, Director, and a trustee, president of the Diplome Society. Adams commenced his practice in 1929, that year forming the firm of Adams & Prentice from 1929 to 1941, which shortly became the firm of Mamfeldt, Adams & Prentice and briefly Mamfeldt, Adams & Woodbridge in the early 1930s.
Adams & Woodbridge estimated in 1953 to be “about 100 residences and alterations.”.
Achievements
Membership
Served as ensign United States Naval Reserve, 1918-1920, as commander of The United States Navy Reserve, 1942-1945. Member American International Assurance, National Sculpture Society (honorary), Groupe Americain des Architects diplomes par le Gouvernement, Century Association, Architectural League New York (president 1954-1955).
Connections
Married Emeline West. Kellogg, July 23, 1921. Children: Richard G., Lois K. (Mistress Sanford Goldstone).