Background
LaFarge, Louis Bancel was born on May 17, 1900 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Bancel and Mabel (Hooper) Lafayette.
LaFarge, Louis Bancel was born on May 17, 1900 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Bancel and Mabel (Hooper) Lafayette.
Graduate, Choate School, 1918; Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1922; Bachelor of Fine Arts, Yale, 1925.
Apprentice, Delano & Aldrich, Peabody, Wilson & Brown, New York City, 1925-1932;
practice architecture, New York City, 1932-1938;
partner, LaFarge & Knox, 1938-1942;
partner, LaFarge, Knox & Murphy, New York City, 1947-1960;
partner, LaFarge and Morey, New York City, 1961-1966. Member New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, 1965-1970. Chairman Historic District Common for Nantucket, Massachusetts, 1971-1976.
Member of advisory council Cooper Union School Art and Architecture, 1959-1961.
Served from captain to major United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945. General Staff Corps., 1945-1946. Chief monuments, fine arts and archives Headquarters Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces , 1945.
Chief monuments, fine arts and archives Office Military Government for Germany, 1945-1946. Fellow American Institute of Architects (president New York 1958-1960, secretary, director 1952-1954, 56-60, chairman fine arts committee 1960-1963). Member Beaux Arts Institute Design (past trustee), Municipal Art Society New York (president 1954-1956, director 1956-1959), Yale Arts Association (executive committee 1959-1961), Liturgical Art Society (president, director 1949-1951), American Arbitration Association (director, executive committee 1961-1969), Architectural League New York Clubs: Century Association (New York City).
Married Hester Emmet, July 28, 1928 (divorced 1962). Children: Timothy, Benjamin, Celestine. Married Margaret Hockaday, April 12, 1962.