Background
Kimball was born in Kennebunk, Maine.
Kimball was born in Kennebunk, Maine.
He was an associate with the firm Kimball & Thompson. His work includes the Empire Building, Manhattan Insurance Building, and Casino Theatre (Broadway). Kimball was a pioneer in the use of ornamental terra-cotta in the United States, evident on the Corbin Building, on a striking row of townhouses that he designed at 133-143 West 122nd Street in Harlem, and on the Montauk Club in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
A 1917 New York Times article describing him as the "father of the skyscraper" notes his bankruptcy.