Background
William B. Tubby was born in 1858 in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. A son of Quaker parents.
William B. Tubby was born in 1858 in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. A son of Quaker parents.
He was sent at an early age to be educated at the Friend’s School in Brooklyn. Later he studied at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, and was graduated in 1875.
Following graduation in 1875, he entered the office of Ebenezer L. Roberts as junior draftsman. Then in 1890 following the elder architect s decease Mr. Tubby succeeded to his practice.
Through long years of a successful career he won wide recognition for his work in New York and in New England. His most important buildings were Wallabout Market Building, Brooklyn; Brooklyn Storage Warehouse; Nassau Uoutry Club at Mineola; Hospital and Nurses' Home at Norwalk, Conn.; Y.M.C.A. Building, Westport, Conn.; Greenwich (Conn.) Public Library; Municipal Hospital at Greenwich; Presbyterian Church at Roslyn, N.Y., and in addition five Carnegie Libraries in New York City, as well as many schools and private residences. Among the latter the most important were homes for Mrs. Henry Topping at Greenwich, Charles M. Pratt at Glen Cove, L. I., and Rush Taggart, New Canaan, Conn.
In the field of domestic architecture Mr. Tubby favored the American Colonial style while a number of his public buildings were of Classic design,. Upon his retirement in 1942 due to ill health he left his practice to his son William, Jr.
Wallabout Market Building, Brooklyn
Presbyterian Church at Roslyn, N.Y