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Theodore de Lemos

Theodore de Lemos

American architect


Theodore de Lemos (1850, Holstein, German Confederation – 12 April 1909, New York City, New York, United States), son of Hermann and Maria Grothe De Lemos of Holstein, was an architect. He graduated with honors from the Berlin Royal Academy of Buildings, and was famous for his designs in three countries, Germany, Mexico, and the United States.[1] In 1881, de Lemos left Germany and settled in New York, where he married Margaretta Becker and had a daughter, Marie Katherine.[1] He died in April 1909 and is interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York City.

Thodore de Lemos
Macy's Herald Square department store
Siegel-Cooper Company department store, West 19th Street and 6th Avenue, Manhattan

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References

  1. "Theodore de Lemos, Architect, Is Dead" (PDF). The New York Times. 12 April 1909.
  2. "History at Grand Central" (PDF). History Channel.
  3. Adams, George R. (1 February 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: R. H. Macy and Company Store" (pdf). National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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