Edward Sargent


Edward A. Sargent was an American architect. New York City Schools, Churches, office buildings, clubs, armory and country homes.

Life and career

Sargent was born on November 1, 1842 in Hastings, England. He later changed the Ebenezer to Edward. In the 1860s he emigrated to New York City. His brother was African Explorer D. W. Sargent. He attended Cooper Union College. His first work was as a watercolor artist He worked as a delineator for Frederick Law Olmsted in the designs for Central Park. He made the plans for the 9th Regiment Armory, constructed the country home Lindenhurst for John Wanamaker at Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, he was the architect for four public schools and 800 private houses. He designed many 19th century office buildings, hospitals, schools and residences. He received favorable comments in England for his acting abilities before migrating to the US in 1866/7. His fondness for acting was carried into his home at Fiedler's Park, Staten Island, NY where he built a small stage for the benefit of his children. Married Mary Doubleday niece of Abner Doubleday.
He had 4 daughters and one son. One daughter Alice Sargent Johnson became an artist.
He also worked for George Post. He was the delineator of the Corn Exchange Building and the Protestant Welfare building on Park Avenue.

Works

Sargent designed and constructed the 9th Regiment Armory on 14th Street Manhattan. He won the competition for the design of the new armory which was held in 1894. The proposal was a joint effort by the firm of WE Cable and EA Sargent and was selected from nineteen bids.
He designed hundreds of large and medium-sized residences in the metropolitan New York area. Also "Anchorage", a shingle style summer mansion which had been built by one of the Brevoort descendants in the 1880s. The Anchorage was designed by the New York firm of E. A. Sargent & Co., the architects of the original American Yacht Club clubhouse on Milton Point
He designed the Cuyler Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn.
Sargent designed the stone masonry pillars and wing walls of the entryways to the planned community of Rochelle Park in New Rochelle, New York in 1885.
Link to photo 9th Regiment Armory.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sargentarmory.jpg