Advertisement

Ernest Flagg

Advertisement

Ernest Flagg

Birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Death
10 Apr 1947 (aged 90)
Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Burial
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section: Central Avenue, Plot: 137, Grave: 2
Memorial ID
View Source
Ernest Flagg married Margaret E. Bonnell, with whom he had one daughter, Betsey Flagg (b. Dongan Hills, NY 1900, d. Maine 1991, married John Melcher). A student of Le Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Flagg’s work refers to classical architecture.

After completing his studies, in 1891, Flagg and John Prentiss Benson started Flagg & Benson, (later Flagg, Benson & Brockway), and the firm designed St. Luke’s Hospital, in New York.

In 1894, Ernest Flagg went into a partnership with Walter B. Chambers to form Flagg & Chambers. Together, the two designed the Corcoran Gallery of Arts in Washington, D.C., and the Singer Building, which was once the tallest building in New York. Flagg, a favorite of the Scribner family, designed the Scribner Building on Fifth Avenue, as well as residences for Charles Scribner, and his son, A.H. Scribner. Flagg is also known for designing buildings for the U.S. Naval Academy, and many residences in New York and Connecticut.

The Beaux-Arts study of classicism did not stop after college for Flagg. His Greek travel journals include studies on proportions and ratios in classic Greek architecture, and were the basis for Le Naos du Parthenon, published in 1928.

As a writer in the progressive era, Flagg wrote on New York tenement houses, taxation, city planning, and building regulations. He also wrote prolifically on design, architecture, and specifically on Greek classicism.

Above courtesy Contributor #47339001.
Ernest Flagg married Margaret E. Bonnell, with whom he had one daughter, Betsey Flagg (b. Dongan Hills, NY 1900, d. Maine 1991, married John Melcher). A student of Le Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Flagg’s work refers to classical architecture.

After completing his studies, in 1891, Flagg and John Prentiss Benson started Flagg & Benson, (later Flagg, Benson & Brockway), and the firm designed St. Luke’s Hospital, in New York.

In 1894, Ernest Flagg went into a partnership with Walter B. Chambers to form Flagg & Chambers. Together, the two designed the Corcoran Gallery of Arts in Washington, D.C., and the Singer Building, which was once the tallest building in New York. Flagg, a favorite of the Scribner family, designed the Scribner Building on Fifth Avenue, as well as residences for Charles Scribner, and his son, A.H. Scribner. Flagg is also known for designing buildings for the U.S. Naval Academy, and many residences in New York and Connecticut.

The Beaux-Arts study of classicism did not stop after college for Flagg. His Greek travel journals include studies on proportions and ratios in classic Greek architecture, and were the basis for Le Naos du Parthenon, published in 1928.

As a writer in the progressive era, Flagg wrote on New York tenement houses, taxation, city planning, and building regulations. He also wrote prolifically on design, architecture, and specifically on Greek classicism.

Above courtesy Contributor #47339001.


Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement

  • Created by: DWV
  • Added: Jun 3, 2015
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147375645/ernest-flagg: accessed ), memorial page for Ernest Flagg (6 Feb 1857–10 Apr 1947), Find a Grave Memorial ID 147375645, citing Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by DWV (contributor 47789311).