After an illness of approximately one year, death came to Prof. Albert C. Phelps of the College of Architecture at Cornell University at 1:30 pm on Sunday, July 4, 1937. Funeral services will be held at the home, 944 Stewart Ave. at 2:30 pm today with the Rev. William F. Hastings of the First Congregational Church officiating. Burial will be in East Lawn Cemetery.
Those who worked with Prof. Phelps during his lifetime will carry him to his rest: Prof. Kenneth Washburn, Prof. John Hartell, Prof. E.D. Montillion, Prof. L.P. Burnham, and Prof. C.M. Midjo.
Prof. Phelps was born April 8, 1873 in Lockport, IL, a son of Albert and Harriet Laura Sprague Phelps. He was graduated from the University of Illinois in 1894 with a B.S. Degree and took the MA in Architecture from the same institution in 1903. His further study included a course at the Bavarian Technical School in Munich 1897-98 and travel and study abroad in 1901, 1912, and 1931. On August 14, 1902, Prof. Phelps married Caroline Blount Lynd of Lockport,IL, a daughter of Capt. George M. and Mary Blount Lynd.
Made a licensed architect in 1898, Prof. Phelps practiced in Joliet, IL for a short period and came to Cornell in 1899. He was made an assistant professor in 1903 and since 1913 has held a full professorship. In 1920, he was made the World War Memorial Professor of Architecture, a chair he occupied up to the time of his death.
Professor Phelps specialized in the history of architecture, a field in which he was regarded as an authority. He was one time lecturer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City;director of architectural tours for the Institute of International Education of the Carnegie Foundation, and for the Bureau of University Travel, Inc. A fellow of the American Institute of Architecture, Professor Phelps was a member of Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, and a contributor to professional publications. Professor Phelps is survived by his wife and one son, George Lynd Phelps.
Those who worked with Prof. Phelps during his lifetime will carry him to his rest: Prof. Kenneth Washburn, Prof. John Hartell, Prof. E.D. Montillion, Prof. L.P. Burnham, and Prof. C.M. Midjo.
Prof. Phelps was born April 8, 1873 in Lockport, IL, a son of Albert and Harriet Laura Sprague Phelps. He was graduated from the University of Illinois in 1894 with a B.S. Degree and took the MA in Architecture from the same institution in 1903. His further study included a course at the Bavarian Technical School in Munich 1897-98 and travel and study abroad in 1901, 1912, and 1931. On August 14, 1902, Prof. Phelps married Caroline Blount Lynd of Lockport,IL, a daughter of Capt. George M. and Mary Blount Lynd.
Made a licensed architect in 1898, Prof. Phelps practiced in Joliet, IL for a short period and came to Cornell in 1899. He was made an assistant professor in 1903 and since 1913 has held a full professorship. In 1920, he was made the World War Memorial Professor of Architecture, a chair he occupied up to the time of his death.
Professor Phelps specialized in the history of architecture, a field in which he was regarded as an authority. He was one time lecturer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City;director of architectural tours for the Institute of International Education of the Carnegie Foundation, and for the Bureau of University Travel, Inc. A fellow of the American Institute of Architecture, Professor Phelps was a member of Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, and a contributor to professional publications. Professor Phelps is survived by his wife and one son, George Lynd Phelps.
After an illness of approximately one year, death came to Prof. Albert C. Phelps of the College of Architecture at Cornell University at 1:30 pm on Sunday, July 4, 1937. Funeral services will be held at the home, 944 Stewart Ave. at 2:30 pm today with the Rev. William F. Hastings of the First Congregational Church officiating. Burial will be in East Lawn Cemetery.
Those who worked with Prof. Phelps during his lifetime will carry him to his rest: Prof. Kenneth Washburn, Prof. John Hartell, Prof. E.D. Montillion, Prof. L.P. Burnham, and Prof. C.M. Midjo.
Prof. Phelps was born April 8, 1873 in Lockport, IL, a son of Albert and Harriet Laura Sprague Phelps. He was graduated from the University of Illinois in 1894 with a B.S. Degree and took the MA in Architecture from the same institution in 1903. His further study included a course at the Bavarian Technical School in Munich 1897-98 and travel and study abroad in 1901, 1912, and 1931. On August 14, 1902, Prof. Phelps married Caroline Blount Lynd of Lockport,IL, a daughter of Capt. George M. and Mary Blount Lynd.
Made a licensed architect in 1898, Prof. Phelps practiced in Joliet, IL for a short period and came to Cornell in 1899. He was made an assistant professor in 1903 and since 1913 has held a full professorship. In 1920, he was made the World War Memorial Professor of Architecture, a chair he occupied up to the time of his death.
Professor Phelps specialized in the history of architecture, a field in which he was regarded as an authority. He was one time lecturer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City;director of architectural tours for the Institute of International Education of the Carnegie Foundation, and for the Bureau of University Travel, Inc. A fellow of the American Institute of Architecture, Professor Phelps was a member of Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, and a contributor to professional publications. Professor Phelps is survived by his wife and one son, George Lynd Phelps.
Those who worked with Prof. Phelps during his lifetime will carry him to his rest: Prof. Kenneth Washburn, Prof. John Hartell, Prof. E.D. Montillion, Prof. L.P. Burnham, and Prof. C.M. Midjo.
Prof. Phelps was born April 8, 1873 in Lockport, IL, a son of Albert and Harriet Laura Sprague Phelps. He was graduated from the University of Illinois in 1894 with a B.S. Degree and took the MA in Architecture from the same institution in 1903. His further study included a course at the Bavarian Technical School in Munich 1897-98 and travel and study abroad in 1901, 1912, and 1931. On August 14, 1902, Prof. Phelps married Caroline Blount Lynd of Lockport,IL, a daughter of Capt. George M. and Mary Blount Lynd.
Made a licensed architect in 1898, Prof. Phelps practiced in Joliet, IL for a short period and came to Cornell in 1899. He was made an assistant professor in 1903 and since 1913 has held a full professorship. In 1920, he was made the World War Memorial Professor of Architecture, a chair he occupied up to the time of his death.
Professor Phelps specialized in the history of architecture, a field in which he was regarded as an authority. He was one time lecturer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City;director of architectural tours for the Institute of International Education of the Carnegie Foundation, and for the Bureau of University Travel, Inc. A fellow of the American Institute of Architecture, Professor Phelps was a member of Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, and a contributor to professional publications. Professor Phelps is survived by his wife and one son, George Lynd Phelps.
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Albert C. Phelps
1873 - 1937
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Obituary taken from the Ithaca Journal, Tuesday Evening, July 6, 1937. Courtesy of Cornell University Archives
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