Walter Cook, ^^[1]

1843 - 1916  (72 years)

• Name	Walter Cook
  Suffix	^
  Born	23 Jul 1843	New York, New York, NY   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Physical Description	1869  [4]
  	As recorded on his passport application, he was 5 feet, 7 3/4 inches tall, grayish blue eyes, small nose, medium mouth, round chin, brown hair, sallow complexion, and a small oval face.
  Residence	1869	New York, New York, NY   [4]
  	at 192 West 10th St.
  Census	1900	New York, New York, NY   [5]
  	In his household were his wife Louise, son Edward and daughter Sally, and four servants. He was an architect. They were recorded as having been married 23 years, although son Edward was recorded as being of age 25.
  Census	1910	New York, New York, NY   [6]
  	In his household were his wife Louise, son Edward, and four servants. He was an architect, head of a firm. He was record as age 63 (b. 1847).
  Residence	1910	New York, New York, NY   [6]
  	at 135 East 37th St.
  Elected	1912/3  [7]
  	president of the American Institute of Architects
  Occupation	architect   [8, 9]
  	He was president of the American Institute of Architects. Walter Cook, of Babb, Cook & Willard, New York, was responsible for designing the Plaza and entrance to the Midway, the Propylæa, and the Stadium of the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, NY in 1901.
  Residence	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [9]
  	on Bellhaven Road
  	This was his country residence.
  Died	25 Mar 1916	New York, New York, NY   [1, 10]
  	He died at his home, 135 East 37th Street. [While his obituary in the New York Times indicated that he "expires at 69," he recorded on his passport applications the birth date recorded here.]
  Notes	Cook was graduated from Harvard in 1869, and received a Master's Degree three years later. He studied at the Royal Polytechnic School in Munich and at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Vaudremer. He was at one time consulting architect for New York City and also served on the Municipal Art Commission. He was President of the American Institute of Architects (Fellow, 1891), of its New York Chapter, and of the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects. He was also a member of the National Academy of Design (1912), an officer of the Institute of Arts and Letters, a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, and a member of the Harvard, Century, and MacDowell Clubs. Among buildings designed by firms of which he was a member were the New York Life Buildings at New York, Montreal and Minneapolis, De Vinne Press, the Stadium and other buildings at the Buffalo Exposition, and various branches of the New York Public Library.
  Person ID	I9974	Brookhaven & South Haven Hamlets
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2008

  
  

  Father	[f.\ Walter] Cook,   b. England ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	[m.\ Walter] [Cook],   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F3648	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Louise [Cook], ^,   b. Abt 1854, NY ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Abt 1877  [5, 6]
  	In 1900, Louise was recorded as having had four children, of which four were still living.
  Children	1. Edward Cook, ^,   b. Abt 1878, NY ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Walter Cook, ^,   b. Abt 1880,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Sally Cook, ^,   b. Abt 1881, NY ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Mary Cook, ^,   b. Abt 1884,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F3647	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S559] archINFORM. [S546] Passport Applications, M1372 (18 Jul 1889). [S546] Passport Applications, M1372 (3 Sep 1869). [S546] Passport Applications, M1372 (3 Sep 1869). [S191] 1900 Census, Census Place: Manhattan, New York, New York; Roll: T623 1105; Page: 13A; . [S104] 1910 Census, Census Place: Manhattan Ward 19, New York, New York; Roll: T624_1037; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 1122; Image: 810. [S558] AIA Website. [S557] Architecture and the Pan-American Exposition. [S39] Bigelow, p. 46. [S542] New York Times, 25 Mar 1915, p. 21.