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American
architect
: b.
Newport, Rhode Island
, 1862; d. 1938.
Education:
He studied at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(1880-81) and in the office of H.H. Richardson.
Works:
In 1884, with
George Lewis Heins
, he took over the architectural works of his father,
John La Farge
. He was a member of the firm Heins & La Farge from 1886 to 1910, whose principal work is the Episcopal
Cathedral of Saint John the Divine
. Other works include the
Houghton Chapel
at
Wellesley College
; the
Roman Catholic chapel
at
West Point
; and
Saint Matthew's Church
,
Washington, D.C.
,
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
,
Providence, Rhode Island
; and
the Roman Catholic Cathedral
,
Seattle, Washington
.
La Farge was director of
American Institute of Architects
; president of
Architectural League
, New York; and trustee of
American Academy
in
Rome
.
Family:
His children went on to become well known in their own right, including his daughter
Margaret La Farge Osborn
who's work is displayed at the
Buckminster Fuller
Institute; his son
Christopher La Farge
, an architect who was better known as poet and novelist; and his son
Oliver La Farge
, an
archaeologist
who won a
Pulitzer Prize
in 1929 for his first novel,
Laughing Boy
. His partner G. L. Heins married his sister Aime La Farge.
Source: La Farge, Christopher Grant; The Encyclopedia Americana, volume 16 of 30 volumes; The Americana Corp., New York.
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