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.