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Adams & Prentice

Adams & Prentice, Malmfeldt, Adams & Prentice, and Malmfeldt, Adams & Woodbridge were a series of American architectural firms in mid-twentieth-century New York City, with Adams & Prentice being the most well-known, all established by architect Lewis Greenleaf Adams, AIA with various partners. The series of partnerships were the predecessor firms of the influential firm Adams & Woodbridge, which was functional from 1945 to 1974 with partners Adams and Frederick James Woodbridge, FAIA, formerly of the firm Evans, Moore & Woodbridge. Adams & Woodbridge later estimated in 1953 that their firm and its above-mentioned predecessor firms had been responsible for “about 100 residences and alterations.” In 1929, the office was located at 15 West 38th Street, Manhattan.

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Adams & Prentice, Malmfeldt, Adams & Prentice, and Malmfeldt, Adams & Woodbridge were a series of American architectural firms in mid-twentieth-century New York City, with Adams & Prentice (fl. 1929–1941) being the most well-known, all established by architect Lewis Greenleaf Adams, AIA with various partners.1 The series of partnerships were the predecessor firms of the influential firm Adams & Woodbridge (fl. 1945–1974), which was functional from 1945 to 1974 with partners Adams and Frederick James Woodbridge, FAIA, formerly of the firm Evans, Moore & Woodbridge. Adams & Woodbridge later estimated in 1953 that their firm and its above-mentioned predecessor firms had been responsible for “about 100 residences and alterations.”2 In 1929, the office was located at 15 West 38th Street, Manhattan.3

Works as Adams & Prentice (1929-1941)

1933: Lu Shan, Gladstone, New Jersey, the estate of Henry and Leila Luce.

Works as Malmfeldt, Adams & Woodbridge

Works as Malmfeldt, Adams & Prentice

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  1. "Questionnaire for Architects’ Roster and/or Register of Architects Qualified for Federal Public Works "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-13. Retrieved 2011-04-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) April 30, 1946.
  2. "Questionnaire for Architects’ Roster and/or Register of Architects Qualified for Federal Public Works "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-13. Retrieved 2011-04-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) February 27, 1953.
  3. Office for Metropolitan History Archived 2013-02-15 at the Wayback Machine, "Manhattan NB Database 1900-1986," (Accessed 15 Apr 2011).
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