James Gamble Rogers
Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Personal information
Name	James Gamble Rogers
Nationality	American
Birth date	March 3, 1867(1867-03-03)
Birth place	Bryan Station, Kentucky
Date of death	October 1, 1947 (aged 80)
Place of death	New York, New York
Work
Significant buildings	Sterling Memorial Library Harkness Memorial Tower Butler Library, Columbia University

A tribute to Rogers in a Yale residential college

James Gamble Rogers (March 3, 1867 — October 1, 1947) was an American architect best known for his academic commissions at Yale University and elsewhere. Sterling Memorial Library is the largest library at Yale University, containing over 4 million volumes Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Bryan Station (also Bryan's Station, and often misspelled Bryant's Station) was an early fortified settlement in Lexington Kentucky. The Commonwealth of Kentucky ( is a state located in the East Central United States of America. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City of New York Sterling Memorial Library is the largest library at Yale University, containing over 4 million volumes Harkness Tower is a prominent Gothic Revival structure at Yale University in New Haven Connecticut, United States. Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the ^[1]

Rogers was born in Bryan Station, Kentucky, to James M. Bryan Station (also Bryan's Station, and often misspelled Bryant's Station) was an early fortified settlement in Lexington Kentucky. The Commonwealth of Kentucky ( is a state located in the East Central United States of America. and Katharine Gamble Rogers. ^[1] Rogers attended Yale University, where he was a member of Scroll and Key, a senior society whose membership included several other notable architects. Scroll and Key Society is a senior or secret society established by " John Porter, William Kingsley Samuel Perkins Enos Taft Lebbeus Chapin George Jackson He received his B. A. in 1889, and is responsible for many of the gothic revival structures at Yale University built in the 1910s and 1920s, as well as the university's overall plan. The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement which began He designed for other universities as well, including such buildings as the Butler Library at Columbia University, many of the original buildings at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center (now known as the Columbia University Medical Center), and several structures at Northwestern University. Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is a prominent University hospital in New York City, composed of two medical centers Columbia University Medical Center Columbia University Medical Center is the name of the medical complex associated with Columbia University, and covers several blocks (primarily between 165th and 168th Streets

Rogers was philanthropist Edward Harkness's favorite architect, and Harkness would often condition a gift for a new academic or medical building upon the institution's agreement to hire Rogers for the project. Edward Stephen Harkness ( January 22, 1874 – January 29, 1940) was an American Philanthropist. It is thus no coincidence that Rogers' work is abundant at Yale, Columbia and other institutions Harkness supported lavishly. Though Harkness loved Rogers's work, when Harkness donated a new home for Wolf's Head, his society at Yale, another architect was chosen, for obvious reasons, according to many sources in architectural histories.

Rogers's nephew, James Gamble Rogers II (1901-1990) was also an architect, who designed homes in Winter Park, Florida for the Rogers family architecture firm Rogers, Lovelock and Fritz, where Rogers II's son John (Jack) Rogers is a principal architect. Winter Park is a city in Orange County, Florida, United States.

Rogers II's other son, James Gamble Rogers IV (1937-1991) was also trained as an architect. James Gamble Rogers IV ( January 31, 1937 - October 10, 1991) was a Folk artist born in Winter Park Florida. After working in the family firm as a young man, James Gamble Rogers IV decided to pursue his passion for music. He became a noted Florida folksinger, composer and guitarist, now memorialized by the Gamble Rogers Memorial Foundation^[2], Gamble Rogers Middle School, and Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area at Flagler Beach on Florida's east coast. Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area is a 144 acre Florida State Park located at Flagler Beach, between the Atlantic Ocean and the Intra-Coastal

James Gamble Rogers' architectural drawings and photographs are now held in the Dept. of Drawings & Archives in the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University in New York. The Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library is one of twenty-five libraries in the Columbia University Library System and is located in Avery Hall on the Morningside Heights Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League.

Buildings

• Lees Building, Chicago, 1893 (now demolished)
• Hyde Park Union Church, Chicago, 1906
• The Harkness Mansion, 1 East 75th Street at Fifth Avenue, Manhattan. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Constructed as the residence of Edward and Mary Stillman Harkness in 1908. Edward Stephen Harkness ( January 22, 1874 – January 29, 1940) was an American Philanthropist. Currently the home of The Commonwealth Fund. The Commonwealth Fund is a private charitable foundation that aims to promote a high performing Health care system that achieves better access improved quality and greater Designated a landmark in 1967.
• Federal Courthouse, New Haven, 1913
• The Yale Club of New York City, Midtown Manhattan, 1915
• Burnham Park Plaza, Chicago, 1915
• Plan and buildings of The H.Sophie Newcomb Memorial College, New Orleans, 1913
• Saybrook College, Yale University, 1917
• Harkness Memorial Quadrangle (renovated and subdivided by Rogers in 1933 into Branford and Saybrook Colleges) and Harkness Memorial Tower, Yale University, 1921
• The Goodwyn, Memphis, Tennessee, 1922
• Shelby County Courthouse, Memphis, Tennessee, 1909
• Yale's General Plan, 1924
• Bob Cook Boat House, Yale University, 1924
• Ryan Field, Northwestern University, 1926
• Wieboldt Hall, Northwestern University, Chicago campus, 1926
• Ward Memorial Building, Northwestern University, Chicago campus, 1926 (funded by Elizabeth Ward in honor of her late husband, mail order and department store magnate Aaron Montgomery Ward. The Yale Club of New York City, commonly called the Yale Club, is a prominent private club in Midtown Manhattan, New York City See also Tulane University H Sophie Newcomb Memorial College, or Newcomb College, was the coordinate women's college of Tulane University New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana Saybrook College is one of the 12 residential colleges at Yale University. The Memorial Quadrangle at Yale University was donated by Anna M Branford College is one of the 12 Residential colleges at Yale University. Saybrook College is one of the 12 residential colleges at Yale University. Harkness Tower is a prominent Gothic Revival structure at Yale University in New Haven Connecticut, United States. Memphis is a City in the southwest corner of Tennessee, and the County seat of Shelby County. Shelby County is a County located in the US state of Tennessee. Memphis is a City in the southwest corner of Tennessee, and the County seat of Shelby County. Gales Ferry refers both to a village within the town of Ledyard Connecticut and to a complex of buildings within that village at the site of the ferry which gave the community its name Ryan Field is a Stadium in Evanston Illinois, United States. It is primarily used for American football, and is the home field of the Northwestern Aaron Montgomery Ward ( February 17, 1844 - December 7, 1913) was an American Businessman notable for the invention )
• Beta Theta Pi, Fraternity Row, Yale University, 1927
• Psi Upsilon, later the Fence Club, Fraternity Row, Yale University, 1928
• Harkness Pavillion, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 1928
• Vanderbilt School of Dental and Oral Surgery, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 1928
• Neurological Institute of New York, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 1928
• College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 1928
• Presbyterian Hospital Building, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 1928
• Joseph L. There are a number of student organizations at Yale University. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is a prominent University hospital in New York City, composed of two medical centers Columbia University Medical Center Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 1929
• School of Education, New York University, Greenwich Village, 1930
• Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University, 1930
• Delta Kappa Epsilon, Fraternity Row, Yale University, 1930
• Sterling Law Buildings, Yale University, 1931
• Alpha Delta Phi, 215 Park Street, Fraternity Row, Yale University, 1931
• University Theater and Drama School, Yale University, 1931 (renovation)
• Phi Gamma Delta / Vernon Hall, 217 Park Street, Fraternity Row, Yale University, 1932
• Hall of Graduate Studies, Yale University, 1932
• Jonathan Edwards College including Weir Hall addition, Yale University, 1932
• Pierson College, Yale University, 1932
• Davenport College, Yale University, 1932
• Deering Library, Northwestern University, Evanston campus, 1933
• Trumbull College, Yale University, 1933
• Berkeley College, Yale University, 1933
• Butler Library, Columbia University, 1934 (as South Hall; renamed in 1946 in honor of Nicholas Murray Butler, president of the University from 1902 to 1945)
• Timothy Dwight College, Yale University, 1935
• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Medical Center, 1939
• Scott Hall / Cahn Auditorium, Northwestern University, Evanston campus, 1940
• Harkness Chapel, Connecticut College, New London, 1940^[3]
• Laurel Court Mansion, Cincinnati, 1907 (residence of his niece Laura Gamble Thomson)

References

Sources

• James Gamble Rogers and the Architecture of Pragmatism, Aaron Betsky, MIT, 1994. New York University ( NYU) is a private, Nonsectarian, Coeducational Research University in New York City. Greenwich Village (ˌgrɛnɪtʃ ˈvɪlɪdʒ often simply called the Village, is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern Manhattan Sterling Memorial Library is the largest library at Yale University, containing over 4 million volumes The Yale School of Drama is a graduate professional school of Yale University providing training in every discipline of the theatre Acting, design ( Set The Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences founded in 1847 is one of the oldest graduate schools in the United States. Jonathan Edwards College is a Residential college at Yale University. Pierson College (PC is a residential college founded in 1933 at Yale University. Davenport College (colloquially often referred to as D'port) is one of the twelve Residential colleges of Yale University. The Charles Deering Library is a library located on the main Evanston campus of Northwestern University. Trumbull College is one of twelve undergraduate residential colleges of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Berkeley College is a residential college at Yale University, constructed in 1934 The Nicholas Murray Butler Library, commonly known simply as Butler Library, is the largest single library in the Columbia University Library System, which contains Nicholas Murray Butler ( April 2, 1862 &ndash December 7, 1947) was an American philosopher diplomat and educator Timothy Dwight College, commonly abbreviated and referred to as "TD" is a residential college at Yale University named after two university presidents Timothy Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC is a Cancer treatment and research institution founded in 1884 as the New York Cancer Hospital. Connecticut College is a selective coeducational private liberal arts college located in New London Connecticut.
• The Architecture of James Gamble Rogers II in Winter Park, Florida, Patrick and Debra McClane , 2004. ISBN 0-8130-2770-5
• The Campus Guide: Yale University, Patrick L. Pinnell, Princeton Architectural Press, New York, 1999.
• Yale: A Pictorial History, Reuben A. Holden, New Haven, Yale University Press, 1967.