Babb, Cook & Willard was a New York City-basedarchitectural firm established in 1884 that designed many important houses and commercial buildings. The principals of the firm wereGeorge Fletcher Babb (1836–1915), Walter Cook (1843–1916), and Daniel W. Willard.[1] Willard left the firm in 1908, and was replaced by Winthrop A. Welch. The firm was subsequently renamed Babb, Cook and Welch until 1912, when it became Cook and Welch.[2]
Partner Walter Cook was born in New York and graduated fromHarvard College in 1869.[3] He further studied at theRoyal Polytechnic School in Munich and at theÉcole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.[3] He returned to New York in 1877 and worked there as an architect until he died on March 25, 1916, aged 70.[3]
"The Clearing", a Colonial Revival estate house built around 1889 for John Hornor Wisner, a merchant in the China trade, at what is now theReeves-Reed Arboretum
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