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Eggers & Higgins

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American architectural firm
Eggers and Higgins in theirNew York City offices in 1941
Indiana University's auditorium, developed by Eggers and Higgins in 1942

Eggers & Higgins was a New Yorkarchitectural firm partnered byOtto Reinhold Eggers (August 4, 1882 – April 23, 1964)[1][2] andDaniel Paul Higgins (September 12, 1886 – December 26, 1953).[3][4] Thearchitects were responsible for the construction phase of theJefferson Memorial beginning in 1939, two years after the death of its original architect,John Russell Pope, despite protests that their appointment had been undemocratic and therefore "un-Jeffersonian". Critics argued a competition should have been held to choose Pope's successor. In 1941, they also completed construction of Pope's other famous design, the West Building of theNational Gallery of Art, also inWashington, D.C.

The pair were longtime associates of Pope in the firm he founded in 1903 as theOffice of John Russell Pope, Architect. Eggers was a brilliant designer and renderer who served as Pope's right hand for almost thirty years.[5] They changed the name of the firm to Eggers & Higgins in 1937, soon after Pope's death. In 1958, it ranked as the fourth-largest architecture firm in the United States.[6] The firm was renamedThe Eggers Partnership in 1970, and then asThe Eggers Group, PC when it became aprofessional corporation in 1976. It eventually merged into what is nowRMJM, a large architectural firm with offices in theUnited States, theUnited Kingdom, andAsia.

Eggers & Higgins also designed theBrooklyn War Memorial, aclassical stone building inCadman Plaza dedicated toBrooklynites who fought inWorld War II.[7] At the same time, they also designed the Vanderbilt Law School Building, now Vanderbilt Hall of theNew York University School of Law.[7] For the1939 New York World's Fair they designed twopavilions and attractions: the Railroads Building, the largest at the Fair, and theSchaefer center, a restaurant seating 1600 with a long open-air bar.[8] InLincoln Center the firm developedDamrosch Park, an outdooramphitheater with a bowl-style stage known as the Guggenheim Band Shell.[9]

In addition to their planning role withNew York University on the redevelopment ofWashington Square,[10] the firm was also engaged withIndiana University as their primary architects for more than 30 years. They designed all the major buildings on theBloomington campus from theIndiana University Auditorium completed in 1941, until they were replaced on the musical arts center project in 1962.[11] Their major campus building designs included the Fine Arts Building, Lilly Library, the Stadium and Assembly Hall. They were also tapped for the development of theIndiana University School of Medicine campus including theIndiana University Health University Hospital.[12]

In 1948, Eggers was elected into theNational Academy of Design as an Associate member, and became a full Academician in 1951.

Other notable designs

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References

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  1. ^"Membership file: Otto Eggers"(PDF). American Institute of Architects. p. 5. RetrievedNovember 1, 2021.
  2. ^"Otto Eggers, 81, Architect, Dies; Helped Design the Jefferson Memorial in Washington".The New York Times. April 24, 1964. RetrievedNovember 1, 2021.
  3. ^"Membership file: Daniel Paul Higgins"(PDF). American Institute of Architects. p. 26. RetrievedNovember 1, 2021.
  4. ^"Daniel P. Higgins, Architect, 67, Dies; Designed Jefferson Memorial, Constitution Hall and Other Well-Known U.S. Structures".The New York Times. December 27, 1953. RetrievedNovember 1, 2021.
  5. ^Sinclair, Evelyn; Peatross, C. Ford (2005).Capital Drawings: Architectural Designs for Washington, D.C., from the Library of Congress. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press.ISBN 0-8018-7232-4.
  6. ^Moore, David W. Jr; Edgington, Justin B.; Payne, Emily T. (2010)."Eggers & Higgins"(PDF).A Guide to Architecture and Engineering Firms of the Cold War Era. U.S. Department of Defense. p. 111. RetrievedNovember 1, 2021.
  7. ^abMorrone, Francis; Iska, James (2001).An Architectural Guidebook to Brooklyn. Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith Publishers. pp. 13–14.ISBN 1-58685-047-4.
  8. ^Appelbaum, Stanley; Wurts, Richard (1977).The New York World's Fair, 1939/1940 in 155 photographs. New York: Dover Publications.ISBN 0-486-23494-0.
  9. ^Morrone, Francis; Iska, James (2002).The Architectural Guidebook to New York City. Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith Publishers. p. 265.ISBN 1-58685-211-6.
  10. ^Schwartz, Joel (1993).The New York approach: Robert Moses, urban liberals, and redevelopment of the inner city. Columbus: Ohio State University Press. p. 138.ISBN 0-8142-0587-9.
  11. ^Logan, George M. (2000).The Indiana University School of Music: a history. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. p. 223.ISBN 0-253-33820-4.
  12. ^Wells, Herman B. (1980).Being Lucky: Reminiscences and Reflections. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. p. 198.ISBN 0-253-11556-6.
  13. ^"Ben Franklin To Open As Co-ed High School".New York Amsterdam News. September 10, 1960. p. 6.

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