Guilbert and Betelle
Guilbert and Betelle was an architecture firm formed as a partnership of Ernest F. Guilbert and James Oscar Betelle. The firm specialized in design of schools on the East Coast of the United States, with an emphasis on the "Collegiate Gothic" style.
Betelle took over the firm after Guilbert died in 1916, and oversaw design of hundreds of schools, including Greenwich High School in Greenwich, Connecticut and the Radburn School in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, both of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Other notable buildings for which the firm was responsible include the Essex County Hall of Records and the Essex Club (now home of the New Jersey Historical Society).[1]
Structures[edit]
The following is a list of structures designed by the firm, ordered by state and locality:
Connecticut[edit]
- Glenville School (Greenwich, Connecticut) (NRHP-listed)
- Greenwich:
- Cos Cob School, c. 1916
- Greenwich High School (Greenwich Town Hall), c. 1925
- State Normal School (Davidson Hall, CCSU), c. 1922
Delaware[edit]
- Pierre S. duPont Rural Schools, c. 1919-1921
- William P. Bancroft School, c.1928
- Charles B. Lore School ('Lorelton' assisted living home), c. 1932
New Jersey[edit]
- East Orange High School (demolished), c. 1911
- State Normal School at Jersey City, c. 1930
- Newark Central High School, c. 1912
- Chamber of Commerce Building, c. 1923
- Cleveland School, c. 1913
- East Side High School, c. 1911
- The Essex Club (New Jersey Historical Society), c. 1926 (NRHP-listed)
- Essex County Boys Vocational School, c. 1931
- Essex County Girls Vocational School, c. 1930
- Essex County Hall of Records, c. 1926
- Home of Ernest F. Guilbert, c. 1910
- Home of Franklin Murphy, Jr., c. 1925
- Newark Normal School, c. 1913 (currently Technology High School)
- Newark Public School of Fine and Industrial Arts, c. 1931
- Ridge Street School, c. 1913
- Robert Treat Hotel, c. 1916
- South Side High School, c. 1913 (currently Malcolm X Shabazz High School)
- Weequahic High School, c. 1932
- West Side High School, c. 1926
- South Orange and Maplewood:
- Clinton Elementary, c. 1929
- Columbia High School, c. 1927
- First Street School, c. 1924
- Jefferson Elementary, c. 1924
- Montrose Elementary, c. 1924
- Maplewood Junior High, c.1930
- Maplewood Municipal Building, c.1931
- Marshall Elementary, c.1922
- South Mountain Elementary, c.1929
- Tuscan Elementary, c. 1924
- Franklin Elementary
- Jefferson Elementary
- Summit High School (Summit Middle School), c. 1923
- Washington Elementary, c. 1931
- Vineland High School (the Landis School), c. 1927
- Thomas A. Edison Jr. High, c. 1927
- West Orange High School (Seton Hall Preparatory School)
New York[edit]
- The Bronxville School, c. 1930
- Great Neck High School, c. 1926
- New Rochelle High School, c. 1926
- Washington Irving School, c. 1925
Pennsylvania[edit]
- Thaddeus Stevens Jr. High School, c. 1927
- Science Hall, Lincoln University, c. 1925
NRHP-listed[edit]
Duplicative to the above, the buildings designed by these architects which survive and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) are:
- Essex Club, Address Restricted Newark NJ Guilbert & Betelle[2]
- Glenville School (Greenwich, Connecticut), 449 Pemberwick Rd. Greenwich CT Betelle, James Oscar[2]
- Iron Hill School No. 112C, 1335 Old Baltimore Pike, Pencader Hundred Newark DE Betelle, James Oscar[2]
- Charles B. Lore Elementary School, Fourth St. and Woodlawn Ave. Wilmington DE Guilbert and Betelle[2]
- One or more buildings in Military Park (Newark) Commons Historic District, Roughly bounded by Washington Pl., McCarter Hwy, E. Park St. and Raymond Blvd. Newark NJ Guilbert and Betelle[2]
- New Jersey Manual Training and Industrial School for Colored Youth, N of Burlington Rd., W of I-295 Bordentown NJ Guilbert & Betelle[2]
- Public School No. 111-C, DE 7 Christiana DE Betelle, James O.[2]
- Ross Point School, Road 448 near Jct. with Road 62 Laurel DE Guilbert and Betelle[2]
- Vineland High School, 61 W. Landis Ave. Vineland NJ Betelle, J.O.[2]
External links[edit]
- "James Betelle, Where Are You?" - biographical and professional history of Betelle.
References[edit]
- ^ Architecture Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine, Vineland Public Schools. Accessed September 13, 2008.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.