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Born in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom, Thomas W. Lamb came to the United States at the age of 12. He studied architecture at Cooper Union in New York and initially worked for the City of New York as an inspector. His architecture firm, Thomas W. Lamb, Inc., was located at 36 West 40th Street in Manhattan, New York. [1]
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77000970 [1] Added to NRHP. May 02, 1977. The Landmark Theatre, originally known as Loew's State Theater, is a historic theater from the era of movie palaces, located on South Salina Street in Syracuse, New York, United States. Designed by Thomas W. Lamb, it is the city's only surviving example of the opulent theatrical venues of the 1920s. [2]
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- Syracuse Area Landmark Theatre
Mar 29, 2015 · His architecture firm, Thomas W. Lamb, Inc., was located at 36 West 40th Street in Manhattan, New York. Lamb achieved recognition as one of the leading architects of the boom in movie theater construction of the 1910s and 1920s. Particularly associated with the Fox Theatres, Loew’s Theatres and Keith-Albee chains of vaudeville and film ...
Thomas Lamb was a Scottish-born American architect, noted as one of the foremost designers of theatres and cinemas in the 20th century. Lamb was born in Dundee, Scotland and came to the United States at the age of 12. He studied architecture at Cooper Union in New York and initially worked for the City of New York as an inspector.
May 10, 2017 · Designed by Joseph Urban and theatre and movie houses architects, Thomas W. Lamb, in 1927, the new Ziegfeld Theatre became the offices and permanent home of the Ziegfeld Follies. (L:) The Ziegfeld Theatre in 1931. Corner of 54th Street and Sixth Avenue, Manhattan, New York City. (R:) Theatres, by Joseph Urban.
Biographical Text. Lamb studied architecture at Cooper Union in New York and initially worked for the City of New York as an inspector. His architecture firm, Thomas W. Lamb, Inc., was located at 36 West 40th Street in Manhattan, New York. Lamb achieved recognition as a leading movie theater construction and designer in the 1910s and 1920s.
Early History of the Hippodrome Theater: 1914-1920. Pearce and Scheck’s historic Hippodrome Theatre was built in 1914, on the eve of World War I. The Hippodrome was designed by Thomas W. Lamb, the pre-eminent theater architect of his day. The Hippodrome was an important transitional project in the career of Thomas Lamb.
