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John Merven Carrère. John Merven Carrère (1858-1911) and Thomas Hastings (1860-1929) were two of the most prominent architects of America’s Gilded Age. Trained at the École de Beaux Arts—the prestigious Parisian art school— Carrère and Hastings apprenticed with McKim, Mead, and White in New York before opening their own firm in 1885.
Carrère and Hastings, the firm of John Merven Carrère ( / kəˈrɛər / kə-RAIR; November 9, 1858 – March 1, 1911) and Thomas Hastings (March 11, 1860 – October 22, 1929), was one of the outstanding American Beaux-Arts architecture firms. Located in New York City, the firm practiced from 1885 until 1929, although Carrère died in an ...
Thomas Hastings. (1860–1929). A charter member of the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects, Thomas Hastings was a forward-thinking designer who advanced the use of French architectural theory in America. Believing that the 19th century had experienced too great a proliferation of revival styles in architecture, Hastings espoused the use of modern ...
In January 1913, the five schemes were exhibited at the New York Public Library, including the winning scheme, designed by Carrère and Hastings. Architect Thomas Hastings' design placed the fountain in the southern half of the plaza, whereas the Sherman Monument remained in the northern half (but moved fifteen feet west to be symmetrically ...
Civic Virtue Fountain (1909), Frederick MacMonnies, sculptor, Thomas Hastings, architect. Originally created for New York's City Hall Park , moved in 1941 to Queens Borough Hall , moved to Green-Wood Cemetery in 2012.
Thomas Hastings. CFA Service: 1910–1917. In 1885, Thomas Hastings, FAIA, with John Merven Carrère, founded one of the most influential architectural firms of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Carrère & Hastings. Following Carrère’s death in 1911, Hastings continued on with the firm until his own death in 1929.
Thomas Hastings (1860 – 1929) — American architect based in New York City. Hastings was a partner in the noted architectural firm Carrère and Hastings (1885-1929), designing in the Beaux-Arts style in the U.S. .
