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Horace Trumbauer
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Horace Trumbauer was a prominent American architect of the Gilded Age, known for designing residential manors for the wealthy. Later in his career he also designed hotels, office buildings, and much of the campus of Duke University.
Trumbauer, c. 1901
Trumbauer, c. 1901
Philadelphia Museum of Art (1916–28), a collaboration between Trumbauer's firm and Zantzinger, Borie and Medary
Philadelphia Museum of Art (1916–28), a collaboration between Trumbauer's firm and Zantzinger, Borie and Medary
Grey Towers Castle in Glenside, Pennsylvania (1893) is present-day Arcadia University.
Grey Towers Castle in Glenside, Pennsylvania (1893) is present-day Arcadia University.
Trumbauer's grave in West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
Trumbauer's grave in West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
Duke University
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Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James Buchanan Duke established The Duke Endowment and the institution changed its name to honor his deceased father, Washington Duke.
One of the first buildings on the original Durham campus (East Campus), the Washington Duke Building ("Old Main"), was destroyed by a fire in 1911.
One of the first buildings on the original Durham campus (East Campus), the Washington Duke Building ("Old Main"), was destroyed by a fire in 1911.
James B. Duke established the Duke Endowment, which provides funds to numerous institutions, including Duke University.
James B. Duke established the Duke Endowment, which provides funds to numerous institutions, including Duke University.
The Levine Science Research Center is the largest single-site interdisciplinary research facility of any American university.
The Levine Science Research Center is the largest single-site interdisciplinary research facility of any American university.
Duke Chapel, an icon for the university, can seat nearly 1,600 people and contains a 5,200-pipe organ.
Duke Chapel, an icon for the university, can seat nearly 1,600 people and contains a 5,200-pipe organ.