Arthur Curtiss James
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Arthur Curtiss James was a wealthy speculator in copper mines and railroads.
"Surprise Valley Farm," Arthur Curtiss James property, Beacon Hill Road, Newport, RI, by Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1917. Architect: Grosvenor Atterbury, 1914-1916. Today these buildings survive as part of the SVF Foundation founded to preserve endangered breeds of livestock
Beacon Hill House Newport RI 1917
Interior of the home of Arthur Curtiss James, 39 East 69th Street, New York City
James House Mansion on the campus of Sleepy Hollow’s Phelps Hospital
Anson Green Phelps
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Anson Green Phelps was an American entrepreneur and business man from Connecticut. Beginning with a saddlery business, he founded Phelps, Dodge & Co. in 1833 as an export-import business with his sons
Arthur Curtiss James
…S. Curtiss. His grandfather was Daniel James, one of the founders of Phelps, Dodge & Co. His grandmother was Elizabeth Woodbridge Phelps, daughter of Anson Green Phelps. James married Harriet Eddy Parsons in 1890. He graduated from Amherst College (Class of 1889). For many years, Arthur Curtiss James was the largest…
Anson Green Phelps, industrialist and philanthropist