Bruce Price was an American architect and an innovator in the Shingle Style. The stark geometry and compact massing of his cottages in Tuxedo Park, New York, influenced Modernist architects, including
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William Kent Cottage, Tuxedo Park, New York (1886, demolished).
W. Chanler Cottage, Tuxedo Park, New York (1885–86, altered). Frank Lloyd Wright may have modeled his Oak Park house and studio after these two cottages.
Welch Hall, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1891)
The Fairmont Le Château Frontenac, commonly referred to as the Château Frontenac, is a historic hotel in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The hotel is situated in Old Quebec, within the historic district'
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…In Canada, he designed Châteauesque railroad stations and grand hotels for the Canadian Pacific Railway, including Windsor Station in Montreal and Château Frontenac in Quebec City. Price was born in Cumberland, Maryland, the son of William and Marian Bruce Price. He was first cousin (once removed) to Francis Scott…
Château Frontenac, viewed across the Saint Lawrence River from Lévis, Quebec in 2013
Designed in a Châteauesque style, the building features steep pitched roofs, circular and polygonal towers, and ornate gables and dormers.
Several porte-cochères provide access to the hotel's central courtyard.