Josiah Cleaveland Cady was an American architect known for his Romanesque Revival designs. He was also a founder of the American Institute of Architects.
Brooklyn Academy of Design
Peabody Museum, circa 1879
Barron Library, now the Barron Arts Center
Metropolitan Opera House in 1905
The Metropolitan Opera House, also known as the Old Metropolitan Opera House and Old Met, was an opera house located at 1411 Broadway in Manhattan, New York City. Opened in 1883 and demolished in 1967
J. Cleaveland Cady
…Art Association's Brooklyn Academy of Design in 1869, with architect Henry Martyn Congdon. Cady designed the American Museum of Natural History, the Metropolitan Opera House, and fifteen buildings at Yale University. Although much of his work centered around New York and New England, he was also the main architectural advisor…
Metropolitan Opera House in 1905, looking uptown
Recital at the old Met by pianist Josef Hofmann, November 28, 1937
Metropolitan Opera House program cover depicting the Proscenium arch in 1935