John Rochester Thomas was an American architect credited in his time with being the nation's most prolific designer of public and semi-public buildings.
Thomas c. 1899
Second Reformed Dutch Church, 123rd Street & Lenox Avenue, Harlem
The Surrogate's Courthouse (Hall of Records) in Manhattan, New York City
Philip H. Martiny was a French-American sculptor who worked in the Paris atelier of Eugene Dock, where he became foreman before emigrating to New York in 1878—to avoid conscription in the French army,
Putti representing Asia and Europe, Great Hall, Library of Congress