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Rexford Newcomb

Rexford G. Newcomb (April 24, 1886 – March 16, 1968) was an American architectural historian.

Biography

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Newcomb was born in Independence, Kansas, on April 24, 1886. After undergraduate study at the University of Kansas, he earned both a second bachelor's degree in architecture and a master's in architecture at the University of Illinois, and a master of arts at the University of Southern California.[1] He married Ruth Bergen on October 24, 1911 in Wichita, Kansas; they had three children.[2]

After stints teaching at the Long Beach Polytechnic High School and Long Beach Evening High School, University of Southern California and Texas A&M University,[1] Newcomb returned to the University of Illinois as a faculty member in 1918. He remained there until 1954. He served as dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts from 1932 to 1954.[3][4] He was also the second president of the Society of Architectural Historians.[5]

Newcomb died on March 16, 1968, at Princeton, Illinois.[6]

Recognition

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Newcomb was elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1940,[7] and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1928.[8] His book Architecture of the Old Northwest Territory was the 1950 winner of the Alice Davis Hitchcock Award.[9]

Newcomb's collected papers are held by the University of Illinois library system.[3]

Selected books

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  • Newcomb, Rexford (1916). The Franciscan Mission Architecture of Alta California. New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co. Reprinted by Dover Publications in 1973, ISBN 0-486-21740-X.
  • Newcomb, Rexford (1922). Outline of the History of Architecture. University of Illinois.. Republished as Outlines of the History of Architecture in four separate volumes by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1931–1939.[10]
  • Newcomb, Rexford (1925). The Old Mission Churches and Historic Houses of California: Their History, Architecture, Lore. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company.[11]
  • Newcomb, Rexford (1927). Hispanic Architecture: The Spanish House For America. Its Design, Furnishing and Garden. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company.[12]
  • Newcomb, Rexford (1928). In the Lincoln Country: Journeys to the Lincoln Shrines of Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois and Other States. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company.[13]
  • Newcomb, Rexford (1928). Mediterranean Domestic Architecture in the United States. Acanthus Press LLC. ISBN 0-926494-13-9.
  • Newcomb, Rexford; Foster, William A. (1932). Home Architecture: A Textbook for Schools and Colleges, a Manual for the Home Builder and Home Owner. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.[14]
  • Newcomb, Rexford (1937). Spanish-Colonial Architecture in the United States. New York: JJ Augustin. ISBN 978-0-486-26263-5. Reprinted by Dover Publications in 1990.
  • Newcomb, Rexford (1947). Ceramic Whitewares: History, Technology and Applications. New York: Pitman.
  • Newcomb, Rexford (1950). Architecture of the Old Northwest Territory: A Study of Early Architecture in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Part of Minnesota. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.[15]
  • Newcomb, Rexford (1953). Architecture in Old Kentucky. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.[16]

References

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  1. ^ a b The Illio. University of Illinois. 1932. p. 28. hdl:10111/UIUCOCA:illio193239univ.
  2. ^ "Princeton – Mrs. Ruth Newcomb, 79". Dixon Evening Telegraph. August 21, 1968 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b "Rexford G. Newcomb Papers, 1902-65". University Library. University of Illinois. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  4. ^ "Rexford Newcomb". College of Fine & Applied Arts. University of Illinois. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  5. ^ Fazio, Michael (August 1991). "Interpreting Southern Antebellum Architecture in the 1990s". Journal of Architectural Education. 44 (4): 225–234. doi:10.2307/1425144. JSTOR 1425144.
  6. ^ "Deaths" (PDF). The Archi. Alpha Rho Chi. Spring 1969. p. 20.
  7. ^ "Rexford Newcomb". AIA Historical Directory of American Architects. ahd1032463. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  8. ^ "Historic Fellows". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  9. ^ "Alice Davis Hitchcock Book Award Recipients". Publication Awards. Society of Architectural Historians. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  10. ^ Morgan, Keith N.; Cheek, Richard (1990). "History in the service of design: American architect-historians, 1870–1940". Studies in the History of Art. 35: 61–75. JSTOR 42620496. Review of Outlines of the History of Architecture:
  11. ^ Reviews of The Old Mission Churches and Historic Houses of California:
  12. ^ Reviews of Hispanic Architecture: The Spanish House For America:
  13. ^ Reviews of In the Lincoln Country:
  14. ^ Review of Home Architecture:
    • Strong, William A. (January 1935). Landscape Architecture Magazine. 25 (2): 110–111. JSTOR 44658392.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  15. ^ Reviews of Architecture of the Old Northwest Territory:
  16. ^ Reviews of Architecture in Old Kentucky:
 
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