Charles D. Gambrill
Charles Dexter Gambrill (January 19, 1834 – September 13, 1880) was an American architect who worked mainly in New York City. He was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and studied at Harvard College, graduating in 1854, then attended the Lawrence Scientific School. He trained in George Snell's studio, working with future partners including Henry Van Brunt. In 1857 he moved to New York with Van Brunt to work for Richard Morris Hunt, a leading early Beaux-Arts-trained architect. He joined the American Institute of Architects in 1858. In 1860 he opened his own firm with George B. Post; they worked together until 1867, except for Post's eight months in the Civil War. In 1867 he formed a partnership with Henry Hobson Richardson, which lasted until 1878; after 1874 Gambrill ran the New York office alone as Richardson moved to Massachusetts. In 1878 he partnered with H. Edwards Ficken, a relationship that continued until his death. He was married but had no children, and he served as secretary of the AIA for four terms and held leadership roles in the Century Association. Gambrill died by suicide in his New York City office on September 13, 1880. He was not in debt, but he had suffered financial losses and poor health and had even threatened suicide in the past.
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