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for Thomas Harlan Ellet
American, 1880 - 1951
Ellet studied first at Chicago's Armour Institute of Technology, from which he received a certificate in architecture in 1903. He then entered the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, where he studied under Paul Cret, and received his degree in architecture in 1906. He also studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, and with the 1907 Pennsylvania Academy Cresson Traveling Scholarship went to Europe for study in Paris and at the American Academy in Rome. On his return to America he entered the firm of McKim, Meade and White in New York, passing four years there before opening his own practice in 1915. His career was interrupted by overseas service with the United States Army Corp of Engineers during World War I.
For the American Battle Monuments Commission Ellet designed the military chapel at the cemetery at Thiaucourt, France; the interior mosaic decorations for this chapel were executed by Barry Faulkner. Among others of Ellet's more important projects are the J. Seward Johnson residence in New Brunwick, New Jersey, for which he was awarded a silver medal by the New York Architectural League in 1928; New York's Cosmopolitan Club, which received the League's gold medal in 1933; and the Bronx, New York, post office. From 1934 to 1936, Ellet served as a consulting architect for the United States Department of the Treasury. He retired from active practice in 1941.
For the American Battle Monuments Commission Ellet designed the military chapel at the cemetery at Thiaucourt, France; the interior mosaic decorations for this chapel were executed by Barry Faulkner. Among others of Ellet's more important projects are the J. Seward Johnson residence in New Brunwick, New Jersey, for which he was awarded a silver medal by the New York Architectural League in 1928; New York's Cosmopolitan Club, which received the League's gold medal in 1933; and the Bronx, New York, post office. From 1934 to 1936, Ellet served as a consulting architect for the United States Department of the Treasury. He retired from active practice in 1941.
