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for Electus Darwin Litchfield
1872 - 1952
Litchfield studied architecture at the Brooklyn (New York) Polytechnic Institute and at Stevens Institute of Technology, Hobokon, New Jersey. During the early twentieth century he worked in several of New York's leading architectural firms; in 1906 and 1907 her served on the city's Building Revision Commission. During World War I Litchfield designed Yorkship Village, a residential community for shipyard workers near Camden, New Jersey. In 1926 he established his own architectural firm in New York, and continued on a long and distinguished career. He was a major voice in advocacy of municipal betterment projects including slum clearing and city beautification. He was active as both an architect and civic leader until the last years of his life.
