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for Samuel Breck Parkman Trowbridge
1862 - 1925
After receiving a grammar-school education in New Haven, Connecticut, Trowbridge went on to Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, from which he graduated in 1883. Three years later, he received an advanced degree in architecture from Columbia University, New York. Trowbridge then left for Athens where he supervised the erection of the American School of Classical Studies. While there, he developed a keen, lifelong interest in archaeology. Following his stay in Athens, he went to Paris to continue his education at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts.
When Trowbridge returned to New York, he began a four-year association with architect George Post. In 1896, however, he created his own firm with Goodhue Livingston. The firm, known for its banks, hotels, and other commercial structures built in Manhattan, also designed the city's penitentiary on Rikers Island.
Cox depicts Trowbridge in academic robes, probably alluding to the Sc.D. degree he received from Trinity College in 1910. He later served as trustee and vice president of the American Academy in Rome, an institution he strongly supported. The memorial read into Academy minutes upon Trowbridge's death noted his personal qualities: "He was a born clubman, had a distinguished personal presence and was always immaculately attired, which did not prevent him from roughing it in his hunting and fishing trips or in rendering kindly manual service."
When Trowbridge returned to New York, he began a four-year association with architect George Post. In 1896, however, he created his own firm with Goodhue Livingston. The firm, known for its banks, hotels, and other commercial structures built in Manhattan, also designed the city's penitentiary on Rikers Island.
Cox depicts Trowbridge in academic robes, probably alluding to the Sc.D. degree he received from Trinity College in 1910. He later served as trustee and vice president of the American Academy in Rome, an institution he strongly supported. The memorial read into Academy minutes upon Trowbridge's death noted his personal qualities: "He was a born clubman, had a distinguished personal presence and was always immaculately attired, which did not prevent him from roughing it in his hunting and fishing trips or in rendering kindly manual service."
