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The works of the Guastavino Company are hidden in plain sight in hundreds of public spaces across the country. Here are some highlights, listed by state:
ALABAMA
— Emanu-el Temple, Birmingham, 1911
ARKANSAS
— Scottish Rite Temple, Little Rock. 1922-23.
CALIFORNIA
— The Museum of Man, San Diego, 1915
— Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, 1926-1943
— University of California, Berkeley, Hearst Building, 1906
CONNECTICUT
— Connecticut State Library and Supreme Court Building, Hartford, 1910
— Yale University, Peabody Museum of Natural History, 1923-24
FLORIDA
— Florida State Supreme Court Building, Tallahassee
GEORGIA
— U.S. Custom House and Post Office, Brunswick
ILLINOIS
— Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago, 1927
— University of Chicago, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, Chicago, 1925-28
MASSACHUSETTS
— Boston Public Library, Boston, 1889-1890
— Forsyth Dental Infirmary (now owned by Museum of Fine Arts), Boston, 1912
— Guastavino Factory Building (now Tocci Building Companies), Woburn, 1906-07
— Harvard University, Widener Memorial Library, Cambridge, 1915
MICHIGAN
— University of Michigan, Hutchins Hall, Ann Arbor, 1932
MINNESOTA
— Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, 1914
NEBRASKA
— Nebraska state capitol, Lincoln, 1922-32
NEW JERSEY
— Atlantic City Convention Center, 1927-29
— Drew University, Seminary Hall
— Morristown Passenger Station, Morristown, 1913
— Princeton University Chapel, 1925-28
NEW YORK
— Bronx Zoo, Elephant House, 1908
— Buffalo City Hall, 1930-31
— Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NYC, 1899-1940
— Columbia University, St. Paul’s Chapel, 1904-07
— Ellis Island, Registry Hall, NYC, 1917
— Temple Emanu-El, NYC, 1916
— St. Bartholomew’s Church, NYC, 1917-1921, 1929, 1930
— Grand Central Terminal, Oyster Bay and Whispering Gallery, 1912
— Lord and Taylor Building, Fifth Avenue, NYC, 1913-14
— Riverside Church, NYC, 1930
— Queensboro Bridge Underpass and Bridgemarket, 1917
NORTH CAROLINA
— Duke University Chapel, Durham, 1931
OHIO
— Cleveland Public Library, 1924
PENNSYLVANIA
— Franklin Institute Science Museum, Franklin Hall, Philadelphia, 1932-33
— Carnegie Mellon University, various buildings, Pittsburgh, 1905-19
RHODE ISLAND
— Vanderbilt Estate “The Breakers,” Newport, 1894
TEXAS
— Houston Belt and Terminal Railway Co. passenger station, 1911
— Texaco Building, Houston, 1915
VIRGINIA
Arlington National Cemetery, Memorial Amphitheatre, Arlington, 1914-20
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Richmond, 1903
WASHINGTON, D.C.
The Archives Building, 1933-34
District of Columbia War Memorial, 1931
National Academy of Sciences, 1923-24
Washington National Cathedral, 1956
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