Lescaze, William, 1896-1969
Person
Biography
William Lescaze (1896-1969) was born in Onex, Switzerland. He studied at College Calvin and Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He completed his architectural degree at Ecole polytechnique federale de Zurich. He immigrated to the United States in 1920. In 1929 he formed a architectural partnership with George Howe and formed Howe & Lescaze in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a proponent of modern architecture. He married Mary Hughes in 1933. He died of a hear attack at his home in New York in February 1969.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Letter from William Lescaze, 211 East 48th Street, New York to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., July 1, 1935 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Sub-Group:
Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box E, Folder: 4, item: 81Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Lescaze 1935.07.01
Scope and Contents:
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from architect William Lescaze to Mildred Bliss tells her he enjoyed the conducted tour through Dumbarton Oaks. She has made it an extraordinarily fascinating piece of art, and he is very grateful for the privilege of having had you in person to show it to Mr. Hynds and himself. He realizes it is awfully difficult for her to be away from Dumbarton Oaks. Lescaze thinks that Dumbarton Oaks ceases to be what it is when Mildred leaves it, but says...