Arthur Loomis Harmon was an American architect

Architect

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. He is most famous as the design

Design

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 partner of the firm Shreve, Lamb and Harmon

Shreve, Lamb and Harmon

Shreve, Lamb, and Harmon was the architectural firm best known for the 1931 Empire State Building, the tallest building in New York, and the world, at that time....

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With the firm he designed many landmarks that still stand today. Among them are: 740 Park Avenue

740 Park Avenue

740 Park Avenue is a luxury apartment building on Park Avenue in Manhattan, which has been the home to many wealthy and famous residents. The building also carries the address 71 East 71st Street.-History:...

, the Empire State Building

Empire State Building

The Empire State Building is a 102-story landmark skyscraper and American cultural icon in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. It has a roof height of 1,250 feet , and with its antenna spire included, it stands a total of 1,454 ft high. Its name is derived...

, and 3 Park Avenue

3 Park Avenue

3 Park Avenue is an office building located on Park Avenue at 33rd Street in New York City, built in 1976 by Cohen Brothers Realty. The building was designed in the International Style by Shreve, Lamb and Harmon, designers of the Empire State Building, and replaced Clinton & Russell's armory of...

. He was educated at Columbia University

Columbia University

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's School of Architecture, and worked at the architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White. Later he partnered with Wallis & Goodwillie before joining Shreve and Lamb to form Shreve, Lamb & Harmon.

Personally he also designed several buildings of relative note, namely Jerusalem International YMCA and Ten-Eyck-Troughton Residence. He died in 1958 in White Plains, New York

White Plains, New York

White Plains is a city and the county seat of Westchester County, New York, United States. It is located in south-central Westchester, about east of the Hudson River and northwest of Long Island Sound...