John Vredenburgh Van Pelt, F.A.I.A., A.D.G.F., (February 24, 1874–1962) was an architectural historian, author, and American architect active in early to mid-twentieth-century New York City

New York City

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. He was a partner in Green & Van Pelt (1906), in Thompson & Van Pelt (1925), and Van Pelt, Hardy & Goubert (1928–1930). He had his offices in New York City and Patchogue, Long Island.

Biography

Van Pelt was born in Philadelphia and attended private schools there until attending the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs and the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

. In 1904, he worked for Carrere and Hastings

Carrère and Hastings

Carrère and Hastings, the firm of John Merven Carrère and Thomas Hastings , located in New York City, was one of the outstanding Beaux-Arts architecture firms in the United States. The partnership operated from 1885 until 1911, when Carrère was killed in an automobile accident...

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His offices were on 45 West 45th Street, New York City (sharing office space with the architectural firm of Weiskopf & Pickworth), and Roe Boulevard, West, Patchogue, Long Island, New York.

During World War I

World War I

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, he was chairman of inspection committees and later in charge of computing the budget. He was a member and fellow of the American Institute of Architects

American Institute of Architects

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 and chairman of the Public Information Committee, a member of the Societe des Architectes Diplomes, Paris, member of the Beaux Arts Society of New York, and for several years secretary of the Finer Arts Federation, and Patchogue Chamber of Commerce.

Works

• Our Lady of Mercy School (Bronx, New York), Webster Avenue, Bronx, New York, built for $200,000
• Joan of Arc Monument on Riverside Drive, 93rd Street, Upper West Side, New York City (Anna Hyatt Huntington
  Anna Hyatt Huntington
  Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington was an American sculptor.-Life and career:Huntington was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her father, Alpheus Hyatt, was a professor of paleontology and zoology at Harvard University and MIT, and served as a contributing factor to her early interest in animals and...
  
  , sculptor)
• Residence of Newton Fassett, in Elmira, New York
  Elmira, New York
  Elmira is a city in Chemung County, New York, USA. It is the principal city of the 'Elmira, New York Metropolitan Statistical Area' which encompasses Chemung County, New York. The population was 29,200 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Chemung County.The City of Elmira is located in...
  
  , built for $45,000
• Residence of George E. Hardy, Fishers Island
  Fishers Island
  Fishers Island, approximately 9 miles long and 1 mile wide, is located at the eastern end of Long Island Sound, 2 miles off the southeastern coast of Connecticut across Fishers Island Sound...
  
  , built for $150,000.
• Church of the Guardian Angel (New York City)
  Church of the Guardian Angel (New York City)
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   (1930), 10th Avenue at 21st Street.
• Church, School and Rectory of St. John Nepomuc's Church (New York City), built for $300,000
• Our Lady of the Rosary Church (Yonkers, New York)
• Our Lady of Victory Church (Bronx, New York)
  Our Lady of Victory Church (Bronx, New York)
  The Church of Our Lady of Victory is a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at Webster Avenue, Tremont, Bronx, New York City. The parish was established in 1909.-Buildings:...
  
  
• St. Ambrose Church (Manhattan)
• The Gennadeion Library and Residences for the American School of Classical Studies in Athens
  Athens
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  , built for $375,000 in Greece (but if in America would have cost $1,150,000 with marble carving being done by refugees from Smyrna.)
• Patchogue Village Library Building (1908)
• St. John the Evangelist Parish School (1907), the SW corner of First Avenue and 56th Street, a four-storey brick and stone school (in partnership with Franklin A Green at 333 Fourth Avenue for $80,000.
• United States Post Office (Patchogue, New York) (1930)

Published writings

• John Vredenburgh Van Pelt I(preface and introduction). Architecture Toscane-the Library of Architectural Documents, Volume 1-Palais, Maisons Et Autres Edifices De La Toscane, Volume 2-D'Espouy-Fragments D'Architecture Antique. New York: Pencil Points Press, 1923.
• John Vredenburgh Van Pelt and Anatole de Baudot (1834–1915), (with text by John V. Van Pelt). Commission des monuments historiques. Selected monuments of French Gothic ArchitectureThe library of architectural documents, vol. III. New York: Pencil Points Press, 1924.
• John V. Van Pelt. Masterpieces of Spanish Architecture. New York: Pencil Points Press, 1925.