William Bunker Tubby was an American architect, particularly in New York City.

Tubby was born in Des Moines, Iowa

Iowa

Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...

 and graduated from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute in 1875. He worked in the architectural offices of Ebenezer L. Roberts until beginning his own firm in 1883. Continuing this practice until his retirement in 1942, Tubby became a major New York architect. He created important buildings in a variety of styles, and was especially known for his Romanesque

Romanesque architecture

Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of Medieval Europe characterised by semi-circular arches. There is no consensus for the beginning date of the Romanesque architecture, with proposals ranging from the 6th to the 10th century. It developed in the 12th century into the Gothic style,...

 and Dutch revival style designs.

The house that Tubby designed for Charles Millard Pratt

Charles Millard Pratt

Charles Millard Pratt was an American oil industrialist and philanthropist.-Early life:Pratt was born and raised in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, the eldest son of Charles Pratt and Lydia Ann Richardson....

 at 241 Clinton Avenue (1893, located in Brooklyn’s Clinton Hill

Clinton Hill, Brooklyn

Clinton Hill is a neighborhood in the north-central portion of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. It is bordered on the east by Bedford-Stuyvesant, on the west by Fort Greene, on the north by Wallabout Bay and on the south by Prospect Heights...

 Historic District) is one of the city’s finest examples of Romanesque revival architecture. His creativity and expertise can also be seen in several other Brooklyn homes: the neo-Jacobean Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture Meeting House, the Romanesque revival style home at 234 Lincoln Place, the Queen Anne style row at 864-872 Carroll Street, the residences of Brooklyn mayors at 405 Clinton Avenue and the Dutch Revival house at 43 Willow Street, which Tubby himself occupied.

His institutional designs include the Renaissance revival style library building for the Pratt Institute

Pratt Institute

Pratt Institute is a private art college in New York City located in Brooklyn, New York, with satellite campuses in Manhattan and Utica. Pratt is one of the leading undergraduate art schools in the United States and offers programs in Architecture, Graphic Design, History of Art and Design,...

 (1896, a designated New York City Landmark), the Romanesque revival style 83rd Police Precinct House in Brooklyn (1894-95), a designated New York Landmark) and the Flemish Revival style Wallabout Market (demolished) which was once the second-largest market in the world. As a member of the Architects’ Advisory Commission for the Brooklyn Carnegie Libraries

Carnegie library

A Carnegie library is a library built with money donated by Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. 2,509 Carnegie libraries were built between 1883 and 1929, including some belonging to public and university library systems...

, Tubby designed five library buildings.

Outside of New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

, Tubby created designs for banks, churches, libraries, hospitals and large estates throughout the Northeast including Waveny House in New Canaan, CT and Dunnellen Hall

Dunnellen Hall

Dunnellen Hall is a private mansion located in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA. It was sold by the estate of Leona Helmsley for $35,000,000, down from the original asking price of $125,000,000 when it was first put up on the market in 2008....

 in Greenwich, CT. The Roslyn National Bank and Trust Company Building

Roslyn National Bank and Trust Company Building

Roslyn National Bank and Trust Company Building is a historic commercial building located at Roslyn in Nassau County, New York. It was designed by noted architect William Tubby and built in 1931. Located on the corner of Old Northern Boulevard and Remsen Avenue, it is a one story, rectangular...

 at Roslyn, New York

Roslyn, New York

Roslyn is a village in Nassau County, New York, on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2010 Census, the village population was 2,770...

 was built in 1931.

Tubby lived in Brooklyn Heights

Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn

Brooklyn Heights is a culturally diverse neighborhood within the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Originally referred to as 'Brooklyn Village', it has been a prominent area of Brooklyn since 1834. As of 2000, Brooklyn Heights sustained a population of 22,594 people. The neighborhood is part of...

 at 43 Willow Street before retiring to Greenwich, Connecticut

Greenwich, Connecticut

Greenwich is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 61,171. It is home to many hedge funds and other financial service companies. Greenwich is the southernmost and westernmost municipality in Connecticut and is 38+ minutes ...

 in his later life. A member of the Brooklyn Guild Association, he taught architecture at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute.