Lawrence B Valk
Lawrence Bolton Valk
American
Architect - AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| L B Valk and Son | 1885 | 1924 |
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- Son: Arthur L Valk
Architect - AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| L B Valk and Son | 1885 | 1924 |
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| Architect | FJ Lauerman House | Marinette | |||||
| Architect | New Utrecht Reformed Church and Buildings | New York City | |||||
| 1836/00/00 | Lawrence Bolton Valk is born at sea in 1836 off the coast of Florida. He will probably grow up in Charleston, South Carolina. | Born | |||||
| 1861/05/27 | Lawrence B Valk enlist in Company F of the 83rd New York Infantry Regiment. | Military | |||||
| 1861/07/04 | Lawrence B Valk of Company F of the 83rd New York fight at Harper's Ferry. | Military | Harpers Ferry National Historical Park | Harpers Ferry, WV | |||
| 1861/11/13 | Lawrence B Valk receives a disability discharge. | Military | |||||
| 1862/00/00 | Lawrence B Valk moves back to New York, marries Ellen Leonard and resumes his architectural practice. The firm initially has offices at 544 Broadway in Manhattan. | Life | Soho Historic District | New York City | |||
| 1869/00/00 | "Architecture for the Country: Valk's Cottages and Villas" by Lawrence B Valk is published. | Author | |||||
| 1873/00/00 | "Church Architecture: The New Form of a Plan for Churches" by Lawrence Valk is published. In his book, Valk advocates for the adoption of the Akron Plan, a design of pie-shaped classrooms that radiated from a central superintendent's platform. | Author | |||||
| 1875/00/00 | During the 1870s, Lawrence B Valk maintains an office at 229 Broadway (lost). In the mid-1880s he will moved to a larger space in Brooklyn. | Work | |||||
| 1915/10/26 | After changing the design to reduce the building cost, Lawrence Valk writes to the church building committee asking to "build it durable and churchly or don't buildit at all." | Architect | First Presbyterian Church of Eckert | Orchard City | |||
| 1915/11/30 | As the building committee proposes more cost reductions, Valk writes them to complain that "This putting up of a barn of a church is a sacrilege to God." | Architect | First Presbyterian Church of Eckert | Orchard City |
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