Clifton Springs Sanitarium is a historic sanitarium building located at the village of Clifton Springs in Ontario County, New York . Construction of the sanitarium building began in 1892 as a five-story ell-shaped 244-foot-long (74 m) brick structure in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The facade is eleven bays wide and terminated at each end by a conical tower with flat roof. A rectangular tower dominates the central bay. The building includes a chapel that has a favrile glass mosaic of the Last Supper designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany . It was home to the Clifton Springs Water Cure promoted by Dr. Henry Foster, whose 1854 home, Foster Cottage, is located on the property. In 1974 it was converted to a senior citizens apartment building. The sanitarium building and Foster Cottage were later included as part of the Clifton Springs Sanitarium Historic District .
6-578: The spa building "is a fine example of the early work of the Elmira architectural firm of Pierce & Bickford which was active in the western part of New York State from 1890 to 1930." It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. This article about a historic property or district in Ontario County , New York , that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places ,
12-510: A carpenter and builder, and Mariette (Pierce) Pierce. He attended the Dundee schools and the Starkey Seminary of Lakemont, New York , from which he graduated in 1878. After a period as a carpenter, in 1880 he moved to Elmira where he joined the office of architect Warren H. Hayes as a drafter . In 1881 Hayes relocated to Minneapolis , and Pierce purchased his Elmira practice. In 1884 he formed
18-559: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Pierce %26 Bickford Pierce & Bickford was an American architectural firm active in Elmira, New York , from 1891 to 1932. It was formed as the partnership of architects of Joseph H. Pierce (1855-1932) and Hiram H. Bickford (1864-1929), with later partner Robert T. Bickford (1894-1988). Joseph Hart Pierce was born September 2, 1855, in Dundee, New York , to Herschel W. Pierce,
24-479: The firm of Pierce & Dockstader with Otis Dockstader as his partner. This was dissolved in 1890 over an ethics dispute between the partners. After an additional year of private practice, Pierce then formed the firm of Pierce & Bickford with Hiram H. Bickford. Hiram Hooker Bickford was born November 22, 1864, in Barre, Vermont , to Daniel G. Bickford, also a carpenter and builder, and Cloe Marie (Hooker) Bickford. He
30-544: The younger Bickford continuing in partnership. Pierce retired from the partnership effective January 1, 1932, and died August 28. Robert T. Bickford practiced architecture under his own name into the 1970s, and died in 1988. Pierce joined the American Institute of Architects in 1889, followed by Bickford in 1893. Both served terms as president of the Central New York chapter. A number of their works are listed on
36-578: Was educated in the Barre Academy in Vermont before joining the office of Fitchburg, Massachusetts , architect Henry M. Francis as a student drafter. In 1887 he moved to Elmira and was hired as a drafter by Pierce & Dockstader, becoming Pierce's partner in 1891. In 1920 the partnership was expanded to include Bickford's son, Robert T. Bickford, as junior partner. The three became equal partners in 1925. The elder Bickford died November 8, 1929, with Pierce and
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