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Rexford Newcomb

Summary

Rexford G. Newcomb (April 24, 1886 – March 16, 1968) was an American architectural historian.

Biography edit

Newcomb was born in Independence, Kansas, on April 24, 1886. After undergraduate study at the University of Kansas, he earned both a second bachelor's degree in architecture and a master's in architecture at the University of Illinois, and a master of arts at the University of Southern California.[1] He married Ruth Bergen on October 24, 1911 in Wichita, Kansas; they had three children.[2]

After stints teaching at the Long Beach Polytechnic High School and Long Beach Evening High School, University of Southern California and Texas A&M University,[1] Newcomb returned to the University of Illinois as a faculty member in 1918. He remained there until 1954. He served as dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts from 1932 to 1954.[3][4] He was also the second president of the Society of Architectural Historians.[5]

Newcomb died on March 16, 1968, at Princeton, Illinois.[6]

Recognition edit

Newcomb was elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1940,[7] and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1928.[8] His book Architecture of the Old Northwest Territory was the 1950 winner of the Alice Davis Hitchcock Award.[9]

Newcomb's collected papers are held by the University of Illinois library system.[3]

Selected books edit

  • Newcomb, Rexford (1916). The Franciscan Mission Architecture of Alta California. New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co. Reprinted by Dover Publications in 1973, ISBN 0-486-21740-X.
  • Newcomb, Rexford (1922). Outline of the History of Architecture. University of Illinois.. Republished as Outlines of the History of Architecture in four separate volumes by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1931–1939.[10]
  • Newcomb, Rexford (1925). The Old Mission Churches and Historic Houses of California: Their History, Architecture, Lore. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company.[11]
  • Newcomb, Rexford (1927). Hispanic Architecture: The Spanish House For America. Its Design, Furnishing and Garden. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company.[12]
  • Newcomb, Rexford (1928). In the Lincoln Country: Journeys to the Lincoln Shrines of Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois and Other States. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company.[13]
  • Newcomb, Rexford (1928). Mediterranean Domestic Architecture in the United States. Acanthus Press LLC. ISBN 0-926494-13-9.
  • Newcomb, Rexford; Foster, William A. (1932). Home Architecture: A Textbook for Schools and Colleges, a Manual for the Home Builder and Home Owner. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.[14]
  • Newcomb, Rexford (1937). Spanish-Colonial Architecture in the United States. New York: JJ Augustin. ISBN 978-0-486-26263-5. Reprinted by Dover Publications in 1990.
  • Newcomb, Rexford (1947). Ceramic Whitewares: History, Technology and Applications. New York: Pitman.
  • Newcomb, Rexford (1950). Architecture of the Old Northwest Territory: A Study of Early Architecture in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Part of Minnesota. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.[15]
  • Newcomb, Rexford (1953). Architecture in Old Kentucky. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.[16]

References edit

  1. ^ a b The Illio. University of Illinois. 1932. p. 28. hdl:10111/UIUCOCA:illio193239univ.
  2. ^ "Princeton – Mrs. Ruth Newcomb, 79". Dixon Evening Telegraph. August 21, 1968 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b "Rexford G. Newcomb Papers, 1902-65". University Library. University of Illinois. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  4. ^ "Rexford Newcomb". College of Fine & Applied Arts. University of Illinois. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  5. ^ Fazio, Michael (August 1991). "Interpreting Southern Antebellum Architecture in the 1990s". Journal of Architectural Education. 44 (4): 225–234. doi:10.2307/1425144. JSTOR 1425144.
  6. ^ "Deaths" (PDF). The Archi. Alpha Rho Chi. Spring 1969. p. 20.
  7. ^ "Rexford Newcomb". AIA Historical Directory of American Architects. ahd1032463. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  8. ^ "Historic Fellows". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  9. ^ "Alice Davis Hitchcock Book Award Recipients". Publication Awards. Society of Architectural Historians. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  10. ^ Morgan, Keith N.; Cheek, Richard (1990). "History in the service of design: American architect-historians, 1870–1940". Studies in the History of Art. 35: 61–75. JSTOR 42620496. Review of Outlines of the History of Architecture:
    • T. K. H. (April 1933). Landscape Architecture Magazine. 23 (3): 212. JSTOR 44662231.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  11. ^ Reviews of The Old Mission Churches and Historic Houses of California:
    • The American Magazine of Art. 16 (12): 679. December 1925. JSTOR 23929089.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • P. W. B. (January 1926). The Catholic Historical Review. 11 (4): 730–735. JSTOR 25012259.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Coy, Owen C. (January 1926). "Architecture: Art and lore of the mission churches". The Grizzly Bear. Vol. 38, no. 225. pp. 8–9.
    • Purdy, Helen Throop (December 1925). California Historical Society Quarterly. 4 (4): 394–396. doi:10.2307/25177786. JSTOR 25177786.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Robertson, James A. (August 1927). The Hispanic American Historical Review. 7 (3): 347–349. doi:10.2307/2505864. hdl:2027/mdp.39015013176519. JSTOR 2505864.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  12. ^ Reviews of Hispanic Architecture: The Spanish House For America:
    • "Hispanic Architecture: The Spanish House For America. Its Design, Furnishing and Garden. By Rexford Newcomb (review)". New York Times. March 27, 1927. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
    • The American Magazine of Art. 18 (4): 224. April 1927. JSTOR 23930449.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Robertson, James A. (August 1927). The Hispanic American Historical Review. 7 (3): 349–350. doi:10.2307/2505865. JSTOR 2505865.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  13. ^ Reviews of In the Lincoln Country:
    • R. N. R. B. (May 1929). The Geographical Journal. 73 (5): 480–481. doi:10.2307/1784661. JSTOR 1784661.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • E. W. J. (June 1929). Geography. 15 (2): 172. JSTOR 40557296.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  14. ^ Review of Home Architecture:
    • Strong, William A. (January 1935). Landscape Architecture Magazine. 25 (2): 110–111. JSTOR 44658392.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  15. ^ Reviews of Architecture of the Old Northwest Territory:
    • Buley, R. Carlyle (September 1951). Indiana Magazine of History. 47 (3): 299–301. JSTOR 27787965.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Cater, Harold Dean (June 1951). "Review" (PDF). Minnesota History. 32 (2): 109–110. JSTOR 20175599.
    • Drury, John (1950). The Mississippi Valley Historical Review. 37 (3): 527. doi:10.2307/1893336. JSTOR 1893336.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Hamlin, Talbot (April 1951). The William and Mary Quarterly. 8 (2): 260–262. doi:10.2307/1916912. JSTOR 1916912.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Hamlin, Talbot (Winter 1951). College Art Journal. 10 (2): 209–210. doi:10.2307/772330. JSTOR 772330.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Jenkins, John W. (Spring 1952). The Wisconsin Magazine of History. 35 (3): 221–222. JSTOR 4632416.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Kocher, A. Lawrence (October 1951). Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies. 18 (4): 352–354. JSTOR 27769265.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  16. ^ Reviews of Architecture in Old Kentucky:
    • Clark, Thomas D. (February 1954). The Journal of Southern History. 20 (1): 114–115. doi:10.2307/2954593. JSTOR 2954593.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Creese, Walter L. (1953-05-01). Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 12 (2). University of California Press: 30–31. doi:10.2307/987547. JSTOR 987547.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Garvan, Anthony N. B. (January 1954). The William and Mary Quarterly. 11 (1): 143–144. doi:10.2307/1923167. JSTOR 1923167.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • B. E. H. (April 1953). The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society. 51 (175): 176–177. JSTOR 23373748.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Lancaster, Clay (Winter 1954). College Art Journal. 13 (2): 150–151. doi:10.1080/15436322.1954.11465856. JSTOR 773529. S2CID 164009723.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Richardson, A. E. (October 1953). Journal of the Royal Society of Arts. 101 (4911): 868–869. JSTOR 41365589.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Zucker, Paul (December 1953). The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. 12 (2): 268–269. doi:10.2307/426883. JSTOR 426883.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
 
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