Albert Buchman

Albert Buchman was an American architect in practice in New York.

Life and career

Buchman was born April 11, 1859, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended Cornell University, graduating in 1880. He then took a job with the architect Herman J. Schwarzmann in New York. In 1884, he was made junior partner in the firm of Schwarzmann & Buchman. Schwarzmann retired in 1886, and Buchman began practicing under his own name. In 1887, he made Gustav Deisler junior partner in Buchman & Deisler. This continued until 1899, when Deisler retired from the firm and Buchman associated with Mortimer J. Fox as Buchman & Fox. This partnership lasted until 1917, when Fox was appointed a vice president of the Columbia Bank.
After Fox retired, Buchman formed a fourth and final partnership with Ely Jacques Kahn, as Buchman & Kahn. Office manager John M. Montfort was also associated. Due to his health Buchman eventually retired, and in January, 1930 Kahn reestablished the practice as the Firm of Ely Jacques Kahn, in association with Montfort. Buchman died in New York, April 15, 1936.
Buchman was a member of the American Institute of Architects from 1921 to 1929.

Architectural works

Estherwood, Dobbs Ferry, New York, 1894.
695–709 Sixth Avenue NYC -expansion, 1894
636–640 Sixth Avenue NYC, 1896
7–9 West 18th Street NYC, 1896–97
New facade for the Hebrew Girls' School, New York City, 1900
16 East 18th Street NYC, 1902
Leonori Building, New York City, 1902
695–709 Sixth Avenue NYC -expansion, 1902,
18–22 West 18th Street NYC, 1902–04
162 Fifth Avenue NYC, 1903
Hotel Le Marquis, New York City, 1905
684 Sixth Avenue NYC, 1905
85 Fifth Avenue NYC – expansion, 1905,
14–16 West 17th Street NYC, 1906–07
12–14 West 21st Street NYC, 1907
30–32 West 21st Street NYC, 1907
B. Altman and Company Store, 615–629 Sixth Avenue NYC, 1909–10 & 1916–17,
604–612 Sixth Avenue NYC, 1910–1912
50–58 West 18th Street NYC, 1911–12
The Times Square Building, New York City, 1912
125 Prince Street NYC, 1892-1893