H. Page Cross
Howard Page Cross was an architect who practiced in New York City, active between the years 1945 and 1975. He was notable for having designed in the classical manner during a time when most American architects had abandoned it in favor of modernism.
Early life and education
Cross was born on August 23, 1910, and grew up in New York City. He was the son of John Walter Cross, an architect in the firm Cross and Cross. He graduated from the Groton School Yale College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and served in the armed forces during World War II as a major in the Marine Corps.He worked in partnership with his father, as Cross and Son, until 1951, and after his father's death as Page Cross Architect.
Cross died on August 28, 1975, at Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City, following heart surgery.
Architectural works
- Music Building, Foxcroft School.
- Schoolhouse, Foxcroft School.
- Paul and Bunny Mellon Residence, Rokeby Road, Upperville, Virginia.
- Paul and Bunny Mellon Residence, Oyster Harbors Island, Osterville, Massachusetts.
- Trinity Episcopal Church, Upperville, Virginia.
- Addition to the Andrew Mellon Library, Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Connecticut.
- Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington, DC.
- Paul and Bunny Mellon Townhouse, 125 East 70th Street, New York City.
- Paul and Bunny Mellon Residence, Mill Reef Club, Antigua, completed 1968.
- Harding and Mary Lawrence Residence, East End Avenue, New York City.
- Southampton, New York residence.
- Neil McConnell Residence, 8–12 Sutton Square, New York City.