Lansing C. Holden


Lansing Colton Holden Sr. was an American architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries with several works in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He was also involved in architecture for refrigeration.

Biography

Holden was born in 1858 in Rome, New York. His father owned a marble yard in Utica, New York, where he attended public schools. He later attended College of Wooster, at which his brother, Louis E. Holden, later would serve as president.
He worked under architect Issac G. Perry, who designed the First Presbyterian Church in Ossining, New York. He also worked with Mills & Greenleaf.
From 1908 until his death he was president of the Bronx Refrigerating Company and of the Tri-Boro Refrigerating Company.
Holden was elected a fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1912. He served on many committees and was largely responsible for its code of ethics in its present form, and served as president of the New York Chapter. He was a member of the Board of Examiners of the City of New York in 1916, a member of the Board of Standards and Appeals in 1916 – 18, and a director of the Engineers Club.
He had served as the architect of the Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad.
His son, Lansing Colton Holden Jr. was an aviator. His grandson, Lansing C. Holden III, worked as a writer.
Holden died at his summer home at Kent Cliffs in Carmel, New York on May 15, 1930.

Works

Holden designed a variety of building some of which have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is believed that he also designed several textile mill buildings in New England but no record of these has been found.