Morris Henry Sugarman

Morris Henry Sugarman was a Russian-born American architect. He co-founded the architecture firm, Sugarman & Berger with Albert C. Berger.

Biography

Sugarman was born on December 15, 1889, in Odessa, Odessky Uyezd, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire. He was the son of Marianne and Samuel Sugarman. He studied at the National Academy of Design at Columbia University, and in England and in France.
In 1925, he was awarded the gold medal from the American Institute of Architects. He organized the architectural firm Sugarman & Berger in 1926. Together they designed the New Yorker Hotel, the Roerich Museum in New York City, the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York City, the Mayfair Hotel in Philadelphia, Navarre Building in New York City, the Long Beach Hospital on Long Island, as well as buildings in Europe and Central America.
Sugarman died on October 12, 1946, after an illness at Doctors Hospital in Manhattan. His daughter was the fashion designer Joan "Tiger" Morse.