Schickel & Ditmars


Schickel & Ditmars was an architectural firm in New York City, active during the city's Gilded Age from 1885 until the early 1900s. It was responsible for designing many fine churches, residences and commercial buildings.

History

J. William Schickel formed the firm in 1885 as William Schickel & Company, in association with Isaac E. Ditmars and Hugo Kafka. The firm's name changed to Schickel and Ditmars in 1895, and continued under the direction of Ditmars after Schickel's death in 1907. The firm "enjoyed considerable patronage from German-American clients" and produced a large number of works for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. The firm "focused primarily, although not exclusively, on preparing designs for Roman Catholic churches and institutional buildings," particularly Roman Catholic churches for German-American parishes. The firm's address was listed at 111 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
Schickel & Ditmars were the architects responsible for much of Lenox Hill Hospital as it grew into its present location on the Upper East Side.
The prominent architect and artist Harold Van Buren Magonigle was counted amongst the firm's employees.

Noteworthy structures

Churches and Ecclesiastical Projects:
Hospitals and Institutions:
  • St. Peter's Hospital, 274 Henry Street, Brooklyn,
  • The Catholic Club of New York, 120 Central Park South, New York City, New York
  • The German Hospital, New York City, New York, SW corner of 77th Street and Lexington Avenue, a five-story and basement brick hospital, built for the German Hospital for $120,000.
  • 523-531 E 86th Street,, a 5-6-story brick stone dwelling with chapel, built for $125,000 for the Sisters of Misericorde.
  • St. Ignatius' School, 46-50 E 84th Street,, built for the Church of St. Ignatius for $150,000.
  • St. Lawrence Hospital, 430-432 West 164th Street, New York City, New York,
  • The German Hospital Nursing School, 1084-1090 Lexington Avenue, New York City, New York, a nine-story brick nursing school, built for the German Hospital two years before it would be renamed to Lenox Hill.
  • The St. Vincent de Paul Hospital School of Nursing, 1-17 Seventh Avenue and 148-172 West 12th Street, New York City, New York
Commercial, Office and Industrial Buildings:
  • The Constable Building Annex, 12 East 18th Street, New York City, New York
  • Astor Building, 99 Prince Street, New York City, New York,
  • Ehrich Brothers Emporium, 695-709 Sixth Avenue, New York City, New York
  • R.H. Macy & Co. Store Annex, 55 13th Street, New York City, New York, now Arnhold Hall of The New School
  • Scott & Bowne Building, 409-415 Pearl Street, New York City, New York,, demolished
  • The Constable Building Office Tower, 109-111th Fifth Avenue, New York City, New York
  • R.H. Macy & Co. Store Annex, 56 West 14th Street, New York City, New York, New York City Landmark
  • The Conley Foil Company Building, 521-537 West 25th Street, New York City, New York, a four-story and basement brick factory, built for Conley Foil Co. for $165,000.
  • The Lakewood Hotel, Lakewood, New Jersey, demolished, built for Nathan Straus
  • The Johnston Building, 1166-1172 Broadway, New York City, New York, a 12-story stone front office building with stores, built for Caroline H Johnston, Stuttgart, Germany, attorney, and Frederick A Constable of 9 E 83rd St for $500,000.
  • 38 West 21st Street, New York City, New York
Residences:
  • Constable Family Stables & Greenhouse Complex, 4 East 84th Street, et al, New York City, New York,, demolished c. 1950 for 1025 Fifth Avenue
  • Leonard and Annie Weiderer House, 387 St. Paul's Avenue, Staten Island, New York,
  • Residence of John D. Crimmins, Esq., 40-42 East 68th Street, New York City, New York, addition, renovation and new facade
  • Mrs. Thomas Fortune Ryan Residence, 1 West 12th Street,, demolished
  • William Baumgartner Residence, 294 Riverside Drive, New York City, New York
  • Isaac Stern House, 858 5th Ave., New York City, New York, demolished
  • Louis Stern Residence, 993 5th Ave., New York City, New York, demolished
  • Isaac Stern Residence, 42 East 52nd Street, New York City, New York, demolished

Noteworthy alumni