About Woodruff Leeming
Lived 1871 – 1919 (aged 47–48). Woodruff Leeming was an American architect.
Woodruff Leeming, AIA, (July 14, 1870 – November 20, 1919) was an American architect who practiced in the New York area.
Biography Born July 14, 1870, in Quincy, Illinois, he first trained at Adelphi College, and later the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Early experience included working on the plans for the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York (probably with Heins & LaFarge) before studying in Paris. Upon his return to America, he opened his own office. He served in World War I, joining as a major and later entering the Army Reserve Corps with the rank of lieutenant-colonel.
He married Esther Howard on November 6, 1899, and they had four children.
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American architect
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Woodruff Leeming was born in 1871 in Quincy.
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Woodruff Leeming died on 20 November 1919 in New Canaan.
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Woodruff Leeming was an architect.
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