Frank Miles Day

The Art Club of Philadelphia at 220 South Broad Street in Philadelphia, designed by Day, built in 1889-1890 and demolished in 1975-1776

Frank Miles Day (April 5, 1861 – June 15, 1918) was a Philadelphia-based architect who specialized in residences and academic buildings.

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Early life and education

In 1883, Day graduated from the Towne School of the University of Pennsylvania, and traveled to Europe. In England, he apprenticed under two architects, and won the 1885 prize from the Architectural Association of London.

Career

After his apprenticing in England, Day returned to Philadelphia, where he worked with George T. Pearson and Addison Hutton prior to opening his own office in 1887. Day's first major commission was the Art Club of Philadelphia, which was built in 1889 and 1890 and was demolished in 1975 and 1776, on South Broad Street in Center City Philadelphia. His brother Henry joined the firm in 1893, forming Frank Miles Day & Brother, and Charles Zeller Klauder, Day's chief draftsman since 1900, became a partner in 1911, creating Day Brothers & Klauder. From 1912 to 1927, even after Day's 1918 death, the firm was known as Day & Klauder.

Day was a lecturer in architecture at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University, and taught perspective at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He was a supervising architect for Yale University and Johns Hopkins University, and served as the supervising architect for present-day Penn State University, New York University, the University of Delaware, and the University of Colorado at Boulder.^[1]

Day made major additions to the campuses of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn State University, and Wellesley College. Day & Klauder designed 18 buildings for Princeton University, although half were Klauder's work completed after Day's death.^[2] Day's 1917 master plan for the University of Delaware was inspired by Thomas Jefferson's plan for the University of Virginia.^[3] Following the firm's 1917 master plan for the University of Colorado Boulder campus, Klauder went on to design much of that university.

Day was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1899.^[4] Day was national president of the American Institute of Architects from 1906 to 1907, a founding editor of House & Garden magazine, and author of American Country Houses of Today, published in 1915. In 1910, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an associate academician.

Franklin Field during the November 28, 1908 Army-Navy game, one of several University of Pennsylvania buildings designed by Day; in addition to the second Franklin Field, built in 1903 and demolished in 1922, Day designed Weightman Hall, built in 1903 and 1904 (upper left), and the current Franklin Field was designed in 1922 by Day's partner, Charles Zeller Klauder, who also added its upper deck in 1925.

Death

Day died June 15, 1918, and is interred at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.

Selected works

Philadelphia buildings

Edward Wood houses, 245-47 S. 17th St., built between 1888 and 1890,^[5] and now Black Sheep Pub
Art Club of Philadelphia, 220 S. Broad St., built in 1889–90 and demolished in 1975–76
Alterations to Tenth Presbyterian Church, 1700–08 Spruce St., built in 1893^[6]
New Horticultural Hall, 250 S. Broad St., built in 1894–96 and demolished in 1917^[7]
American Baptist Publication Society, 1420-22 Chestnut St., built in 1896–97
C. B. Newbold residence, 1313 Locust St., built in 1897^[8]
Cogslea, the residence and studio of Violet Oakley, 615 St. Georges Rd., Mount Airy section of Philadelphia, built in 1902
Philadelphia Art Alliance (Samuel P. Wetherill mansion), 251 S. 18th St., built in 1906^[9]
Vernon Park Branch, Free Library of Philadelphia, 5708 Germantown Ave., Germantown section of Philadelphia, built in 1906^[10]
Second Church of Christian Scientist, 5443 Greene St., Germantown, built between 1918 and 1925, and now the Taulane Assembly Building at Germantown Friends School

University of Pennsylvania

Houston Hall at the University of Pennsylvania, 3417 Spruce St., designed with William C. Hays and Milton D. Medary in 1894
Pedestal of Benjamin Franklin Statue, John J. Boyle, sculptor, College Hall, 3420 Locust Walk, on the University of Pennsylvania campus, developed between 1896 and 1899; in 1839, the statue was moved from 9th and Chestnut Sts. to its current location in 1939.
University of Pennsylvania Museum, 3260 South St. at the [University of Pennsylvania, designed with Wilson Eyre and Cope & Stewardson, built in 1899
Franklin Field at the University of Pennsylvania (2nd stadium), 33rd & Spruce Sts., built in 1903 and demolished in 1922. The current Franklin Field, the third stadium on the site, was designed in 1922 by Day's partner, Charles Zeller Klauder, with the upper deck added in 1925
Weightman Hall (The Fieldhouse) at the University of Pennsylvania, 233-35 S. 33rd St., built in 1903–04

Princeton University

Holder Hall Quadrangle at Princeton University, built in 1909
Memorial Tower at Princeton University, built in 1911
Hamilton Hall at Princeton University, built in 1911
Princeton University Clubhouse at Princeton University, built in 1911
Cuyler Hall Dormitories at Princeton University, built in 1913
Princeton Hall (Quadrangle Club) at Princeton University, built in 1913
Madison Hall Dining Complex (The Commons) at Princeton University, built in 1916
Sage Hall Dormitories, Princeton University, built in 1916
Pyne Hall and Gymnasium, Princeton University, built in 1922

Pennsylvania State University

Stock Pavilion at Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania, built in 1913
Liberal Arts Buildings at Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania, built 1913–37
Chemical Building at Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania, built in 1914
Dairy & Creamery Building, Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania, built in 1914
Mining Building at Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania, built in 1915 and later demolished

University of Delaware

Harter Hall Dormitories, Delaware College, Newark, Delaware (1916)
Wolf Hall Science Building, Delaware College, Newark, Delaware (1917)
Sussex Hall Dormitories, Delaware College, Newark, Delaware (1917)
Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, Delaware College, Newark, Delaware (1919)

Other buildings

Madison Public Library (Carnegie Library), 1249 Williamson St. in Madison, Wisconsin, built in 1904-1906, now Grieg Chorus Club
Tuberculosis Hospital, 4600 Arkansas Ave. NW, Washington, D.C., built in 1908 and since demolished^[11]
Parish House & Rectory, Trinity Episcopal Church, Wilmington, Delaware, built in 1909–10^[12]
Gymnasium, Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, built in 1911
Dormitories, Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, built in 1912
New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, built in 1912 and later expanded by Day & Klauder in 1914-26
Dormitories at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, built in 1912–19
Textile Building, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, built in 1914
Charlton Yarnall residence at Crum Creek Farm (1914) 2600 Wayland Road Berwyn, Pennsylvania, now the offices of Melmark School^[13]
Founders Hall, Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, built in 1915^[14]
Sigma Phi Fraternity at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, built in 1915–16^[15]
Hartford Theological Seminary, Hartford, Connecticut, built in 1915–16
Lapham Field House, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, built in 1917–23
McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, built in 1918
J. L. Ketterlinus summer home, Bar Harbor, Maine, built in 1896