Walter Cook, ^

1846 - 1916  (69 years)

• Name	Walter Cook  [1]
  Suffix	^
  Birth	23 Jul 1846	Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Mar 1916	Manhattan, New York City, New York, Stati Uniti d'America   [1, 4]
  	He died at his home, 135 East 37th Street.[While his obituary in the New York Times indicated that he "expires at 69," he recorded on his passport applications the birth date recorded here.]
  Burial	28 Mar 1916	Valley View Cemetery, Dover Plains, Dutchess, New York, Stati Uniti d'America
  Person ID	I9300	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	Edward Cook,   c. 13 May 1801, Saint Mary,Stafford,Stafford,England d. 10 Apr 1860 (Age ~ 58 years)
  Mother	Catharine Ireland,   b. 25 Nov 1804, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States d. 8 Nov 1887, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	1826	New York City, New York County, New York, United States
  Family ID	F4312	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Louise Sprague,   b. 24 Nov 1853, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States d. United States
  Marriage	25 Feb 1890	Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
  Children	1. Sally Sprague Cook,   b. 24 Jan 1881, New York City, New York, United States d. 5 Nov 1970, Manhattan, New York City, New York, Stati Uniti d'America (Age 89 years)   2. Elizabeth Sprague Cook,   b. 1 Sep 1878, Buffalo, Erie, New York, Stati Uniti d'America d. 12 Feb 1960, United States (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F4311	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Marie Elisa Hugot,   b. 15 Nov 1855, Fresnes, Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France d. 10 Jun 1888, Manhattan, New York County, New York, United States of America (Age 32 years)
  Marriage	18 Nov 1876	Paris 1, Paris, Île-de-France, France
  Children	1. Mary Cook,   b. 21 Sep 1881, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States   2. Walter Cook, Jr,   b. 4 Jul 1880, Manhattan, New York City, New York, Stati Uniti d'America   3. Dr Edward Cook,   b. 25 Sep 1878, Manhattan, New York County, New York, United States
  Family ID	F19153	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Cook was graduated from Harvard in 1869, and received a Master's Degree three years later. He studied at the Royal Polytechnic School in Munich and at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Vaudremer. He was at one time consulting architect for New York City and also served on the Municipal Art Commission. He was President of the American Institute of Architects (Fellow, 1891), of its New York Chapter, and of the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects. He was also a member of the National Academy of Design (1912), an officer of the Institute of Arts and Letters, a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, and a member of the Harvard, Century, and MacDowell Clubs. Among buildings designed by firms of which he was a member were the New York Life Buildings at New York, Montreal and Minneapolis, De Vinne Press, the Stadium and other buildings at the Buffalo Exposition, and various branches of the New York Public Library.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1182] Walter Cook, ArchINFORM, Berlin, Germany online [http://eng.archinform.net/arch/27688.htm ], accessed 17 Nov 2008. [S386] Ancestry.com. U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007., M1372 (18 Jul 1889). [S386] Ancestry.com. U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007., M1372 (3 Sep 1869). [S24] article, New York Times, New York, NY, 25 Mar 1915, p. 21.