Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art (PMSIA; 1898)
University of Pennsylvania, (B.A., Architecture, 1902)[1]
Occupation
architect
Notable work
Duke University Campus
Duke University Chapel
Cameron Indoor Stadium
Allen Administrative Building (completed after his death)
Spouse
Marguerite Bulle (m. 1925)[1]
Children
3
Relatives
Absalom Jones (Episcopal priest)
Julian Abele Cook Jr. (judge)[2]
Julian Francis Abele (April 30, 1881 – April 23, 1950) was a prominent Black American architect, and chief designer in the offices of Horace Trumbauer. He contributed to the design of more than 400 buildings, including the Widener Memorial Library at Harvard University (1912–15), Philadelphia's
Central Library (1917–27),[3] and the Philadelphia Museum of Art (1914–28).[4] He was the primary designer of the west campus of Duke University (1924–54).[5]
Abele's contributions to the Trumbauer firm were great, but the only building for which he claimed authorship during Trumbauer's lifetime was Duke University Chapel. Following Trumbauer's 1938 death, he co-headed the architectural firm and designed additional buildings at Duke, including Allen Administrative Building and Cameron Indoor Stadium.[6]
^ abc"PENN BIOGRAPHIES: Julian Francis Abele (1881-1950)" (Archived 2013-12-07 at the Wayback Machine), University of Pennsylvania Archives
^Wilson, Dreck Spurlock, African-American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945, Taylor & Francis, December 12, 2003. Cf. p. 144. Biographical entry for Julian Abele Cook (1904–1986), an architect. Judge Julian Abele Cook, Jr. is the son of Julian Abele Cook, the son of Julian Abele's sister Elizabeth Rebecca Abele Cook.
^"Digital Collections: History".
^"Julian F. Abele (1881-1950) •". 29 January 2007.
^"Julian Abele, Architect". Library.duke.edu. May 26, 2010. Archived from the original on January 13, 2009. Retrieved January 5, 2012.
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