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Horace Trumbauer (December 28, 1868 – November 18, 1938) was a prominent architect of the gilded age. Known predominantly for designing residential manors for the wealthy, later in his career he also designed hotels, office buildings, and part of the campus of Duke University. His style of know for including period styles.

He began his career as an apprentice to G. W. and W. D. Hewitt for six years. He opened his architectural office in 1890 and did some work for developers Wendell and Smith designing homes for middle-class planned communities including the Overbrook Farms development. In 1903, he married Sara Thomson Williams and became a stepfather to Agnes Helena. Architectural Record published his work in 1904. He had a number of commissions until the Great Depression. He died of cirrhosis of the liver in 1938.

The Elms

• Adelphia Hotel, Philadelphia PA 1914
• Bankers' Trust Office Building, Philadelphia PA 1922
• Beneficial Savings Fund Society building, Philadelphia PA 1916
• Ben Franklin Hotel, Philadelphia PA 1925
• Chelten House, Elkins Park PA 1896 1909
• Duke Chapel, Durham, NC
• The Elms, Newport, RI
• Elkins Memorial YMCA, Philadelphia PA
• El Mirasol Palm Beach, Florida
• Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia PA
• Georgian Terrace (now Temple University Tyler School of Fine Arts, Elkins Park PA 1905
• Grey Towers Castle, Glenside, PA 1892
• Irvine Auditorium, Philadelphia, PA
• James B. Duke House, New York, NY
• Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia PA; Curtis Clinic Building 1931, Jefferson Medical College Building 1929
• Jenkintown Train Station, Jenkintown, PA

Philiadelphia Museum

• Keswick Theatre, Glenside, PA
• Land Title Building, Philadelphia, PA 1902
• Le Chateau Hotel, Philadelphia, PA 1928
• Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, PA
• Music Pavilion at Willow Grove Park 1895
• Miramar Newport RI 1914
• New York Post building, New York NY 1926
• Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA
• Public Ledger Building, Philadelphia, PA 1923
• Saint James Apartments, Philadelphia, PA 1901
• The Racquet Club, Philadelphia, PA 1912
• Union League Annex, Philadelphia, PA 1909
• WesBanco Fairmont, WV 1911
• Whitemarsh Hall, Springfield, PA 1916
• Widener Building, Philadelphia, PA 1914
• Widener Library, Harvard University Cambridge, MA
• Widener Memorial Training School for Crippled Children, Philadelphia, PA

• Biography of Horace Trumbauer
• Residential Designs by Horace Trumbauer
• Commercial and Institutional Designs by the Horace Trumbauer Architectural Firm
• History of the Duke University Chapel
• The Elms offical site
• The Elms; Virtual Tour
• Miramar
• Grey Towers Castle
• Whitemarsh Hall
• Irvine Auditorium at University of Pennsylvania
• Irvine Auditorium
• Keswick Theatre
• Philadelphia Art Museum
• El Mirasol
• Public Ledger Building
• Curtis Clinic Building, Jefferson Medical College
• Jefferson Medical College Building, Jefferson Medical College
• Hahnemann University Hospital South Tower
• New York Post Building
• Adelphia House
• Benjamin Franklin House
• Land Title & Trust Building Annex
• WesBanco Building
• Widener Building
• Walnut Square Apartments
• Widener Memorial Library
• Dixon Estate, Elkin's Park, PA
• Dixon Estate 2, Elkin's Park, PA