George Browne Post, FAIA

Year Awarded: 1911
Born: December 15, 1837; New York City
Died: 1913;


Projects
• 1907: College of the City of New York Campus
• 1906: Wisconsin State Capitol, Madison, Wisc.
• 1904: Montreal Stock Exchange, Montreal, Canada
• 1903: New York Stock Exchange, New York City
• 1899: St. Paul Building, New York City: once the tallest in New York at twenty-two stories
• 1890: World Building, New York City
• 1885: New York Produce Exchange, New York City
• 1882: Cornelius Vanderbilt Mansion, New York City
• 1880: Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn, New York
• 1875: Western Union Telegraph Building, New York City
• 1875: Williamsburgh Savings Bank, Brooklyn, New York
• 1870: Equitable Life Assurance Society Building: the first building with lifts


Biography
George Brown Post initially earned a degree in civil engineering from New York University in 1858. Following graduation, he studied with Richard M. Hunt for two years at Hunt’s New York studio. In 1904 he established his practice George B. Post & Sons.

Trained in the Beaux-Arts tradition, Post designed the Equitable Life Assurance Building and the Western Union Telegraph Building, two of his of his best-known projects. Other well-known buildings of his design are the New York Produce Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange, as well as the Wisconsin State Capitol.

He was president of the AIA for 1896 to 1898, and as a founding member of the National Arts Club, Post served as president from 1898 to 1905. He was also a member of the National Commission of Fine Arts and a director of the Municipal Art Society.