Owen McGlynn (March 28, 1878 – October 15, 1918) was an architect who practiced in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania at the end of the nineteenth century and at the beginning of the twentieth. He designed in a variety of styles, including the classical and Gothic revival. His built works included numerous banks, schools and churches.
Biography McGlynn was born in Stockton, Pennsylvania, on March 28, 1878, the son of Daniel and Bridget McGlynn. The father immigrated to the United States in 1866 and worked as a coal miner.1900 U.S. Census, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., The son was educated at St. Mary's R.C. School in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.Dwight J. Stoddard, Prominent Men of Wilkes-Barre and Vicinity, 1906. In the 1900 census of Wilkes-Barre, McGlynn gave his age as 23 and his occupation as architect.
Around 1900, McGlynn formed a partnership with an older, more established architect, Benjamin Davey, Jr. That year, they completed the new St. Aloysius R.C. Church in Lee Park, near Wilkes-Barre, to which they each donated a stained glass window. After Davey died in December 1901, McGlynn assumed full ownership of the practice.Wilkes-Barre Record, December 13, 1901, p. 16.
McGlynn married Elizabeth MacDermott on October 17, 1900.Dwight J. Stoddard, Prominent Men of Wilkes-Barre and Vicinity, 1906. He died on October 15, 1918, of pneumonia brought on as a result of the Spanish flu.
Architectural works
Among the completed works of Owen McGlynn are the following:
Rubinsky Building, Market Street Luzerne, Pennsylvania (1897, while employed by Rudrauff & Davey)"Wilkes-Barre Record", August 4, 1897, p.6 C.M. Schwab School, Weatherly, Pennsylvania, begun September 1901 and dedicated on September 19, 1903Wilkes-Barre Times, June 28, 1905. St. Ann's Monastery, Scranton, Pennsylvania (dedicated in March 1904)Wilkes-Barre Times, June 28, 1905 27 South Main Street Office Building, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (completed in 1904)Wilkes-Barre Times, October 21, 1904 Nanticoke High School, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania (completed in 1904)Wilkes-Barre Record, August 5, 1904, page 2 School and Convent, St. Mary's Church, Washington St., Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (1905)Wilkes-Barre Times, October 1, 1904 Convent, St. Vincent's Church, Plymouth, Pennsylvania (completed in 1905)Wilkes-Barre Record, August 5, 1904, page 2. Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, (cornerstone laid October 14, 1906)Wilkes-Barre Times, October 15, 1906. St. Mary's School, conversion of church to school, Plymouth, Pennsylvania (1907)Wilkes-Barre Times, January 22, 1907. First National Bank, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania (1907)Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908, p.7. First National Bank, Lansford, Pennsylvania (1907)Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908, p. 7. First National Bank, Tamaqua, Pennsylvania (1907)Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908, p.7. Addition to Mercy Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (1907)Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908. Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church and Residence, Edwardsville, Pennsylvania (1907)Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908, p.7. Town Hall, Coaldale, Pennsylvania (1907)Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908, p. 7. St. Mary's Byzantine Catholic Church, Freeland, Pennsylvania (1907)Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908, p.7. Washington Avenue School, Plymouth, Pennsylvania (1908)Wilkes-Barre Times, June 17, 1908. Courtright Avenue School (about 1908)Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908. Church of the Immaculate Conception, Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania (dedicated October 4, 1908)Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908, p.7 Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary, Scranton, PennsylvaniaWilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908. St. Mary's Greek Catholic Church, McAdoo, PennsylvaniaWilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908. James M. Coughlin High School, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (dedicated February 1912)Wilkes-Barre Record, February 13, 1912, page 5. Citizens Bank, Freeland, Pennsylvania (completed July 1913)The Plain Speaker (Hazleton, PA) January 30, 1940, page 6.
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See also Architecture of Plymouth, Pennsylvania List of American architects
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