Nathan Korn (1893-1941) was an American architect and builder in New York City."Nathan Korn; Architect and Builder, Active in Jewish Charities, Dies," New York Times. November 23, 1941; retrieved 2013-7-1.
Early life He was born in 1893 to Jewish parents, Abraham Korn, a physician and director of the Young Men's Hebrew Association and Julia Rotholz.(3 June 1983). Dr. Abraham Korn Wants His Children. The New York Times. Retrieved on 28 June 2025Image 15 of The New York herald (New York [N.Y.]), January 18, 1891 Library of Congress. Retrieved on 28 June 2025 He was educated at Cooper Union and Columbia University. His father died in 1918.(12 October 1918). Obituary 6 -- No Title The New York Times. Retrieved on 28 June 2025
Career He was known for reconstructing Russeks department stores in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Chicago. His firm designed and built residential apartment buildings in Manhattan.
Selected works 944 Fifth AvenueDevelopment Design Group. (2008). Design Group revisited, pp. 64-65.Duncan, Michelle (20 April 2023). Barbara Walters’s Fifth Avenue Apartment Lists for $19.75 Million Architectural Digest. Retrieved on 28 June 2025 The Bolivar, 230 Central Park West; retrieved 2013-7-1. 327 Central Park West 6-16 W 77th Street
Personal life Korn was married to Miriam Weil, with whom he had a daughter, Judith May.
Korn was involved with Jewish charities. He was a director and house committee member of the United Home for Aged Hebrews.
Death Korn died of a heart attack at the age of 48 at the Beekman Hospital. He was survived by his wife, daughter, mother, and a sister, Hortense Meyer.
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