Henry Fernbach (1829–1883) was an architect in New York City. Born in Breslau, which was at the time part of the Kingdom of Prussia, he immigrated to the U.S. in 1848 or in 1855.
Life Fernbach was a Prussian Jew, New York Architecture and trained at the Bauakademie in Berlin. He is noted for his synagogue designs, mainly in the Moorish Revival architecture style, and for his cast iron facades. Between 1867 and 1883 Fernbach designed more than two dozen of the properties now contributing to the SoHo - Cast Iron Historic District.
He served as Treasurer of the United Association of American Architect. Alfred Zucker and Theodore de Lemos partnered with him. Paul J. Pelz worked as a chief draftsman for him. He designed the German Savings Bank with Edward H. Kendall.
Work
First Jewish Orphan Asylum,Passikoff, Alexander G. (September 8, 2011). A Façade of Buildings: A Collection of Architectural Styles, Architects, and Their Buildings That Make Up the Face of New York pp. 82–83 East 77th Street near Third Avenue,The New Jewish Orphan Asylum October 29, 1863 NYC (1863) original permanent location, Harmonie Club, 45 West Forty-Second Street, NYC (1867) entrance gate, Salem Fields Cemetery, 775 Jamaica Avenue, Brooklyn (1867)Bedoire, Fredric. The Jewish Contribution to Modern Architecture, 1830-1930 pp. 425–426. Temple Emanu-El, 43rd Street and 5th Avenue, with architect Leopold Eidlitz (1868; razed 1927) NYC-architecture.com Central Synagogue, 652 Lexington Avenue, NYC (1870–72) 67, 69, 71, 75, 77, 81 Greene Street (1873) Victory Building, 1001-05 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1873–75) Stern Brothers Department Store, 32-36 West 23rd Street, NYC, expanded in stages (1878, 1878, 1880) Eden Musée, 55 West 23rd Street, NYC (Fernbach died mid-project; completed by Theodore de Lemos) (1884) 113, 115 Spring Streets, lofts with Tuscan columns and cast iron frontsWhite, Norval; Willensky, Elliot; Leadon, Fran. AIA Guide to New York City. SoHo Hotel at 101-111 Greene Street (not the new buildings 101 and 107–11 by Joseph Pell Lombardi)
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