Ludlow and Peabody was an American architectural firm with offices in New York City formed by partners Charles S. Peabody and William Orr Ludlow in 1909. The firm continued in practice under that name until 1935.
Peabody graduated from Harvard in 1903, studied architecture at Columbia University, then attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, from which he graduated second in his class of 300 in 1908. He became a member of the American Institute of Architects in 1916.
Ludlow earned a degree in mechanical engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology in 1892. He then worked as a draftsman in the office of Carrère and Hastings"Sheldon Jackson College" in SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/AK-01-SE045. Accessed 2016-05-09. from 1892 to 1895. He was a member of the firm Ludlow and Valentine until 1909. Ludlow was a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the New Jersey Society of Architects. Independently or with associates Ludlow was responsible for the design of forty college or university buildings, thirty churches, banks, hospitals, residences, and other buildings, totaling over four hundred commissions in all.
Among the works of Ludlow and Peabody are:
Works
Building Name Floors Year Sheldon Jackson College campus (5 buildings) Sitka, Alaska (NRHP) 1910 Fort William Henry Hotel, Lake George, New York (demolished) 1911 Delaware and Hudson Passenger Station, Lake George, New York (NRHP) 1911 Vanderbilt University/Peabody College: Jesup Psychological Laboratory, Nashville, Tennessee (NRHP) 1914 Vanderbilt University/Peabody College: Industrial Arts building (Mayborn Hall), Nashville, Tennessee (NRHP) 1914 Vanderbilt University/Peabody College: Home Economics Building, Nashville, Tennessee (NRHP) 1914 Vanderbilt University/Peabody College: Social Religious building (Wyatt Center), Nashville, Tennessee (NRHP) 1915 Saratoga Springs Visitor Center (The Drink Hall) (NRHP) 1915 Stevens Institute of Technology: William Hall Walker Gymnasium, Hoboken, New Jersey (NRHP) 2 + mezzanine 1916 Wiawaka Holiday House boat house, Lake George, New York 1917 Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute campus buildings, Hampton, Virginia (NRHP) 1919 229 West 43rd Street (formerly the New York Times Building) west side extension, New York, New York 1922 292 Madison Avenue (building expansion), New York, New York 1923 Second Reformed Church, New Brunswick, New Jersey 1928 10 East 40th Street (formerly the Chase Tower), New York, New York 1929
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