Albert Hamilton Kipp (November 14, 1850 – May 22, 1906) was an architect from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

Career Albert Hamilton Kipp was born in New York City on November 14, 1850,S.R. Smith. The Wyoming Valley in the Nineteenth Century (Wilkes-Barre, PA: Wilkes-Barre Leader Print, 1894). but grew up at Mount Pleasant, New York where his step-father, Elijah Bird, worked as a carpenter.1870 US Census, Mt. Pleasant, NY.

Kipp worked for a few years in New York for James Renwick, before moving to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in June 1886. He joined forces with Thomas Podmore in December 1886 to form the architecture firm Kipp & Podmore,Wilkes-Barre Record, December 25, 1886, page 1, but the firm dissolved by mutual consent at the end of 1891.Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader, December 26, 1891, page 4.

Kipp died at Dallas, Pennsylvania in 1906, and was buried in the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery at Sleepy Hollow, New York.

Principal architectural works E. B. Hutchinson Residence, 847 Prospect Place, Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, built about 1886.NYC Landmarks Commission, Crown Heights North Historic District II, Designation Report, June 28, 2011. Puritan Congregational Church, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, completed 1887.American Architecture and Building News, July 1887. Nelson Memorial Hall, Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pennsylvania, built in 1887 — as Kipp & Podmore.The Sunday Leader, September 11, 1887, page 8. Methodist Episcopal Church, Dallas, Pennsylvania, completed in 1889 — as Kipp & Podmore.Wilkes-Barre Record, June 1, 1939, page 4. Armory, Gaylord Avenue, Plymouth, Pennsylvania, built in 1891 — as Kipp & Podmore.Sunday News, June 8, 1890, page 3. State Street School, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, built in 1891 — as Kipp & Podmore.The Plymouth Tribune, October 16, 1891, page 8. Spalding Library, Athens, Pennsylvania, built in 1897. Pettebone Gymnasium, Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pennsylvania, built in 1898.The Scranton Tribune, March 2, 1898, page 6. First National Bank, Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, completed in 1906.Pittston Gazette (Pittston, Pennsylvania), October 13, 1905, page 10.

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See also List of American architects

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