Charles C. Haight

Charles C. Haight
Born(1841-03-17)March 17, 1841
New York City, U.S.
DiedFebruary 9, 1917(1917-02-09) (aged 75)
Garrison, New York, U.S.
EducationColumbia University
OccupationArchitect
SpouseEuphemia Kneeland
Parent(s)Rev. Benjamin I. Haight and Hetty Coolidge
BuildingsGeneral Theological Seminary, New York

Charles Coolidge Haight (March 17, 1841 – February 9, 1917) was an American architect who practiced in New York City. He designed most of the buildings at Columbia College's now-demolished old campus on Madison Avenue, and designed numerous buildings at Yale University, many of which have survived (even though Yale's collegiate-gothic architecture is more often associated with the better known James Gamble Rogers). He designed the master plan and many of the buildings on the campus of the General Theological Seminary in Chelsea, New York, most of which have survived. Haight's architectural drawings and photographs are held in the Dept. of Drawings and Archives at the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University in New York City.

Biography

Haight was born in New York City on March 17, 1841, the son of the Rev. Benjamin I. Haight and his wife, Hetty Coolidge. He graduated from Columbia College in 1861, and studied law at Columbia until the outbreak of the American Civil War. In 1862, Haight enlisted in the Union Army with the 7th New York Militia, and then fought with the 31st New York Volunteers. In 1864, he was wounded during the Battle of the Wilderness, after which he retired from military service. After the war, Haight apprenticed with the architect Emlen T. Littell (1840–1891) until 1867 when he opened his own office.

In 1865, Haight married Euphemia Kneeland (1842–1909), with whom he had four children. He died at his home in Garrison, New York in 1917.

Selected works

Buildings at Yale University

Buildings in New York City

Chapel of St. Cornelius the Centurion (1906), Governors Island

Buildings outside New York City

References

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  2. ↑ "Necrology". Columbia Alumni News. Vol. 8, no. 20. February 15, 1917. p. 490. Retrieved May 19, 2025 – via Google Books.
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  4. ↑ Levy, Florence Nightingale (1917). American Art Directory, Volume 14. The American Federation of the Arts. p. 323.
  5. 1 2 3 Elizabeth Mills Brown, New Haven, a Guide to Architecture and Urban Design (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1976).
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Montgomery Schuyler, "The Work of Charles Coolidge Haight," The Architectural Record, July 1899.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Report of the Treasurer, Yale University, 1910, page 31.
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  9. ↑ Robert A.M. Stern, The New Residential Colleges at Yale (New York: The Monacelli Press, 2017), page 31.
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  11. 1 2 3 4 Chelsea Historic District Designation Report, NYC Landmarks Commission, 1970.
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  16. ↑ Charlotte Morrill, History of Adelphi College, 1916, page 159.
  17. ↑ Tribeca West Historic District Designation Report, NYC Landmarks Commission, 1991.
  18. ↑ Montgomery Schuyler, "The Work of Charles Coolidge Haight," The Architectural Record, July 1899, page 45.
  19. ↑ Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, The Landmarks of New York (Albany: SUNY Press, 2011).
  20. ↑ "History of St. Ignatius Church". Archived from the original on May 29, 2007. Retrieved January 25, 2007.
  21. ↑ George B. Hopson, Reminiscences of St. Stephen's College, 1910, page 30.
  22. ↑ "National Register of Historical Places - CONNECTICUT (CT), Hartford County". www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com.
  23. ↑ "Keney Memorial Clock Tower". Archived from the original on June 17, 2006. Retrieved January 25, 2007.
  24. ↑ Getlein, Ed (2012). Olsen, Neil (ed.). Here Will I Dwell (2 ed.). New Haven, Connecticut, USA: Trinity Church on the Green, New Haven. p. 214. ISBN 978-1481069427.