The works of the Guastavino Company are hidden in plain sight in hundreds of public spaces across the country. Here are some highlights, listed by state:
ALABAMA
β Emanu-el Temple, Birmingham, 1911
ARKANSAS
β Scottish Rite Temple, Little Rock. 1922-23.
CALIFORNIA
β The Museum of Man, San Diego, 1915
β Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, 1926-1943
β University of California, Berkeley, Hearst Building, 1906
CONNECTICUT
β Connecticut State Library and Supreme Court Building, Hartford, 1910
β Yale University, Peabody Museum of Natural History, 1923-24
FLORIDA
β Florida State Supreme Court Building, Tallahassee
GEORGIA
β U.S. Custom House and Post Office, Brunswick
ILLINOIS
β Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago, 1927
β University of Chicago, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, Chicago, 1925-28
MASSACHUSETTS
β Boston Public Library, Boston, 1889-1890
β Forsyth Dental Infirmary (now owned by Museum of Fine Arts), Boston, 1912
β Guastavino Factory Building (now Tocci Building Companies), Woburn, 1906-07
β Harvard University, Widener Memorial Library, Cambridge, 1915
MICHIGAN
β University of Michigan, Hutchins Hall, Ann Arbor, 1932
MINNESOTA
β Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, 1914
NEBRASKA
β Nebraska State Capitol, Lincoln, 1922-32
NEW JERSEY
β Atlantic City Convention Center, 1927-29
β Drew University, Seminary Hall
β Morristown Passenger Station, Morristown, 1913
β Princeton University Chapel, 1925-28
NEW YORK
β Bronx Zoo, Elephant House, 1908
β Buffalo City Hall, 1930-31
β Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NYC, 1899-1940
β Columbia University, St. Paul’s Chapel, 1904-07
β Ellis Island, Registry Hall, NYC, 1917
β Temple Emanu-El, NYC, 1916
β St. Bartholomew’s Church, NYC, 1917-1921, 1929, 1930
β Grand Central Terminal, Oyster Bay and Whispering Gallery, 1912
β Lord and Taylor Building, Fifth Avenue, NYC, 1913-14
β Riverside Church, NYC, 1930
β Queensboro Bridge Underpass and Bridgemarket, 1917
NORTH CAROLINA
β Duke University Chapel, Durham, 1931
OHIO
β Cleveland Public Library, 1924
PENNSYLVANIA
β Franklin Institute Science Museum, Franklin Hall, Philadelphia, 1932-33
β Carnegie Mellon University, various buildings, Pittsburgh, 1905-19
RHODE ISLAND
β Vanderbilt Estate “The Breakers,” Newport, 1894
TEXAS
β Houston Belt and Terminal Railway Co. passenger station, 1911
β Texaco Building, Houston, 1915
VIRGINIA
Arlington National Cemetery, Memorial Amphitheatre, Arlington, 1914-20
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Richmond, 1903
WASHINGTON, D.C.
The Archives Building, 1933-34
District of Columbia War Memorial, 1931
National Academy of Sciences, 1923-24
Washington National Cathedral, 1956
