12 Facts About Arnold Brunner

Arnold William Brunner was an American architect who was born and died in New York City.

Arnold Brunner attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he studied under William R Ware.

Arnold Brunner was a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects after 1892 and was appointed by Theodore Roosevelt to the United States Commission of Fine Arts in Washington, DC Arnold Brunner was a member of the New York Fine Arts Commission, the American Civic Association, The Century Association, The Engineer's Club, The Players, the Cosmos Club in Washington DC, the National Institute of Arts and Letters, The Union Club of Cleveland, and several other organizations.

Arnold Brunner was known as a city planner, and made significant contributions to the city plans of Cleveland, Ohio, Rochester, New York, Baltimore, Maryland, Denver, Colorado, Trenton, New Jersey, and Albany, New York.

Arnold Brunner designed several notable buildings including, with Tryon, the 1897 Congregation Shearith Israel, on Central Park West, New York, to house the United States' oldest Jewish congregation, founded in 1654.

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The limestone building was not designed in the typical Moorish Revival style of other synagogues of the time; Arnold Brunner argued that "synagogues have no traditional lines of architectural expression".

Arnold Brunner designed improvements at the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, the Stadium of the College of the City of New York, and the Asser Levy Public Baths and Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.

Arnold Brunner designed the US Post Office, Custom House and Courthouse in the Group Plan conceived by Daniel Burnham, John Carrere, and Arnold Brunner in 1903 to create a new urbanistic center for Cleveland, Ohio, which was a rare realisation of a "City Beautiful" plan.

Arnold Brunner won the competition for the design of the US State Department Building in Washington DC.

Arnold Brunner designed a bascule bridge over the Maumee River in Toledo, Ohio, that remains in use today, as the Martin Luther King Bridge.

Arnold Brunner's design introduced an innovative design for keeping streetcar power lines taut, yet allowing them to be safely raised with the bridge deck.

Arnold Brunner designed this bascule bridge over the Maumee River in Toledo, Ohio.