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Owen McGlynn

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Owen McGlynn (1878 – October 15, 1918) was an architect who practiced in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania at the end of the nineteenth century and at the beginning of the twentieth. He designed in a variety of styles, including the classical and Gothic revival. His built works included numerous banks, schools and churches.

Biography

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McGlynn was born in Stockton, Pennsylvania, on March 28, 1878, the son of Daniel and Bridget McGlynn. The father immigrated to the United States in 1866 and worked as a coal miner.[1] The son was educated at St. Mary's R.C. School in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.[2] In the 1900 census of Wilkes-Barre, McGlynn gave his age as 23 and his occupation as architect.

Around 1900, McGlynn formed a partnership with an older, more established architect, Benjamin Davey, Jr. That year, they completed the new St. Aloysius R.C. Church in Lee Park, near Wilkes-Barre, to which they each donated a stained glass window. After Davey died in December 1901, McGlynn assumed full ownership of the practice.[3]

McGlynn married Elizabeth MacDermott on October 17, 1900.[4] He died on October 15, 1918, of pneumonia brought on as a result of the Spanish flu.[5]

Architectural works

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Among the completed works of Owen McGlynn are the following:

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See also

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Architecture of Plymouth, Pennsylvania

References

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  1. ^ 1900 U.S. Census, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.,
  2. ^ Dwight J. Stoddard, Prominent Men of Wilkes-Barre and Vicinity, 1906.
  3. ^ Wilkes-Barre Record, December 13, 1901, p. 16.
  4. ^ Dwight J. Stoddard, Prominent Men of Wilkes-Barre and Vicinity, 1906.
  5. ^ "Clipped From The Wilkes-Barre Record". The Wilkes-Barre Record. 1918-10-16. p. 18. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  6. ^ "Wilkes-Barre Record", August 4, 1897, p.6
  7. ^ Wilkes-Barre Times, June 28, 1905.
  8. ^ Wilkes-Barre Times, June 28, 1905
  9. ^ Wilkes-Barre Times, October 21, 1904
  10. ^ Wilkes-Barre Record, August 5, 1904, page 2
  11. ^ Wilkes-Barre Times, October 1, 1904
  12. ^ Wilkes-Barre Record, August 5, 1904, page 2.
  13. ^ Wilkes-Barre Times, October 15, 1906.
  14. ^ Wilkes-Barre Times, January 22, 1907.
  15. ^ Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908, p.7.
  16. ^ Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908, p. 7.
  17. ^ Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908, p.7.
  18. ^ Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908.
  19. ^ Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908, p.7.
  20. ^ Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908, p. 7.
  21. ^ Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908, p.7.
  22. ^ Wilkes-Barre Times, June 17, 1908.
  23. ^ Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908.
  24. ^ Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908, p.7
  25. ^ Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908.
  26. ^ Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908.
  27. ^ Wilkes-Barre Record, February 13, 1912, page 5.
  28. ^ The Plain Speaker (Hazleton, PA) January 30, 1940, page 6.