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12-508: Architect Electus D. Litchfield originally won the design competition for the building, but was later replaced by local architect Arthur Bohn of Vonnegut & Bohn , who supervised design and construction work for the Chicago firm Holabird & Roche . The building served as an office tower from its 1916 completion until 1992, when the structure was vacated by its last commercial tenant, Bank One . The Fletcher Trust Building then underwent

24-573: A member of the General Society of Colonial Wars , the City Club of New York and The Pilgrims." "Mr. Litchfield had come into the news as the grandson of William S. Cox, a naval lieutenant in the War of 1812 , whose commission had been revoked by court-martial in 1814. "Lieutenant Cox had helped carry the dying Capt. James Lawrence below decks of the frigate Chesapeake during a battle with

36-719: A number of commercial buildings. "He was a devotee of municipal beautification." He was one of the main architects and town planners of Yorkship Village , a World War I industrial town of 2,000 homes near the shipyard in Camden, New Jersey . "He was also an architect for the Red Hook slum clearance and housing project, assisted in reconstruction of Bellevue Hospital , and designed the Brooklyn Masonic Temple." Outside of New York, Litchfield designed "many public and commercial buildings and monuments, including

48-670: A renovation into a hotel in 1996 and reopened as the Ramada Waterbury Indianapolis Hotel in late 1996. The structure was renovated again in 2003 and subsequently reopened as a 188-room Hilton Garden Inn hotel. According to the Indianapolis Business Journal , the Hilton Garden Inn Indianapolis Downtown has 100 full-time employees and was last renovated in 2018. As of 2020, one dining option

60-787: The public library in St. Paul ; the National Armory in Washington , and a monument to the Lewis and Clark expedition at Astoria, Ore. " He disestablished his firm in 1950. He designed the Franklin Pierce Tate House (1928) at Morganton, North Carolina . In the 1930s, as president of the Municipal Art Society , he fought a proposal to renovate Central Park with numerous baseball fields. He

72-636: The British at Boston Harbor. As the result of leaving the scene of the fighting while senior uninjured officer, Mr. Cox was demoted. "For forty years, Mr. Litchfield sought to have the Navy remove the stigma of that decision. On Sept. 8 he won his fight when the Navy presented to him at St. Barnabas a certificate of restoration of Mr. Cox's commission authorized by the President and the Congress." Litchfield

84-507: The establishment, defense, and preservation of the mainland American colonies of Great Britain. The General Society presently comprises some thirty-two constituent state societies. The organization was founded in New York in 1892, originally as a state society. The General Society was founded in 1893. The total membership of state societies has for many years remained in the range of 4,000 to 4,500. Approximately 21,000 men have joined

96-616: The goal of improving understanding of the colonial period has additionally been addressed by Samuel Victor Constant Fellowships, awarded annually for postgraduate study of colonial American history . The Society of Colonial Wars is listed as an approved lineage society with the Hereditary Society Community of the United States of America . To be eligible for membership in the Society an individual must be

108-491: The organization during its history, including many prominent Americans. Members are typically well-educated and professionally accomplished. The Society has long sought to improve public awareness of the importance of colonial events and individuals in the shaping of America. A number of monuments, plaques, and other markers have been installed by the Society at prevenient sites. The Society also funds research and educational initiatives of colonial relevance. In recent years,

120-760: Was a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects , member of the Architectural League of New York , New York Fine Arts Federation, the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design , and Building Revision Commission (1906–1907), a former director of the Citizens Housing and Planning Council , a founder of the New York Building Congress, and a "former governor of the Society of Colonial Wars of New York, and

132-636: Was a lifetime New Yorker, residing at 171 East Seventy-third Street. He died aged 80 at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx , New York City, New York. He was survived by his widow Elizabeth, daughter Mrs. Elizabeth Lamble of Sarasota, Florida , and son, Burnham Litchfield of Edgartown, Massachusetts . General Society of Colonial Wars The General Society of Colonial Wars is a patriotic society composed of men who trace their descents from forebears who, in military, naval, or civil positions of high trust and responsibility, by acts or counsel, assisted in

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144-1158: Was located in the hotel, including the Garden Grille & Bar. This Indianapolis , Indiana -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a building or structure in Indiana is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Electus D. Litchfield Electus Darwin Litchfield , FAIA (1872–1952) was an American architect and town planner, practicing in New York City . His firm, Electus D. Litchfield , established in 1926, practiced at 80 Fifth Avenue until he disestablished it in 1950. Born in New York City, Litchfield graduated from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute in 1889 and Stevens Institute of Technology in 1892. He worked at various firms in New York, including Carrère & Hastings and Lord & Hewlett , before establishing his own in 1926, designing

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