According to Nancy Hadley Assoc AIA CA Manager Archives and Records The American Institute of Architects 1735 New York Ave NW Washington DC 20006 There seems to be a George E Archer who was based in New York City and was an architect for the railroads He is not the same as George Archer of Baltimore I found George E Archer s name in the compiled city directory listings from the book Architects in Practice New York City 1840 1900 A copy of the entry is attached It shows a death date of 1903 George E Archer was not an AIA member so I don t have any further information about him The lead provided was from which states that George E Archer d 1903 was Supervising Architect Erie RR does considerable outside work resident Passaic 1899 1901