Facts: - death place: new york city , new york - known for: architect - caption: west-park upper west side , new york city , 1889 presbyterian church , amsterdam avenue facade entrance , - death date: september 26 , 1905 - birth date: february 20 , 1844 - name: henry franklin kilburn - image size: 250px - nationality: usa - image: 18910725 . nyc.westparkpresby.american architect and building news.jpg - birth place: ashfield , massachusetts Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of henry franklin kilburn .
henry franklin kilburn , faia , -lrb- february 20 , 1844 , ashfield , massachusetts -- september 26 , 1905 , new york city -rrb- was an american architect active in late-nineteenth - and early-twentieth-century new york city who is particularly associated with church architecture .although he practiced for a number of years , only toward the end of his career , however , was kilburn primarily active with ecclesiastical commissions ; the new york city landmarks preservation commission reports that '' kilburn was also the architect of many private residences , factories , stables , and theaters in manhattan . ''