death_place death_date birth_place birth_date significant_buildings article_title significant_projects name
new york city april 14 , 1918 new york city 1846 tenements james e. ware
 city ; maple grove cemetery and suburban homes company 's first avenue estate james e. ware
james e. ware

james edward ware -lrb- 1846 -- april 14 , 1918 -rrb- was an american architect , best known for devising the `` dumbbell plan '' for new york city tenement housing .
he was born in new york city in 1846 , and studied at the city college of new york .
he began his practice in 1869 .
his sons franklin and arthur were also architects and in 1900 formed the firm james e. ware and sons .
his son franklin b. ware -lrb- 1873 -- 1945 -rrb- served as new york state architect from 1907 to 1912 .
ware was an early designer of fireproof warehouses .
he also achieved distinction as a designer of multiple dwellings and is best known for devising the `` dumbbell plan '' of tenement design for which he received recognition in 1878 .
he designed the osborne apartments in new york , as well as part of mohonk mountain house .
he also designed a number of private residences in new jersey and new york city and the interior of the madison avenue presbyterian church in 1891 .
among his finest extant buildings is the row of romanesque revival houses at 1285-1293 madison avenue , on the corner of east 92nd street , in new york city .
ware is buried in maple grove cemetery in a gravesite he received in partial payment for designing the administration building and receiving vault .
while in practice with his sons , they designed city and suburban homes company 's first avenue estate , added to the national register of historic places in 1986 .
they also designed dwelling that contribute to the sagaponack historic district .
