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4 unusual facts about Cyrus L. W. Eidlitz


Cyrus L. W. Eidlitz

The building, the second-tallest in the city at the time, incorporated a subway stop into its basement levels.

Cyrus Eidlitz was the nephew of the noted builder Marc Eidlitz of Marc Eidlitz & Son Builders N.Y.C. and the grandson of the architect Cyrus Warner (who was the father of architects Samuel A. Warner and Benjamin Warner).

He was the son of Lazelle Warner and influential New York architect Leopold Eidlitz, one of the founders of the American Institute of Architects.

Marc Eidlitz

His brother Leopold Eidlitz was a well-known architect, as was Leopold's son, Cyrus L. W. Eidlitz.


Cyrus L. Dunham

Dunham was elected prosecuting attorney of Washington County, Indiana in 1845 and then served as a member of the Indiana State House of Representatives for one term from 1846 to 1847.

Cyrus Livingston Dunham then successfully ran for Congress, being elected to the Thirty-first, Thirty-second, and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1855) as a Democrat.

Leopold Eidlitz

Their eldest son, Cyrus Lazelle Warner Eidlitz (1853–1921), named after his maternal grandfather, also became an architect.


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