Stokes, I. N. Phelps (Isaac Newton Phelps), 1867-1944

New York historian, architect, housing reformer, son of Anson Phelps Stokes (1838-1913), and author of the "Iconography of Manhattan Island."

From the description of Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes papers, 1898-1937. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58778915

At the time of this project the address of I.N. Phelps Stokes was given as 100 William St. (New York, N.Y.).

From the description of Chapel for Columbia University, New York, N.Y. [graphic] : [detail drawings of memorial tablet and inscription for bell] / Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes, architect. Mar. 3, 1917-Sept. 4, 1933. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 78960927

Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes (1867-1944) was an American architect and housing reformer. John Mead Howells and Stokes worked as partners in the architectural firm Howells and Stokes. In addition to his architectural work, Stokes was an organizer of the Tenement House Committee of the Charity Organization Society, served on the New York State Tenement House Commission, helped write the New York tenement house law of 1901, and designed several model tenements. He had a renowned collection of prints of old New York and was responsible for The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909, a six-volume pictorial history published between 1915 and 1928. He served on the Board of Trustees of the New York Public Library from 1916 until 1938.

From the guide to the I.N. Phelps Stokes papers, 1909-1944, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.)

Architect, housing expert, historian.

Stokes was the author of THE ICONOGRAPHY OF MANHATTAN ISLAND. He worked independently, and in partnership with John Mead Howells (1868-1959) as Howells & Stokes, based in New York City. The firm dissolved in 1917.

From the description of I. N. Phelps Stokes architectural drawings and papers, circa 1900-1933. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 505719985

Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes (1867-1944) was an American architect and housing reformer.

John Mead Howells and Stokes worked as partners in the architectural firm Howells and Stokes. In addition to his architectural work, Stokes was an organizer of the Tenement House Committee of the Charity Organization Society, served on the New York State Tenement House Commission, helped write the New York tenement house law of 1901, and designed several model tenements. He had a renowned collection of prints of old New York and was responsible for The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909, a six-volume pictorial history published between 1915 and 1928. He served on the Board of Trustees of the New York Public Library from 1916 until 1938.

From the description of I.N. Phelps Stokes papers, 1909-1944. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 60597601