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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.

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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).

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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.

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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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