Brockway, Albert Leverett | Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada

BROCKWAY, Albert Leverett (1864-1933) of Syracuse, N.Y. designed a unique factory complex in the Gothic Revival style at NIAGARA FALLS, ONT., for the Oneida Community Ltd. in 1925 (C.R., xxxix, 27 Oct. 1925, 502, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, iv, March 1927, v, illus. in advert.). Intended as the home for the production of silver plated tableware, this remarkable stone building building must rank as one of the most lavish industrial buildings erected in eastern Canada during the early 20th C. The elevational trreatment included steel sash windows, stone balconies, and copper fleches or lanterns crowning the roof ridges. Brockway maintained a practice in New York City from 1892 and after 1905 moved to Syracuse where he was Professor of Architecture at Syracuse University. He opened an office there after WWI and was active until c. 1930. He died in Syracuse on 25 June 1933 (obit. New York Times, 26 June 1933, 15; American Architect [New York], cxliii, July 1933, 133; H. Withey, Biographical Dictionary of American Architects, 1956, 78)