Résumé

Partner, Flagg and [John Prentiss] Benson, Architects, New York, NY, 1891- .

Partner, Flagg, Benson and [Albert Leverett] Brockway, Architects, New York, NY, -1894.

Partner, Flagg and [Walter B.] Chambers, Architects, New York, NY, 1894- .

Principal, Ernest W. Flagg, Architect, New York, NY.

Professional Activities

President, Society of Beaux-Arts Architects, New York, NY, 1912-1913.

College

Coursework, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France, 1889–1891. A cousin by marriage, Cornelius Vanderbilt II (1843-1899), provided the influence and funding to send Flagg to the École.

Relocation

Born in Brooklyn, NY, on 02/06/1857, Ernest Flagg came from a well-established, connected and artistic family, some of whose members married into great wealth.

Flagg was buried in the Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven, CT.

Parents

His father was Jared Bradley Flagg (born 06/16/1820 in New Haven, CT-d. 09/25/1899 in New York, NY), an artist and, later, Episcopal minister. As a young man, Jared took painting lessons from his uncle, the painter and poet, Washington Allston (1779-1843), renowned for his landscapes and portraits. Jared married three times, the first time to Sarah A. Montague (born 07/21/1823-d. 01/25/1844), who passed away at age 21. He next wed Amelia Louisa Flagg (born 10/05/1828 in CT-d. 01/18/1867 in CT), Ernest's mother, who passed away at the age of 39. His third wife was Josephine Bond (born 01/30/1832 in Chillicothe, OH-d. 04/05/1911 in New York County, NY).

Sarah Montague gave birth to a son, Ernest's half-brother, Montague Flagg (born 10/08/1842 in Hartford, CT-d. 12/24/1915 in New York, NY), a celebrated portraitist. With Amelia, Jared had six children: Charles Noël Flagg (born 12/25/1848 in Queen's County, NY-d. 11/10/1916 in Hartford, CT),

His sister was Louisa Flagg Scribner, who married into the Scribner's publishing family. Ernest became the preferred architect by the Scribner family thereafter.

Spouse

He married Margaret E. Bonnell in 1899.

Children

He and Margaret Bonnell had one daughter, Betsey Flagg (b. 1900 in Dongan Hills, NY- d. 1991 in ME).

• Brooklyn, NY (Architect's Birth)
  Brooklyn, NY

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