Paul Philippe Cret

Born: 1876 | Lyon, France

Died: 1945 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Awards: AIA Gold Medal (1938)

Projects: Pan American Union Building DC, Folger Shakespeare Library, Fellheimer & Wagner’s, U of Texas Main Building


University of Wisconsin Agricultural Chemistry Building, Madison, Wisconsin (1912)

Agricultural Chemistry Building by Paul Cret © James Steakley CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Indianapolis Central Library, Indianapolis, Indiana (1917)

Indianapolis Central Library by Paul Cret © Diego Delso CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Quaker City National Bank Renovation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1923)

Quaker City Bank by Paul Cret © Beyond My Ken CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan (1921-1927)

Detroit Institute of Arts by Paul Cret © Michael Barera CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Rodin Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1929)

Rodin Museum by Paul Philippe Cret © Smallbones CC BY-SA 1.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Richard D. Tulisano Courthouse (formerly Hartford County Building), Hartford, Connecticut (1926-1929)

Tulisano Courthouse by Paul Cret © Kenneth C Zirkel CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

30th Infantry Monument, Château-Thierry, France (1930)

30th Infantry Monument by Paul Cret © Kevinakling CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C. (1932)

Folger Shakespeare Library Washington by Paul Philippe Cret © ajay-suresh CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Hershey Community Center (currently Hershey Theatre), Hershey, Pennsylvania (1932-1933)

Hershey Community Center by Paul Cret © Smallbones CC BY-SA 1.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Cincinnati Union Terminal (currently Cincinnati Museum Center), Cincinnati, Ohio (1933)

Union Terminal by Paul Cret © Ɱ CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Central Heating Plant, Washington, D.C. (1933-1934)

Central Heating Plant by Paul Cret © Ymblanter CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Texas Hall of State, Dallas, Texas (1936)

Texas Hall of State by Paul Cret photo by Carol M Highsmith (public domain) via Wikimedia Commons

Federal Reserve Bank, Washington, D.C. (1937)

Federal Reserve Bank by Paul Philippe Cret photo by Federal Reserve via Wikimedia Commons

University of Texas Tower, Austin, Texas (1937)

University of Texas Tower by Paul Philippe Cret photo by Carol M. Highsmith (public domain) via Wikimedia Commons

National Naval Medical Center (Walter Reed Medical Center), Bethesda, Maryland (1939-1942)

Naval Medical Center Bethesda by Paul Philippe Cret photo by Seth-Rossman (public domain) via Wikimedia Commons