James Betelle, Where Are You?

The Search for a Lost Architect

Durand-Hedden Lecture

I have the honor of being asked to give a talk on the life and work of James Betelle at the Durand-Hedden House and Garden Association, on April 29th, from 1-4 pm. All are welcome—and I promise to reveal stories, some of a scandalous nature, not yet shared on this site…

This entry was posted in Diary, Miscellaneous and tagged CHS, Maplewood, New Jersey, school on April 9, 2012 by Steve Weintraub.

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James Oscar Betelle (1879-1954) was a Newark, NJ based civic architect. Public schools were his speciality—if you grew up in the New York Tri-State area, there's a good chance you went to one.

Betelle drifted in obscurity for sixty years, until the day I paused to wonder, "who designed my school?" More…