Clay Lancaster

Author

1917 – 2000

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Who was Clay Lancaster?

Clay Lancaster, was an authority on American architecture, an orientalist, and an influential advocate of historical preservation. According to the New York Times, Lancaster's 1961 study of the architecture of Brooklyn Heights "proved to be one of the earliest and loudest shots in the historic preservation struggle in New York City."

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Born
Mar 30, 1917
Lexington
Nationality
  • United States of America
Education
  • Master's Degree, University of Kentucky
    Architecture
    ( - 1939)
Lived in
  • Lexington
  • Mercer County
    ( - 2000/12/25)
Died
Dec 25, 2000
Harrodsburg

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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