Guilbert and Betelle was an architecture firm formed as a partnership of Ernest F. Guilbert and James Oscar Betelle. The firm specialized in design of schools on the East Coast of the United States, with an emphasis on the "Collegiate Gothic" style.

Betelle took over the firm after Guilbert died in 1916, and oversaw design of hundreds of schools, including Greenwich High School in Greenwich, Connecticut, and the Radburn School in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, both of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Other notable buildings for which the firm was responsible include the Essex County Hall of Records and the Essex Club (now home of the New Jersey Historical Society).Architecture , Vineland Public Schools. Accessed September 13, 2008.

Structures The following is a list of structures designed by the firm, ordered by state and locality:

Connecticut Glenville School (Greenwich, Connecticut) (NRHP-listed) Greenwich: Cos Cob School, c. 1916 Greenwich High School (Greenwich Town Hall), c. 1925 New Britain: State Normal School (Davidson Hall, CCSU), c. 1922

Delaware Pierre S. duPont Rural Schools, c. 1919-1921 William P. Bancroft School, c.1928 Charles B. Lore School ('Lorelton' assisted living home), c. 1932

New Jersey East Orange: East Orange High School (demolished), c. 1911 Jersey City: State Normal School at Jersey City, c. 1930 Newark: Newark Central High School, c. 1912 Chamber of Commerce Building, c. 1923 Cleveland School, c. 1913 East Side High School, c. 1911 The Essex Club (New Jersey Historical Society), c. 1926 (NRHP-listed) Essex County Boys Vocational School, c. 1931 Essex County Girls Vocational School, c. 1930 Essex County Hall of Records, c. 1926 Home of Ernest F. Guilbert, c. 1910 Home of Franklin Murphy, Jr., c. 1925 Newark Normal School, c. 1913 (currently Technology High School) Newark Public School of Fine and Industrial Arts, c. 1931 Ridge Street School, c. 1913 Robert Treat Hotel, c. 1916 South Side High School, c. 1913 (currently Malcolm X Shabazz High School) Weequahic High School, c. 1932 (NRHP-listed) West Side High School, c. 1926 South Orange and Maplewood: Clinton Elementary, c. 1929 Columbia High School, c. 1927 First Street School, c. 1924 Jefferson Elementary, c. 1924 Montrose Elementary, c. 1924 Maplewood Junior High, c.1930 Maplewood Municipal Building, c.1931 Marshall Elementary, c.1922 South Mountain Elementary, c.1929 Tuscan Elementary, c. 1924 Summit:

Franklin Elementary Jefferson Elementary Summit High School (Summit Middle School), c. 1923 Washington Elementary, c. 1931 Vineland: Vineland High School (the Landis School), c. 1927 Thomas A. Edison Jr. High, c. 1927 West Orange West Orange High School (Seton Hall Preparatory School)

New York

Bronxville The Bronxville School, c. 1930 Great Neck Great Neck High School, c. 1926 New Rochelle New Rochelle High School, c. 1926 Tarrytown Washington Irving School, c. 1925

Pennsylvania Williamsport: Thaddeus Stevens Jr. High School, c. 1927 Science Hall, Lincoln University, c. 1925

NRHP-listed Duplicative to the above, the buildings designed by these architects which survive and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) are: Essex Club, Address Restricted Newark NJ Guilbert & Betelle Glenville School (Greenwich, Connecticut), 449 Pemberwick Rd. Greenwich CT Betelle, James Oscar Iron Hill School No. 112C, 1335 Old Baltimore Pike, Pencader Hundred Newark DE Betelle, James Oscar Charles B. Lore Elementary School, Fourth St. and Woodlawn Ave. Wilmington DE Guilbert and Betelle One or more buildings in Military Park (Newark) Commons Historic District, Roughly bounded by Washington Pl., McCarter Hwy, E. Park St. and Raymond Blvd. Newark NJ Guilbert and Betelle New Jersey Manual Training and Industrial School for Colored Youth, N of Burlington Rd., W of I-295 Bordentown NJ Guilbert & Betelle Public School No. 111-C, DE 7 Christiana DE Betelle, James O. Ross Point School, Road 448 near Jct. with Road 62 Laurel DE Guilbert and Betelle Vineland High School, 61 W. Landis Ave. Vineland NJ Betelle, J.O.

External links "James Betelle, Where Are You?" - biographical and professional history of Betelle.

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