Charles Edmund Van Vleck, Sr.

Biography

“The Georgan Inn was designed by Charles Van Vleck as his own personal residence. Charles Van Vleck was a MASTER Architect. He designed our Van Vleck House, home of the Montclair Foundation, for his father,Joseph Van Vleck and several libraries and banks in our area.

The Van Vlecks owned limestone quarries and that is the material used at the Joseph Van Vleck house. Charles was accustomed to working in this material and designed some of the most notable residential buildings along Fifth Avenue, between 60th & 70th Streets. Most notable is that he was the Rockefeller family architect and designed some triplex apartments for them on Fifth Ave.

Then there is the Rockefeller/Montclair connection that brought the Rockefeller family to frequent our town during Montclair's gilded era.Van Vleck designed the interiors of the Gates Mansion (1903) for Fredrick Gates, The director of the Rockefeller's Standard Oil of NJ.These interiors were crafted entirely by Louis Comfort Tiffany. Charles Van Vleck (with his two firms, Van Vleck and Goldschmidt and Starret and Van Vleck) designed Bloomingdales, Sax Fifth Avenue and B.Altman's department stores in NY. The Georgian Inn building, (The Charles Van Vleck House) clearly fulfills all five basic criteria of local historic landmarking designation and merits protections under these guidelines.”

Family

Charles Edmund Van Vleck was born 5 Mar 1862 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, and died 12 Sep 1923 in 37 North Mountain Avenue, Montclair, Essex, New Jersey. He was buried 14 Sep 1923 in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York Lot 33780, G. He was the son of 2. Joseph Van Vleck and 3. Amanda Niles.

He married Carolena Frances Russ 12 Feb 1885 in Trinity Church, St Pauls Chapel, New York, New York, daughter of Horace Phipps Russ and Louisa Blancard. She was born 3 May 1866 in Staten Island, Richmond, New York, and died 18 Sep 1923 in Montclair, Essex, New Jersey. She was buried 20 Sep 1923 in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York Lot 33780, G.

Links

• https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=xxcross&id=I233
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50743107/charles-edmund-van_vleck
• https://vanvleck.org/history/
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starrett_%26_van_Vleck

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Sources

"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8ND-RF8 : 3 January 2021), Charles E Vanvleck in entry for Joseph Van vleck, 1870.

"New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24SK-RMX : 10 February 2018), Charles Van Vleck and Caroline Russ, 12 Feb 1885; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,570,677.

Attended Montclair Public Schools.

1900 Census in Montclair, Essex, NJ on North Mountain Avenue 3/1865;Carolina 5/1865; Charles E 8/1886; Florence 3/1888; Horace R 6/1890; Helen 3/1896 and servant Mary Dooley from Ireland 11/1870 and Walter Pettigrew 7/1880 from N Carolina, black. Bank clerk

1910 Census in Montclair, Essex, NJ on North Mountain Avenue 47 with own income; Carolina R 45; Charles E, Jr. 23. broker; Florence 22; H Russ 19; Helen 14 and servants Christine McDonald 55 from Canada and Catherine Keavens 21 from Ireland. Bank clerk

1920 Census in Montclair, Essex, New Jersey
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Van_Vleck-135