Ernest Flagg

Ernest Flagg was a noted American architect in the BeauxArts style. He was also an advocate for urban reform and architectures social responsibility.

Flagg was born in Brooklyn, New York. His father Jared Bradley Flagg was an Episcopal priest and a notable painter. Ernest left school atto work as an office boy on Wall Street. After working with his father and brothers in real estate for a few years, he designed duplex apartment plans in 1880 with the architect Philip Gengembre Hubert, for the cooperative apartment buildings Hubert was known for.

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