https://dana-legacy.njit.edu/files/original/a924d19cd697cf00225a4e68e1e5b01a.jpg 38ef0d9563dd42f7f77e4dcdeef92566 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Architects/Architectural Firms Subject The topic of the resource architects architectural firms Person An individual. Birth Date 1854 Birthplace Fort Wayne, Indiana Death Date 29 September 1922 Occupation Architect Biographical Text Son of the theater architect John Bailey McElfatrick. He learned architecture from his father. He moved to Chicago after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, and joined the William W. Boyington company. By 1880 he moved to New York and was working with his father in J. B. McElfatrick & Son. His brother John M. McElfatrick (1853-1891) also joined the family firm. McElfatrick remained in New York after his father died in 1906, and continued to specialize in theaters. He moved the office to Brooklyn. The McElfatrick firm designed many theaters, and introduced innovations that included better floor layouts and sight lines, multiple exits and fire sprinkler systems. McElfatrick became known as the "father of the American theater architecture." Bibliography <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015016627583;view=1up;seq=410">Biographical dictionary of american architects deceased</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William H. McElfatrick Subject The topic of the resource Architect