History Steel Pier in Atlantic City

July 2, 2015 10:15 AM

Google challenge: Name the architect who built the Steel Pier in Atlantic City.

Years ago I was researching the history of my home, built in 1907, and learned somehow that it was designed by the same architect who built the Steel Pier (1898). Now I don't have the information anymore. I can't remember how I found it and I can't find it again. But it's out there! Anybody got better Google skills than me?

posted by stupidsexyFlanders to Grab Bag (7 answers total)

Best answer: From this article:

Designed by Philadelphia architect John Windram and built by Atlantic City contractor Frank Souder, Steel Pier opened on June 18, 1898.

posted by mhum at 10:29 AM on July 2, 2015

H.A. Stout!
posted by mudpuppie at 10:34 AM on July 2, 2015

Oops. That appears to be the wrong pier. Never mind.
posted by mudpuppie at 10:35 AM on July 2, 2015

Actually, it appears to be spelled "Windrim" not "Windram". Here's another reference:

Atlantic City was the setting for the most ambitious of these projects: the Steel Pier, designed by James H. Windrim in 1898, was extended and overlaid with new features at numerous times in the twentieth century.

posted by mhum at 10:56 AM on July 2, 2015

Oh, wait. The Wikipedia article I linked to is for John Torrey Windrim, a different Philadephia architect of the same era, who may have designed something (?) on Steel Pier. But, it appears that the actual architect of the Steel Pier itself was James Hamilton Windrim. Confusingly similar! I wonder if they weren't related.
posted by mhum at 11:18 AM on July 2, 2015

Response by poster: That sounds really familiar. Now off to figure out why I connected him with my house! (He did design a residence in my town but I think I had more than that)
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 11:40 AM on July 2, 2015

mhum: "I wonder if they weren't related."

Ah, of course. James H. Windrim was John T. Windrim's father.
posted by mhum at 12:19 PM on July 2, 2015