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Julian Francis Abele (April 30, 1881 – April 23, 1950) was a prominent black American architect, and chief designer in the offices of Horace Trumbauer.
“The lines are all Mr. Trumbauer’s,” Abele once said of the Free Library, “but the shadows are all mine.” Born in 1881, Julian Francis Abele was the youngest of eight in a family of achievers...
In 1906, Trumbauer hired Julian Abele, the first African-American graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Architecture Department, promoting him to chief designer in 1909. Many of Trumbauer's later buildings are largely attributed to Abele.
Julian Francis Abele (April 30, 1881 – April 23, 1950) was a prominent African-American architect, and chief designer in the offices of Horace Trumbauer. He was the primary designer of the West Campus of Duke University (1924–54).
In 1906, Abele began working as an assistant to the chief designer of the architecture firm of Horace Trumbauer, and in 1909 Abele became the chief designer. Around that time, he designed a home for James Buchanan Duke in New York City.
Dec 12, 2023 · Trumbauer and Abele at Work. Much has been written about architect Horace Trumbauer, and we don't want to repeat his biography here -- on the contrary, our hope is to bring Julian Abele out of Trumbauer's shadow.
Julian Abele was one of the first Black architects to achieve prominence in the field. As senior designer for the office of Horace Trumbauer, Abele performed a pivotal role in the design and construction of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
