Morris Henry Sugarman

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Morris Henry Sugarman (December 15, 1889 – October 12, 1946) was a Russian-born American architect. He co-founded the architecture firm, Sugarman & Berger with Albert C. Berger (1879–1940).

Biography

Sugarman was born on December 15, 1889, in Odessa, Odessky Uyezd, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine).[1] He was the son of Marianne and Samuel Sugarman.[1] He studied at the National Academy of Design at Columbia University, and in England and in France.[1]

In 1925, he was awarded the gold medal from the American Institute of Architects (AIA).[1] He organized the architectural firm Sugarman & Berger in 1926. Together they designed the New Yorker Hotel,[2] the Roerich Museum in New York City,[2] the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York City,[2] the Mayfair Hotel in Philadelphia,[1] Navarre Building in New York City,[1] the Long Beach Hospital on Long Island, as well as buildings in Europe and Central America.

Sugarman died on October 12, 1946, after an illness at Doctors Hospital in Manhattan.[1][2] His daughter was the fashion designer Joan "Tiger" Morse (who married, and was divorced from real estate developer William A. Moses).[3][4]

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