Andrew Grierson Thomson

Thom­son re­cei­ved his early ar­chi­tec­tu­ral trai­ning in Eng­land. Co­m­ing to the United Sta­tes as a young man, he ser­ved in the Su­per­vi­sing Architect's of­fice of the Tre­a­sury De­part­ment and later had charge of the con­struc­tion of the Post Of­fice in New York City. For the past twenty-five years he was con­sul­ting ar­chi­tect to the J. L. Mott Iron Works. He was one of the foun­ders of the Brook­lyn Chap­ter of the Ame­ri­can In­sti­tute of Ar­chi­tects and ser­ved for se­veral years as its se­cretary. He was elec­ted a Fel­low of the Ame­ri­can In­sti­tute of Ar­chi­tects in 1896.