Louis Abramson (August 1, 1887 – January 15, 1985) was an American architect who practiced mostly in New York City, specializing in hospitals, nursing homes, and restaurants. He is best known for designing the Daughters of Jacob Geriatric Center (pictured). Early in his career, he designed several Jewish Centers, a new type of building which filled the religious, cultural, educational, and often fitness needs of the community in a single structure. Abramson had little formal schooling in architecture; he took courses at Cooper Union, the Mechanics Institute, and Columbia University but did not complete a degree. Most of his training was on-the-job in junior positions at well- known New York City architecture firms, after which he started his own firm. He employed a variety of styles, including Neo-Renaissance, Moorish Revival, Neo-Classical, Tudor, Art Deco, and Art Moderne. Several of his buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (Full article...).

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1910:

Construction was completed on the Buffalo Bill Dam, then the tallest dam in the world, on the Shoshone River in the U.S. state of Wyoming. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Bill_Dam

1951:

Ilse Koch, wife of Karl-Otto Koch, the Nazi commander of the Buchenwald and Majdanek concentration camps, was sentenced to life imprisonment by a West German court. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilse_Koch

1962:

The Derveni papyrus (fragment pictured), the oldest surviving manuscript in Europe, was discovered in Macedonia in northern Greece. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derveni_papyrus

1970:

The Republic of Biafra surrendered following a failed attempt at secession from Nigeria, ending the Nigerian Civil War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biafra

2001:

The first edit to the internet encyclopedia Wikipedia was made. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia

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