Wallace Harrison

Wallace Kirkman Harrison (September 28, 1895 - December 2, 1981), was an American twentieth-century architect. Harrison started his professional career with the firm of Corbett, Harrison & MacMurray, participating in the construction of Rockefeller Center. He is best known for executing large public projects in New York City and upstate, many of them a result of his long and fruitful personal relationship with Nelson Rockefeller, for whom he serv... more

Date of birth:

  • Sep 28, 1895

Date of death:

  • Dec 2, 1981 (age 86 years)

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