Claude M. Gruener and Rick Wagner: Sterling and Bloss; "Time Line and Index"

Section One – Sterling and Bloss: The Early Years

1844 John William Sterling Is Born 10

1847 James Orville Bloss Is Born 13

1864 Sterling Obtains a B.A. Degree from Yale 16

1867 Sterling Is Admitted To the Bar 20

1870 Sterling and Bloss Meet 21

Section Two – Sterling and Bloss: The Working Years

1873 The Careers of Sterling and Bloss 24

1873 Sterling and Bloss Share Residence 37

1874 Sterling Obtains an M.A. Degree 37

1890 Sterling and Bloss at 21 E 47th Street 37

1893 Sterling Obtains Doctorate 37

Section Three – Sterling and Bloss: The Fifth Avenue Years

1900 Thorne and Sterling File Plans For Fifth Avenue Residences 39

1902 Sterling and Bloss at 912 Fifth Avenue 44

1907 New York City Directory 48

1910 A Pictorial of Fifth Avenue is Published 48

1915 Thorn Dies 51

1916 The First Fifth Avenue Apartment Buildings 52

Section Four – Sterling and Bloss: The After Years

1918 (March): Stillman Dies 56

1918 (July): John Sterling Dies 66

1918 (December): James Bloss Dies 74

1920 Building Height Restriction Imposed 80

1922 Palmer Dies 80

1922 The Vacant Lot North of Thorne and Sterling 82

1923 Building Height Restriction Overturned 84

1923 The Saturday Evening Post Memoir on Sterling 84

Section Five - Photo Exhibits

Exhibit 1 – Fifth Avenue Between 73rd And 74th Streets, Circa 1911 (The Block North Of Thorne And Sterling Residences) 86

Exhibit 2 – Fifth Avenue Between 73rd And 74th Streets As It Exists Today 87

Exhibit 3 – 912 Fifth Avenue As It Exists Today 89

Exhibit 4 – 1910 Census Showing Occupants Of 912 Fifth Avenue (Inset Is Actual Census Page 90

Exhibit 5 – 1907 New York City Directory Listings 91

Exhibit 6 – “Life In The Country” – Country Homes Owned By Some Of The Principals In Rye New York 92

Exhibit 7 – Bloss’ Eventual Home And Death Scene: The Metropolitan Club, Then And Now 93

Exhibit 8– $1,845,000 In Cash Bequests Of The Sterling Will Converted To Present-Day Dollars 94

Exhibit 9 – The Easter Sunday Discovery: Thorne-Sterling’s 912-914 Fifth Avenue 95

Exhibit 10– The Sterling Mausoleum At Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, New York 98

Exhibit 11– The Bloss Family Tree, The Bronx, New York, 99

Exhibit 12– The Sloan – Stillman Townhouse (9 E. 72nd Street) , 100

In addition see:

John William Sterling and James Orville Bloss

Original entry on the lives of Sterling and Bloss by Jonathan Ned Katz.

James Orville Bloss: September 30, 1847-December 15, 1918

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