Collection Description

Kahn designed and built a new building for Temple Beth-El of Northern Westchester, located in Chappaqua, New York, from 1966 to 1972. Leonard Feldman, a practicing architect, served on the congregation's Building Committee. He was born on May 4, 1921 in New York City and served in the Air Force during World War II. He received the degree of B.Arch. in 1947 from New York University and worked for a number of firms before establishing his own practice in White Plains, New York.

The collection comprises Feldman's papers related to the Building Committee during the period from 1966 to 1970. Materials in the collection reflect the congregation's role as client in the development of the architectural design. The collection contains a small amount of correspondence with Kahn and his office. The collection contains no architectural drawings.

These materials were stored together with Louis I. Kahn's own office files in the Architectural Archives from 1995 to 2004. It is possible that these materials have been cited in scholarly writing as Louis I. Kahn Collection, LIK Box 9.

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