Cass Gilbert cladding a steel frame became the model for decades. Modernists embraced his work: John Marin painted it several times; even Frank Lloyd Wright praised the lines of the building, though he decried the ornamentation. Gilbert was one of the first celebrity architects in America, designing skyscrapers in New York City and Cincinnati, campus buildings at Oberlin College and the University of Texas at Austin, state capitols in Minnesota and West Virginia, the support towers of the George Washington Bridge, railroad stations (including the New Haven Union Station, 1920), and the United States Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C.. His reputation
Chase Headquarters Building sold it to the city of Waterbury to be used as city offices, a function it still serves today. It is now known as the Chase Municipal Building and is part of Waterbury's Cass Gilbert Historical District. "Cass Gilbert, Life and Work: Architect of the Public Domain" eds. Barbara Christen and Steven Flanders, (Norton, 2001) pp. 188–190. Irish, Sharon (Monacelli, 1999) "Cass Gilbert, Architect: Modern Traditionalist", Pg.155-6. http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=302337 Chase Headquarters Building The Chase Headquarters Building is a building in Waterbury, Connecticut on Grand Street across from the city hall. It is now occupied by the city of Waterbury’s offices. The