Robert Burnside Potter (1869-1934)

Architect, of Antietam Farm, Smithtown, New York

He was born in New York City and was educated at Groton School, Harvard (1891), and the Ecole-des-Beaux-Arts, Paris. He practiced as an architect in the firm of Robertson & Potter, of 160 Fifth Avenue, New York. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects and belonged to the Knickerbocker Club, the County Club, the New York Yacht Club, the Architectural League, the Society of Beaux-Arts, Architects, and the Societe des Architectes Diplomes par le Gouvernement, Paris.

Parents

Robert Brown Potter

Major-General Robert B. Potter, of the Union Army

1829-1887

Abigail Austin (Stevens) Potter

Mrs "Abby" (Stevens) Potter

1836-1913

Spouse

Elizabeth (Fish) Potter

Mrs Elizabeth Stephens Clare (Fish) Potter

1870-1954

Associated Houses

The Rocks

Newport, Rhode Island