Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Edward Hale Kendall (July 30, 1842 March 10, 1901) was an American architect with a practice in New York City. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Kendall was one of the first generation of Americans to study in Paris; he apprenticed in the office of the construction engineer Gridley James Fox Bryant, Boston. He moved to New York where he collaborated with Bryant's collaborator in developing Boston's Back Bay, Arthur Gilman, in building the Equitable Life Assurance Society Building (1868-71). He soon established independent practice and was a member (1868) and eventually President (1892-93) of the American Institute of Architects, in which capacity he presided over the AIA conventions held during the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago 1893.