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(1908-2008) Preservationist, writer. Margot Gayle was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1908, and died in Manhattan, New York, in 2008. She was known for her efforts in preserving historic landmarks, especially Victorian cast iron architecture, and she was the author of four books.

Full Name

Margot McCoy Gayle

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

Unknown

RESIDENCE

Ms. Gayle lived in Manhattan, New York. She was a script writer for CBS Radio and wrote an architecture column for The Daily News for 16 years.

1908

BIRTH

Margot McCoy was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1908. She married William T. Gayle.

1974

LITWORK

Cast Iron Architecture in New York: A Photographic Survey
Dover Publications.
ISBN-10: 0486229807, ISBN-13: 978-0486229805.
Nonfiction with photographer, Edmund V. Gillon.

1988

LITWORK

Art Commission And The Municipal Art Society Guide To Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture
Prentice Hall.
ISBN-10: 0136202535, ISBN-13: 978-0136202530
Nonfiction written with Michele Cohen.

1998

LITWORK

Cast-Iron Architecture In America: The Significance Of James Bogardus
W. W. Norton and Company.
ISBN-10: 0393730158, ISBN-13: 978-0393730159
Nonfiction written with her daughter, Carol Gayle.

1999

LITWORK

Metals In America's Historic Buildings, Uses And Preservation Treatments
National Park Service.
ISBN-10: 0160616557, ISBN-13: 978-0160616556
Nonfiction written with David W. Look and John G. Waite.

2008

DEATH

Margot Gayle died in Manhattan, New York, in 2008.

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