Michael C Kathrens

Michael C. Kathrens is an independent scholar specializing in American residential architecture and interior decoration of the mid-nineteenth century through the early twentieth. His most recent publication is Newport Cottages 1835–1890: The Summer Villas Before the Vanderbilt Era (Bauer and Dean Publishers, 2023). Previous books include American Splendor: The Residential Architecture of Horace Trumbauer (Acanthus Press, 2002, revised 2012), Great Houses of New York Volume II, 1880–1930 (Acanthus Press, 2005, revised 2015), Newport Villas: The Revival Styles, 1885–1935 (W. W. Norton & Company, 2009), Great Houses of New York, 1880–1940 (Acanthus Press, 2013), and Kansas City Houses: 1885–1938 (Bauer and Dean Publishers, first printing 2018). Kathrens is currently working on three projects: The Houses of Ogden Codman Jr.; New York Penthouses and Maisonettes, with co-author William L. Bruning; and a comprehensive study of prominent historical Kansas City merchants.