Harvey Ellis

Born in Rochester, New York, in 1852, Harvey Ellis displayed an unusual artistic aptitude from a young age. Though his time at West Point was brief, he quickly established himself in the art world, co-founding the Rochester Art Club in 1877. With his brother Charles, he established an architectural firm, H. and C. S. Ellis, producing numerous Queen Anne style residential, commercial, and civic buildings in Rochester. Ellis's career took him across the Midwest, where he worke…