Fred Wesley Wentworth

Wentworth played a pivotal role in reshaping Paterson following a devastating wind-driven fire that destroyed much of the city's central business district in 1902.

His architectural portfolio encompassed a diverse range of building types, including institutional, commercial, residential, religious, and healthcare structures, as well as some of the nation's earliest movie theaters designed exclusively for motion pictures.

When he first arrived, Paterson was a modest manufacturing town, but it experienced rapid growth, nearly tripling in population during his tenure.

[7] In 1902 a fire devastated most of the center of the city and Wentworth was responsible for much of the rebuilding work needed afterward.

[6][4] Throughout his career, Wentworth designed numerous notable buildings,[8][9][10] some in collaboration with his draftsman and later partner, Frederick J. Vreeland.