He also designed Hotel Marseilles (1905), a New York City Landmark,[1][2] and the wings added to 1125 Grand Concourse (Andrew Freedman Home).
He trained to be an architect at the Columbia School of Mines graduating in 1894 and continued his studies in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux Arts.
[5] He designed a new façade for philanthropist R. Fulton Cutting's home at 22 East 67th Street (1908) and a residence for theater producer Martin Beck at 13 East 6th Street (1921)[1] Jacobs also designed the Andrew Freedman Home (1925) at 1125 Grand Concourse in the Bronx with Joseph H. Freedlander.
[1] He designed a residential building that included the home of publisher Andrew J. Kobler at 820 Park Avenue (1926).
[7] His son Robert Allan Jacobs was also an architect and worked in partnership with Ely Jacques Kahn.