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KENNETH MACKENZIE DAY, AIA (1901-1958)
The son of one of Philadelphia's most prestigious architects, Frank Miles Day, he graduated HS from Chestnut Hill Academy, Day entered the University of Pennsylvania and received his BS in Architecture in 1922. He worked in the London office of Sir Aston Webb and with his Dad while an undergraduate, but joined Ritter & Shay upon graduation. By 1923 he had moved to New York City and was with McKim, Mead & White from 1923 to 1926. Returning to Philadelphia in 1927, he briefly joined Thomas, Martin & Kirkpatrick before partnering with Edmund Purves as Purves & Day. By 1932 this firm dissolved, and Day continued in private practice. From 1947 to 1948 he was an associate professor in Yale, and he also served as guest lecturer at Cornell. All his life he was a respected rebel. When he died he was President of the Pennsylvania Society of Architects. His archives are at Penn.
"I detect some progress in honesty of expression, but a net retrograde tendency caused by vulgar materialism and an inordinate amount of time devoted to motion. The energy, time, and money once devoted to great architecture (the Pyramids, Parthenon, et al.) is devoted today to highways and to automobiles. Motion has replaced thought." Kenneth Day
1934 - The James A. and Nannie Cole House, 135 Bollingwood Road, Charlottesville VA. Featured in Architectural Forum, December 1934. Sold in 2002 to architect Jeffrey Dreyfus and Robert Headrick who did a kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom renovation and pool addition. A 1970's sunroom addition was remodeled into a new master bedroom. Still owners as of 2026.
1935 - The Kenneth Day House I, 2090 Harts Lane, Miquon/Conshohocken PA. Sold to Elizabeth T. Taylor. Sold in 1994 to Jack and Jane Youell Goldberg.
1936 - The Marshall Cole House, New Hope PA. Published in Architectural Record,
July 1938.
Photos by CVD Hubbard. Status unknown.
1938 - The Charles Woodward House, 8220 Millman, Philadelphia PA. Designed by Kenneth Day. Featured in Architectural Record, November 1939. Renovated. Sold in 2003 to John and Dana Levitties.
1937 - The Kenneth Day House II, 2092 Harts Lane, Miquon/Conshohocken PA. Published in Architectural Forum. B/W photos by Robert Damora. Sold in 1966 to Arthur and Virginia Tolani. In 2014, sold as abandoned to Thomas Lembck. Status unknown.
1938 - The
Kenneth Day House III, 2088 Harts Lane,
Miquon/Conshohocken PA.
Sources include: The Modern House in America, by James Ford and Katherine Morrow Ford, granddaughter Mia Day Burroughs.