Editing Cass Gilbert (section)

== Early life ==
Gilbert was born in [[Zanesville, Ohio]], the middle of three sons, and was named after the statesman [[Lewis Cass]], to whom he was distantly related.<ref name=Christen_2001 /> Gilbert's father General Samuel A. Gilbert was a [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] veteran of the [[American Civil War]] and a surveyor for the [[United States Coast and Geodetic Survey|United States Coast Survey]]. His uncle was Union General [[Charles Champion Gilbert]].<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Christen|editor1-first=Barbara S|editor2-last=Flanders|editor2-first=Steven|title=Cass Gilbert, Life and Work: Architect of the Public Domain|date=November 17, 2001|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|isbn=978-0393730654|pages=293|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x3X_D6L5JEwC&pg=PA293|access-date=May 4, 2017|quote=Chapter 1, footnote 4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Blodgett|first1=Geoffrey|title=Cass Gilbert: The Early Years|date=November 15, 2001|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society Press|isbn=978-0873514101|page=4|edition=First|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9BoMQRLgOwoC&pg=PA3|access-date=May 4, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Brevet Brig. General Samuel A. Gilbert (USA)|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Brevet-Brig-General-Samuel-A-Gilbert-USA/6000000012709533616|website=Geni.com|date=August 15, 1825 |access-date=May 4, 2017}}</ref> When he was nine, Gilbert's family moved to [[St. Paul, Minnesota|St. Paul]], Minnesota, where he was raised by his mother after his father died. Cass was raised Presbyterian.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9BoMQRLgOwoC&q=%22presbyterian%22&pg=PA92|title = Cass Gilbert: The Early Years|isbn = 9780873514101|last1 = Blodgett|first1 = Geoffrey|year = 2001| publisher=Minnesota Historical Society Press }}</ref> He attended preparatory school but dropped out of [[Macalester College]]. He began his architectural career at age 17 by joining the [[Abraham M. Radcliffe]] office in St. Paul. In 1878, Gilbert enrolled in the architecture program at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]].<ref name=Irish_1999>{{cite book | last = Irish | first = Sharon | title = Cass Gilbert, Architect | publisher = Monacelli | year = 1999 | isbn = 1-885254-90-3 }}</ref>