Decorator
Centurion, 1921–1951
Born 13 April 1879 in New Haven, Connecticut
Died 3 April 1951 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Buried Green-Wood Cemetery
, Brooklyn, New York
Proposed by William Adams Delano and John Munro Woolsey
Elected 1 April 1921 at age forty-one
Century Memorial
Ernest Tyler joined the Century in 1921; and he successively came to serve on every committee of the Club. Whenever he was in the City he came to the Club-house every day. Sometimes he was in the pool-room, and sometimes in the Library; but mostly he would be found on the back porch in the summer, or when the days grew short at the round table in the East Room.
He studied at the Yale School of Fine Arts and Columbia School of Architecture, and after that he spent two years working in Paris. He was an architect; but his particular field was interior architecture. Some of his work is contained in Columbia University Dining Hall, the Morgan Library Annex, and the Supreme Court in Washington. He designed the Century Club flag and the book-plate. His paintings shown in the amateur exhibitions in the gallery were wholly out of the ordinary—especially his portraits, which were outstanding.
He was a perfect member. Everybody knew him and liked him, and everybody was glad to be with him. He was gentle and friendly and possessed of a whimsical humor that was disarming and wholly charming. He was filled with common sense.
He was a good friend. He had a good time.
George W. Martin
1951/1952 Century Association Yearbook