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WARREN LYMAN FLOYD[edit]

Warren Lyman Floyd
Born(1836-02-01)February 1, 1836
Warner, New Hampshire
DiedAugust 2, 1918(1918-08-02) (aged 82)
Lowell, Massachusetts
NationalityUnited States
OccupationArchitect
The former First Baptist Church in Mount Vernon, New York, designed by Floyd and completed in 1888.
The Dunstable Town Hall, completed in 1908.

Warren L. Floyd (1836-1918) was an American architect practicing in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Life and career[edit]

Warren Lyman Floyd was born February 1, 1836 in Warner, New Hampshire to Daniel Floyd and Susan M. (Bushee) Floyd.[1] He was educated in the public schools of Methuen and Billerica, Massachusetts. He trained as a carpenter in New Hampshire and Boston and briefly operated a grocery in Billerica. In 1872 he moved to Lowell and began working for builder George W. Pearson. In 1875, after self-education in architecture, he established himself as an architect in Lowell. He formally retired in 1909, though he continued to work on small projects from his home.[2]

Personal life[edit]

In 1859 Floyd married Nancy Louise Holden of Billerica. At the time, Floyd was a resident of Medford. They had three children, one son and two daughters.[1] Floyd and his wife were Baptists and were closely involved with the First Baptist Church in Lowell. The Floyds lived at 124 Stevens Street in Lowell.[3] Floyd died August 2, 1918 in Lowell.[2]

Legacy[edit]

A least one building designed by Floyd has been listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places, and others contribute to listed historic districts.

Architectural works[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Presently (2021) known as the Unity Baptist Tabernacle.
  2. ^ a b A contributing property to the Dunstable Center Historic District, NRHP-listed in 2018.
  3. ^ Presently (2021) the Peniel Spanish Christian Church.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Eben Putnam, The Holden Genealogy, vol. 2 (Boston: Eben Putnam, 1926)
  2. ^ a b "Floyd Dead" in Lowell Sun, August 3, 1918, 19.
  3. ^ Lowell directories
  4. ^ Frank R. Taylor, History of the First Baptist Church, Mount Vernon, New York (Mount Vernon: First Baptist Church of Mount Vernon, 1903)
  5. ^ Historic Building Detail: DRA.33, Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
  6. ^ Historic Building Detail: DUN.20, Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
  7. ^ Historic Building Detail: LOW.778, Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
  8. ^ Historic Building Detail: DRA.29, Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
  9. ^ Historic Building Detail: LOW.476, Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
  10. ^ Historic Building Detail: DUN.12, Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
  11. ^ Historic Building Detail: CAR.341, Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.

PERLEY FRED GILBERT[edit]

Perley Fred Gilbert
Perley F. Gilbert, circa 1903
Born(1868-12-14)December 14, 1868
St. Johnsbury, Vermont
DiedMay 5, 1956(1956-05-05) (aged 87)
Andover, Massachusetts
NationalityUnited States
OccupationArchitect
Orlando in Andover, completed in 1917.
The Stevens Street Fire Station in Lowell, built in 1921.
The Masonic Temple in Lowell, completed in 1929.
The former Temple Emanuel in Lowell, completed in 1959.
Kenneth R. Fox Student Union at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, completed in 1973.

Perley F. Gilbert (1868-1956) was an American architect practicing in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Life and career[edit]

Perley Fred Gilbert was born December 14, 1868 in St. Johnsbury, Vermont to Charles Henry Gilbert and Sarah Louise (Hale) Gilbert. In 1875 the family relocated to Andover, Massachusetts. He attended the public schools and Phillips Academy in Andover. In 1891 he entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating in 1895 with a degree in architecture. He worked for Boston architects for several years, returning to Andover in 1898 to establish his own practice.[1] In April of 1899 he formed a partnership with Otis A. Merrill, a Lowell architect, as Merrill & Gilbert. Merrill retired in November of 1900, and Gilbert suceeded to the practice.[2] For many years Gilbert was chiefly known as a residential architect, and designed worker housing for the American Woolen Company as well as homes for regionally prominent industrialists.[1] In the 1920s he began to design many commercial and schools buildings in the Lowell area. In 1928, he designed Lowell's Masonic Temple.

In 1949, Gilbert reorganized his firm as Perley F. Gilbert Associates, with Herbert H. Glassman (1919-2003), Edmund E. McMahon (1915-1990) and Albert I. Richmond (1910-1958) as fellow principals. Later principals included Arthur P. Cryan, Joseph G. Dion, Robert F. Hudson and Arthur P. Savas.[3][4] Gilbert's sucessors were best known for schools and other public buildings, and were the designers of the Kenneth R. Fox Student Union of the University of Massachusetts Lowell, the tallest building in Lowell. Gilbert was president of the firm until his death. He was succeeded by Richmond, who died suddenly in an aviation accident in 1958.[5] Glassman was then elected president and held the office until his retirement in 1984.[6] The firm was likely inactive thereafter, and was involuntarily dissolved in 1990.[7]

Personal life[edit]

It is not known if Gilbert ever married or had children. After 1875, he lived his entire life in Andover. He first lived with his parents at 115 Main Street. After his parents' deaths he sold the house in 1916,[8] and from then on boarded down the street at 107 Main Street.[9]

Gilbert died May 5, 1956 in Andover.[10]

Architectural works[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Gilbert added a junior high school wing and the Memorial Auditorium. Designed in association with consulting architects Kilham, Hopkins & Greeley.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Edwin P. Conklin, Middlesex County and its People 4 (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1927): 347.
  2. ^ a b c Class Book; 25th Anniversary (Boston: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Class of 1895, 1920): 58
  3. ^ "Perley F. Gilbert Assocs., Inc.," American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker, 1962): 246.
  4. ^ "Perley F. Gilbert Assocs., Inc.," American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker, 1970): 322.
  5. ^ "Find Bodies of Local Architect, Wife" in Lowell Sun December 4, 1958, 2.
  6. ^ Herbert Haskel Glassman
  7. ^ Massachusetts corporation records
  8. ^ 115 Main Street
  9. ^ 107 Main Street
  10. ^ "P. F. Gilbert, Architect, Dies at 88" in Lowell Sun, May 6, 1956, 2 and 9.
  11. ^ 93 Main Street
  12. ^ "Building Intelligence," American Architect and Building News 77, no. 1386 (July 19 1902): xi.
  13. ^ "Boom on at Olneyville," Fibre and Fabric 42, no. 1074 (September 30 1905): 7-8.
  14. ^ 260 North Main Street, Andover Historic Preservation. Accessed September 28 2021.
  15. ^ "New Firehouse" in Lowell Sun March 8, 1921, 5.
  16. ^ 80 Carmel Road
  17. ^ "LOW.82." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed October 6 2021.
  18. ^ Samuel Sayward, "American Woolen Co. Relieves Housing Shortage," Textile World Journal 57, no. 6 (February 7 1920): 489-492.
  19. ^ "ANV.218." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed October 6 2021.
  20. ^ 129 Reservation Road
  21. ^ "Local Contractor Busy Out-of-Town" in Lowell Sun August 25, 1928, 1.
  22. ^ "LOW.1110." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed September 17 2021.
  23. ^ "Dedicate New School" in Lowell Sun November 23, 1931, 16.
  24. ^ Bridgemen's Magazine 35, no. 2 (February 1935): 93.
  25. ^ "Ground Broken in Centralville for New Home for Polish-American Vets" in Lowell Sun September 14, 1951, 20.
  26. ^ a b c d "Glassman, Herbert Haskel," in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1956): 199.
  27. ^ "New Youth Center Monument to Holy Trinity's Pastor" in Lowell Sun November 14, 1954, 14.
  28. ^ "Issue Permit for Regional School Here" in Concord Enterprise November 10, 1955, 7.
  29. ^ "Tewksbury Firm Awarded Contract for Construction of Temple Emanuel" in Lowell Sun April 7, 1958, 10.
  30. ^ "Glassman, Herbert Haskel," in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1962): 250.
  31. ^ "Advertisement for Bids" in Lowell Sun December 16, 1961, 2.
  32. ^ History of Temple Isaiah
  33. ^ "Dedication, Open House for $1,668,248 600-Pupil Maynard HS" in Lowell Sun June 22, 1965, 6.
  34. ^ "Advertisement for Bids" in Lowell Sun January 6, 1964, 10.
  35. ^ "Glassman, Herbert Haskel," in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1970): 328.
  36. ^ "Advertisement for Bids" in Lowell Sun February 4, 1965, 24.
  37. ^ John J. Winkler, "800-Student School to Cost City $2,410,000" in Lowell Sun June 23, 1965, 2.
  38. ^ Joseph C. Rayball, "Manager Gives Out Figures on Centralville Building" in Lowell Sun July 19, 1967, 2.
  39. ^ "First Plans for Schools Approved" in Portsmouth Herald November 21, 1967, 1.
  40. ^ "'Turnkey' Elderly Housing on Schedule" in Lowell Sun November 30, 1970, 13.
  41. ^ Carolyn Miegel, "18-Story Building No Ordinary Dorm" in Lowell Sun November 19, 1972, B2.
  42. ^ Engineering News-Record 200, no. 23 (June 8, 1978): 44.

HARRY PRESCOTT GRAVES[edit]

Harry Prescott Graves
Harry Prescott Graves, circa 1903
Born(1870-06-06)June 6, 1870
Lowell, Massachusetts
DiedMarch 9, 1940(1940-03-09) (aged 69)
Lowell, Massachusetts
NationalityUnited States
OccupationArchitect
The First Baptist Church in Lowell, originally built in 1826 and entirely rebuilt in 1900–01 under Graves' direction.
Graves's proposal for "Lowell, the City Beautiful on the Merrimack," 1912.
Ravine House

Harry Prescott Graves (1870–1940) was an American architect practicing in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Life and career[edit]

Harrison Prescott Graves, known as Harry, was born June 6, 1870 in Lowell, Massachusetts to Orville D. Graves and Annie M. (Clark) Graves. He was educated in the Lowell public schools, graduating in 1888. He then joined the office of Merrill & Cutler as a drafter before establishing himself as an architect in 1895.[1] In 1897 he formed a partnership with Salem engineer John H. Bickford, and the two practiced together as Bickford & Graves until 1899, when Bickford moved to Boston and Graves resumed independent practice.[2] During his career he developed a specialty of public schools and theatre buildings.[1] Graves worked continuously as an architect until his death in 1940. His last major project was an additional building for the Lowell High School. In addition to the projects he was primary architect for, he was consulting architect to Blackall, Clapp & Whittemore of Boston on their design for the Lowell Memorial Auditorium.[3]

Personal life[edit]

Graves was married in 1898 to Helen Mabel Osgood of Lowell. They had one daughter.[1] Graves died March 9, 1940 in Lowell.[3] His wife predeceased him in 1933.[4] His architectural library was donated to the Pollard Memorial Library.[5]

Legacy[edit]

In addition to his architectural works, Graves also developed a proposal to develop central Lowell along City Beautiful lines. This proposal, published in 1912, showed a proposed network of boulevards, parks and squares connecting Lowell's major centers. Graves also proposed a group of cultural and educational buildings located north of Lowell City Hall along the Merrimack Canal.[6] Graves's proposals were not executed, though some of his proposed elements, including an extension to the high school and the Lowell Memorial Auditorium, were executed at other locations.

Several of Graves' buildings contribute to historic districts listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places.

Architectural works[edit]

Gallery of architectural works[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ A contributing property to the Tyler Park Historic District, NRHP-listed in 1989.
  2. ^ a b c A contributing property to the Lowell National Historical Park, established in 1978.
  3. ^ Reconstruction of the library following a devastating fire in 1915. In association with Frederick W. Stickney, the original architect.
  4. ^ A contributing property to the City Hall Historic District, NRHP-listed in 1975 and expanded in 1988.
  5. ^ As consulting architect to architects Funk & Wilcox.
  6. ^ As consulting architect to architects Blackall, Clapp & Whittemore.
  7. ^ Heavily damaged during relocation to make way for VFW Highway and replaced by the present memorial at the O'Donnell Memorial Bridge in 1951.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Harrison Prescott Graves" in History of Lowell and its People 2 (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1920): 157–159.
  2. ^ C. P. Gillespie, Illustrated History of Salem and Environs (Salem: Salem Evening News, 1897): 183-184.
  3. ^ a b c "Veteran Lowell Architect Dies In 70th Year" in Lowell Sun, March 11, 1940, 3.
  4. ^ "Death of Mrs. Harry Prescott Graves" in Lowell Sun, May 11, 1933, 3.
  5. ^ "City Library Gets Valuable Book Collection" in Lowell Sun, June 17, 1940, 16.
  6. ^ George F. Kenngott, The Record of a City: a Social Survey of Lowell, Massachusetts (New York: MacMillan Company, 1912)
  7. ^ "LOW.134." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed September 28 2021.
  8. ^ "LOW.1279." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed September 28 2021.
  9. ^ "LOW.1798." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed September 28 2021.
  10. ^ "New Corner Stone Laid at First Baptist Church Yesterday" in Lowell Sun, June 1, 1900, 19.
  11. ^ "LOW.766." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed September 28 2021.
  12. ^ "Permit Issued" in Lowell Sun, April 13, 1910, 3.
  13. ^ "SAL.1464." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed September 28 2021.
  14. ^ "For Public Hall" in Lowell Sun, April 5, 1915, 9.
  15. ^ American Contractor 36, no. 40 (October 2, 1915): 69.
  16. ^ Lowell Sun, January 18, 1916, 7.
  17. ^ Lowell Sun, December 9, 1916, 7.
  18. ^ American Contractor (July 17, 1920): 54.
  19. ^ "LOW.2096." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed September 28 2021.
  20. ^ "Monument Dedicated to War Heroes of Pawtucketville" in Lowell Sun, May 31, 1928, 6–7.
  21. ^ "Radio Tower Proves Problem" in Lowell Sun, August 27, 1934, 1.
  22. ^ "LOW.1143." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed September 28 2021.

OTIS ADDISON MERRILL[edit]

Otis A. Merrill
Otis A. Merrill, circa 1896
Born(1844-08-22)August 22, 1844
Hudson, New Hampshire
DiedSeptember 14, 1935(1935-09-14) (aged 91)
Pepperell, Massachusetts
NationalityUnited States
OccupationArchitect
BuildingsWilton Town Hall; Lowell City Hall
The former First Congregational Church in Lowell, completed in 1885.
The Lowell City Hall, completed in 1893.
The Lincolnshire in Andover, completed in 1898.
The YMCA in Madras, completed in 1899.

Otis A. Merrill (1844–1935) was an American architect. In association with various partners he practiced architecture in Lowell, Massachusetts from 1873 until 1900.

Life and career[edit]

Otis Addison Merrill was born August 22, 1844 in Hudson, New Hampshire to Benjamin Arnold Merrill and Mary Jane (Winn) Merrill. He was educated in the local schools, and when he turned 18, during the American Civil War, he enlisted in the Union Army with the 7th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment. He was awarded a Gillmore Medal for his conduct during the Second Battle of Charleston Harbor. He was discharged July 7, 1865 at Concord with the rank of sergeant.[1] After the war he went to Haverhill, Massachusetts, where he learned the carpentry trade. In 1869 he moved to Lowell. After four more years and with some self-training in architecture, he established himself as an architect in Lowell in 1873.[2] In 1878 he formed a partnership with Charles S. Eaton, a Lowell native who had just graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The partnership of Merrill & Eaton was dissolved in 1880.[3] Three years later in 1883 he formed a partnership with Arthur S. Cutler, an Andover native, who had joined Merrill's office as a draftsman in 1876.[2] Merrill & Cutler was dissolved in 1897, and Merrill formed a new partnership, Merrill & Clark, with draftsman Edwin R. Clark.[4] In April of 1899 Clark left to open his own office, and Merrill was joined by Perley F. Gilbert, a St. Johnsbury native who was a graduate of MIT. Merrill & Gilbert practiced together until Merrill's retirement in November of 1900.[5] The office continued under Gilbert and his successors until 1990.

Merrill's practice was centered on Massachusetts, and he and his partners were well known as architects of public buildings and schools in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. His most prominent building was the Lowell City Hall, begun in 1890 and completed 1893, with a design based on the Allegheny County Courthouse by H. H. Richardson. An unusual foreign project was for a YMCA in Madras, now Chennai, in India. Plans for this building, which was the gift of John Wanamaker, were drawn and accepted in the United States in 1896. Merrill & Cutler designed the building in an Italian Gothic style.[6][7] In 1897, after being sent to India, they were revised by local architect George S. T. Harris at the suggestion of Governor Arthur Havelock. Though the floor plans were unchanged, Harris redrew the elevations to be more in keeping with the local architecture, in what is now known as the Indo-Saracenic style. The building was finished in 1899.[8]

Personal life[edit]

Merrill was married three times. He was married first in 1870 to Maria Jennie Moore of Pelham, New Hampshire, who died in 1882. He married second in 1883 to Anna Maud Smith of Worcester, who died in 1886. He married third in 1889 to Anna E. Boynton of Pepperell. He had a total of six children.[9][10] During their time in Lowell, Merrill and his family lived in a house now numbered 92 Wannalancit Street, a Second Empire cottage which he may have designed and built himself.[11] After his retirement, Merrill and his wife moved to her hometown of Pepperell. She died there March 6, 1929,[10] followed by her husband September 14, 1935.[9]

Legacy[edit]

At least two buildings designed by Merrill and his partners have been listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places, and others contribute to listed historic districts.

Architectural works[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ A contributing property to the Wilder Street Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[15]
  2. ^ a b A contributing property to the City Hall Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
  3. ^ A contributing property to the Belvidere Hill Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
  4. ^ A contributing property to the New Hampshire Veterans' Association Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[27]
  5. ^ Built with revisions by G. S. T. Harris.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Henry F. W. Little, The Seventh Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion (Concord: Seventh New Hampshire Veteran Association, 1896)
  2. ^ a b c d The Story of the City Hall Commission, ed. Prentiss Webster (Lowell: City of Lowell, 1894)
  3. ^ "News From the Classes," Technology Review 19, no. 8 (November 1917): 699.
  4. ^ "Personal, Architecture and Building 26, no. 16 (March 6 1897):
  5. ^ Class Book; 25th Anniversary (Boston: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Class of 1895, 1920): 58
  6. ^ "A Building Promised for Madras by John Wanamaker," Men 22, no. 27 (November 14 1896): 462.
  7. ^ "Illustrations," American Architect and Building News 54, no. 1091 (November 21 1896): 63-64.
  8. ^ a b "Y. M. C. A. Building, Madras," Indian Engineering 29, no. 3 (February 16 1900): 108.
  9. ^ a b Merrill, Otis A.
  10. ^ a b "Mrs. Anna E. Merrill Dies At Pepperell, 75," Fitchburg Sentinel, March 7 1929.
  11. ^ Lowell directories and atlases
  12. ^ "LOW.157." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed September 17 2021.
  13. ^ a b c "New Hampshire Men in Lowell," Granite Monthly 5, no. 10 (July 1882): 327.
  14. ^ "LOW.1658." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed September 17 2021.
  15. ^ "LOW.253." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed September 17 2021.
  16. ^ "Building Improvements," Lowell Daily Citizen, August 12 1879, 3.
  17. ^ a b c Roger G. Reed, "The Lost Victorian Campus" in Academy Hill: The Andover Campus, 1778 to the Present (Andover: Andover: Addison Gallery of American Art, 2000)
  18. ^ "Building Intelligence," Sanitary Engineer 4, no. 7 (March 1 1881): 162.
  19. ^ "LOW.1901." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed September 17 2021.
  20. ^ "Building Intelligence," Sanitary Engineer 4, no. 21 (October 1 1881): 510.
  21. ^ "LOW.303." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed September 17 2021.
  22. ^ "The Illustrations," American Architect and Building News 13, no. 390 (June 16 1883): 282.
  23. ^ "LOW.623." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed September 17 2021.
  24. ^ Wilton Town Hall NRHP Registration Form (2009)
  25. ^ "LOW.1132." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed September 17 2021.
  26. ^ "WSR.29." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed September 17 2021.
  27. ^ New Hampshire Veterans' Association Historic District NRHP Registration Form (1990)
  28. ^ Bryant F. Tolles Jr., The Grand Resort Hotels of the White Mountains (Boston: David R. Godine, 1998)
  29. ^ "LOW.695." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed September 17 2021.
  30. ^ "LOW.2595." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed September 17 2021.
  31. ^ Concord annual reports
  32. ^ "LOW.383." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed September 17 2021.
  33. ^ "CLM.149." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed September 17 2021.
  34. ^ Massachusetts annual reports
  35. ^ a b "Building Intelligence," Engineering Record 23, no. 5 (January 3 1891): 86.
  36. ^ "LOW.102." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed September 17 2021.
  37. ^ "LOW.1940." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed September 17 2021.
  38. ^ The Auditor's Annual Report of the Receipts and Expenditures of the City of New Bedford, Including Report of City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes, for the Year 1892 (New Bedford: City of New Bedford, 1893)
  39. ^ "CLM.394." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed September 17 2021.
  40. ^ "LAW.174." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed September 17 2021.
  41. ^ "LOW.319." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed September 17 2021.
  42. ^ "Contracting Intelligence," Engineering Record 29, no. 19 (April 7 1894): 308.
  43. ^ "Building Intelligence," American Architect and Building News 57, no. 1131 (August 28 1897): xii.
  44. ^ Chelmsford town reports

JAMES HOVEY RAND[edit]

James Hovey Rand
Born(1813-10-25)October 25, 1813
Boston, Massachusetts
DiedSeptember 6, 1883(1883-09-06) (aged 69)
Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts
NationalityUnited States
OccupationArchitect

Life and career[edit]

James Hovey Rand was born October 25, 1813 in Boston to Gardner Hammond Rand and Sarah (Frothingham) Rand.[1]

Rand & Place.

In 1858, following the controversy over his jail design, Rand relocated his family and practice to Boston. He originally moved to Roxbury, but by 1860 had settled in Charlestown, his mother's birthplace. He was a vocal proponent of the annexation of Charleston to Boston, which was eventually carried out in 1874. Rand practiced architecture in Boston until his death in 1883, but no projects are known after the 1860s.[2]

Personal life[edit]

In 1835 Rand married Laurinda Moore. They had two children.[1] Rand died September 6, 1883 in Charlestown.[3]

Architectural works[edit]

Gallery of architectural works[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Later the home of Benjamin Butler.
  2. ^ A contributing property to the City Hall Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
  3. ^ The original building was the westernmost portion. Also known as the Lee Street Church. Later a Catholic church, now St. Joseph the Worker Shrine.
  4. ^ The architect of this house is not documented, but its nomination to the National Register of Historic Places offers Rand's name as the most likely candidate on stylistic grounds. The house was later owned by Rollin White and Charles Herbert Allen.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Florence Osgood Rand, A Genealogy of the Rand Family in the United States (New York: Republic Press, 1898)
  2. ^ a b c d e f Joe Orfant, "The Architect of 'the handsomest buildings of Lowell'," theonlyjoeorfant.com, Building Blocks, September 12 2017. Accessed September 23 2021.
  3. ^ James Hovey Rand
  4. ^ "LOW.339." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed September 17 2021.
  5. ^ a b c James F. Hunnewell, A Century of Town Life: A History of Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1775-1887 (Boston: Little, Brown & Company)
  6. ^ 161 Beacon
  7. ^ 16 Marlborough

HENRY LAWRENCE ROURKE[edit]

Henry Lawrence Rourke
Born(1873-03-14)March 14, 1873
Lowell, Massachusetts
DiedFebruary 17, 1963(1963-02-17) (aged 89)
Waltham, Massachusetts
NationalityUnited States
OccupationArchitect
The Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Lowell, completed in 1908.
The former St. Peter's School in Lowell, completed in 1913.
The Lowell High School addition, completed in 1922.

Henry L. Rourke (1873-1963) was an American architect practicing in Lowell, Massachusetts during the first half of the twentieth century.

Life and career[edit]

Henry Lawrence Rourke was born March 14, 1873 in Lowell to Lawrence Rourk and Jane (Sears) Rourk.[1] His education is unknown, but by 1894 he was a draftsman in the office of Lowell architects Stickney & Austin. Circa 1906 he left Stickney to open his own office, but returned in 1908 to form the partnership of Stickney, Austin & Rourke. This was dissolved in 1910 and Rourke returned to private practice, which he continued for over thirty years.[2] Rourke was best known as an architect of schools, designing many for public and Catholic clients in and around Lowell.[3] Rourke died February 17, 1963.[1]

Rourke was a member of the American Institute of Architects from 1925 until 1939.[4]

Legacy[edit]

Rourke is best known as the architect of the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Lowell, the first church built specifically for a Greek Orthodox congregation in the United States. This building has been listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places, and others contribute to listed historic districts.

Architectural works[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c A contributing property to the Lowell National Historical Park, established in 1978.
  2. ^ a b A contributing property to the South Common Historic District, NRHP-listed in 1982.
  3. ^ A contributing property to the City Hall Historic District, NRHP-listed in 1975 and expanded in 1988.
  4. ^ Designed in association with Hutchins & French of Boston.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Gravesite, St. Patrick Cemetery, Lowell
  2. ^ Lowell directories
  3. ^ a b "DRA.102." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed September 28 2021.
  4. ^ Henry L. Rourke, AIA Historical Directory of American Architects. Accessed September 14, 2022.
  5. ^ "LOW.2." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed September 28 2021.
  6. ^ Pittsford town reports
  7. ^ Frederick W. Coburn, History of Lowell and its People 1 (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1920)
  8. ^ Architectural Record 53, no. 2 (February, 1923)
  9. ^ "LOW.314." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed September 28 2021.
  10. ^ "College of Oblate Clergy at Brookland Approaches Completion" in Evening Star, September 2, 1916, 8.
  11. ^ "LOW.44." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed September 28 2021.
  12. ^ Modern Hospital 19, no. 3 (September, 1922): 76.
  13. ^ American Contractor 39, no. 52 (December 28, 1918): 37.
  14. ^ Engineering News-Record 94, no. 5 (January 29, 1925): 59.
  15. ^ "LOW.83." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed September 28 2021.
  16. ^ Lowell Sun, May 2, 1941, 30.

FREDERICK WARREN STICKNEY[edit]

Frederick Warren Stickney
Frederick W. Stickney, circa 1903
Born(1853-06-17)June 17, 1853
Lowell, Massachusetts
DiedJanuary 17, 1918(1918-01-17) (aged 64)
Lowell, Massachusetts
NationalityUnited States
OccupationArchitect
The Butler School in Lowell, completed in 1882 and demolished in 2013.
The Kennebunk River Club in Kennebunkport, completed in 1890.
The Lowell High School, completed in 1893.
The Pollard Memorial Library, completed in 1893.
Coburn Hall at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, completed in 1897.
The former Tyngsborough Public Library, completed in 1905.

Frederick W. Stickney (1853–1918) was a prolific American architect based in Lowell, Massachusetts. He was active for nearly forty years, from 1881 to his death 1918. Major works include the Pollard Memorial Library (1890–93), the Lowell High School (1892–93) and Coburn Hall at the University of Massachusetts Lowell (1895–97).

Life and career[edit]

Frederick Warren Stickney was born June 17, 1853 in Lowell, Massachusetts to Daniel Stickney and Betsey (Emery) Stickney.[1][2] He attended the Lowell public schools and in 1873 entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a special student in architecture, graduating from the two-year program in 1875. He worked for Otis A. Merrill in Lowell and for Hartwell & Swasey in Boston.[2][3] In 1881 he opened his own office at 131 Devonshire Street in Boston, moving it to the new Hildreth Building in Lowell in 1883.

In 1892 he formed a partnership with Boston architect William D. Austin, following the retirement of Austin's former partner, William E. Chamberlin. The new firm of Stickney & Austin was initially based in Lowell, but in 1893 Austin returned to Boston to open a second office.[4] Thereafter the architects remained in partnership and practiced under the name of Stickney & Austin, but rarely if ever collaborated. Stickney was not involved in the major works of the Boston office, which included the numerous buildings for the Metropolitan Park Commission and its sucessor, the Metropolitan District Commission, and the former Charlestown High School. The two architects finally dissolved their partnership around 1908,[a] though both continued to practice under the Stickney & Austin name. Stickney completed fewer major projects during the last years of his career. One of his last was the 1915 reconstruction, following a major fire, of the Pollard Memorial Library, which he had originally completed in 1893.

In 1908 Stickney formed a new partnership with architect Henry L. Rourke, who had been an employee of Stickney before opening his own office. The new partnership, known as Stickney, Austin & Rourke, lasted only until 1910. Circa 1914 Stickney moved from his suite in the Hildreth Building to a smaller office in the Lowell Institution for Savings Building, and in 1916 he dropped the Stickney & Austin name, practicing under his name alone until his death in early 1918.

Personal life[edit]

Stickney was closely involved in the social life of Lowell. Stickney and his associates attempted to establish in Lowell a version of the club life common amongst the upper classes in larger cities. To this end he was among the founders of the Vesper Boat Club, later the Vesper Country Club, in 1875 and the Yorick Club in 1882. Many of his fellow members in these clubs were also later to be his clients.[5]

For his entire professional career, Stickney lived in his parents' home at 53 3rd Street in Lowell's Centralville neighborhood.[6] He never married. He died January 17, 1918 in Lowell.

Architectural works[edit]



Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Some sources indicate 1900 as the end of the Stickney & Austin partnership, though advertisements in the Lowell directories until at least 1906 note both Lowell and Boston offices.
  2. ^ a b A contributing property to the Belvidere Hill Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
  3. ^ a b c d e A contributing property to the Lowell National Historical Park, established in 1978.
  4. ^ Contributing properties to the Hoyt-Shedd Estate historic district, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
  5. ^ A contributing property to the Wannalancit Street Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
  6. ^ a b A contributing property to the Lowell Cemetery historic district, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
  7. ^ A contributing property to the Downtown Concord Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
  8. ^ A contributing property to the Cape Arundel Summer Colony Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
  9. ^ a b A contributing property to the Andover Street Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
  10. ^ a b c A contributing property to the City Hall Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
  11. ^ a b c A contributing property to the Rogers Fort Hill Park Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
  12. ^ A contributing property to the Manchester Village Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
  13. ^ A contributing property to the Winslow School and Littlefield Library historic district, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
  14. ^ Later the headquarters of Fletcher's business, the Fletcher Granite Company.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matthew Adams Stickney, The Stickney Family: A Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of William and Elizabeth Stickney (Salem: Matthew Adams Stickney, 1869): 313.
  2. ^ a b The Story of the City Hall Commission, Including the Exercises at the Laying of the Corner Stones and the Dedication of the City Hall and Memorial Hall, ed. Prentiss Webster (Lowell: City of Lowell, 1894): 54.
  3. ^ a b Kim Coventry, Daniel Meyer and Arthur H. Miller, Classic Country Estates of Lake Forest: Architecture and Landscape Design, 1856–1940 (New York: W. W. Norton, 2003)
  4. ^ "Personal" in Architecture and Building 18, no. 3 (January 21, 1893): 35.
  5. ^ Joe Orfant, "'…the first shall be last and the last first…' The Lowell City Hall Architectural Design Competition of 1889," Building Blocks, May 27, 2017. Accessed September 14, 2022.
  6. ^ Lowell directories
  7. ^ Lowell Daily Citizen, August 22, 1879, 3.
  8. ^ "Vespers" in Lowell Daily Citizen, September 11, 1879, 3.
  9. ^ Historic Building Detail: LOW.478, Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
  10. ^ Historic Building Detail: LOW.2599, Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
  11. ^ Historic Area Detail: LOW.BB, Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
  12. ^ Historic Building Detail: LOW.789, Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
  13. ^ Rosemary Lodge NRHP Registration Form (2000)
  14. ^ Historic Building Detail: LOW.273, Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
  15. ^ a b Historic Area Detail: LOW.AK, Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
  16. ^ Downtown Concord Historic District NRHP Registration Form (2000)
  17. ^ American Architect and Building News 21, no. 592 (April 30, 1887): 210.
  18. ^ Building 8, no. 31 (March 31, 1888)
  19. ^ Historic Building Detail: LOW.592, Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
  20. ^ a b c Watkins School NRHP Registration Form (2014)
  21. ^ American Architect and Building News 25, no. 704 (June 22, 1889): 294.
  22. ^ Cape Arundel Summer Colony Historic District NRHP Registration Form (1984)
  23. ^ Engineering and Building Record 20, no. 14 (August 31, 1889): 196.
  24. ^ Longfellow School NRHP Registration Form (1976)
  25. ^ Historic Building Detail: LOW.633, Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
  26. ^ Building 10, no. 26 (June 29, 1889)
  27. ^ Varney School NRHP Registration Form (1982)
  28. ^ Historic Building Detail: LOW.24, Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
  29. ^ Sanitary News 7 March 1891: 214.
  30. ^ Milford Town House and Library Annex NRHP Registration Form (1988)
  31. ^ Historic Building Detail: LOW.537, Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
  32. ^ Historic Building Detail: LOW.44, Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
  33. ^ Historic Building Detail: LOW.2583, Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
  34. ^ Engineering Record 28, no. 3 (June 17, 1893): 49.
  35. ^ Historic Building Detail: LOW.357, Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
  36. ^ Historic Building Detail: LOW.277, Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
  37. ^ Historic Building Detail: LOW.636, Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
  38. ^ Joe Orfant, "The Architect of 'the handsomest buildings of Lowell'" Building Blocks, September 12, 2017. Accessed September 14, 2022.
  39. ^ Pelham Library and Memorial Building NRHP Registration Form (2011)
  40. ^ Proceedings at the Opening of the Mark Skinner Library, Manchester, Vermont (Manchester: Mark Skinner Library, 1897)
  41. ^ Historic Building Detail: LOW.43, Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
  42. ^ Historic Building Detail: TYN.22, Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
  43. ^ William Phillips Comstock, "The Country Club in America: II" in Architects' and Builders' Magazine 6, no. 1 (July, 1905): 446–451.
  44. ^ Historic Building Detail: TYN.124, Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
  45. ^ Historic Building Detail: WSR.115, Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
  46. ^ Historic Building Detail: LOW.2775, Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
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