Addison G. Pulsifer

Addison G. Pulsifer
Born	December 11, 1874 Auburn, Maine
Nationality	United States
Occupation	Architect
Practice	Gibbs & Pulsifer, Pulsifer & Eye
Buildings	Horatio G. Foss House, Mann Memorial Library, John D. Clifford House, Wade & Dunton Motors Building

Addison G. Pulsifer (b.1874) was an American architect practicing in Lewiston, Maine.

Biography

Addison Pulsifer was born in December of 1874 in Auburn, Maine. He attended Edward Little High School, and later entered the office of that school's architect, Coombs, Gibbs & Wilkinson. That was in 1896, and he remained there for ten years. He then went to Worcester, Massachusetts, where he worked for Frost, Briggs & Chamberlain. Two years later he moved onto the contracting firm of Norcross Brothers. In 1910, back in Lewiston, the Coombs firm was being dissolved. Partner Eugene J. Gibbs recalled Pulsifer back to the city, where they established Gibbs & Pulsifer.^[1] Gibbs retired in 1927 (and died in 1929),^[2] and the office was re-established as Pulsifer & Eye, with Harold M. Eye.^[3] They parted ways in 1934, and Pulsifer continued to practice alone.^[4]

At least three buildings by Pulsifer have been individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and others contribute to listed historic districts.

Architectural work

Horatio G. Foss House, Auburn, 1914.

Mann Memorial Library, West Paris, 1925.

John D. Clifford House, Lewiston, 1926.

Gibbs & Pulsifer, 1910-1927

• 1913 - Ashe, Noyes & Small Factory (Addition), 71 Spring St, Auburn, Maine^[5]
• 1913 - Eastport Primary School, Boynton St, Eastport, Maine^[6]
• 1913 - Kimball Hall, Washington State Normal School, Machias, Maine^[7]
  • Deteriorating and may be demolished^[8]
• 1914 - Horatio G. Foss House, 19 Elm St, Auburn, Maine^[9]
• 1916 - Frank M. Coffey House, 25 Webster St, Lewiston, Maine^[10]
• 1916 - Ralph W. Crockett House, 443 Main St, Lewiston, Maine^[11]
• 1918 - Daniel J. McGillicuddy Apartments, 84 Lisbon St, Lewiston, Maine^[12]
• 1919 - Androscoggin Electric Building, 134 Main St, Lewiston, Maine^[13]
• 1921 - Frank M. Coffey Apartments, 14 Leeds St, Lewiston, Maine^[14]
• 1921 - Nurses' Home, Central Maine General Hospital, Hammond St, Lewiston, Maine^[15]
• 1922 - Association Building, 1719 Main St, South Paris, Maine^[16]
• 1923 - Ss. Cyril and Methodius Church, 51 Main St, Lisbon Falls, Maine^[17]
• 1925 - Arthur L. Mann Memorial Library, 226 Main St, West Paris, Maine^[18]
• 1926 - John D. Clifford House, 14 Ware St, Lewiston, Maine^[19]

Pulsifer & Eye, 1927-1934

• 1929 - Wade & Dunton Motors Building, 10 Oak St, Lewiston, Maine^[20]
• 1931 - Morse Memorial School, 27 School St, Brooks, Maine^[21]
• 1934 - Singer Building, 177 Main St, Lewiston, Maine^[22]

References

1. Coe, Harrie B. "Addison G. Pulsifer". Maine Biographies. Vol. 1. 1928.
2. "Eugene J Gibbs". http://www.findagrave.com/. 27 May 2013.
3. "Organize Firm of Pulsifer and Eye". Lewiston (ME) Evening Journal 9 July 1927: 7.
4. Iron Age 1934: 86.
5. "Breezes from Auburn, ME". American Shoemaking 29 Nov. 1913: 435.
6. American Contractor 12 July 1913: 20.
7. American Contractor 13 Sept. 1913: 54.
8. Billings, Johanna S. "UMM may tear down century-old Kimball Hall". http://bangordailynews.com/. 4 Nov. 2015.
9. Main Street Historic District NRHP Nomination. 1989.
10. American Contractor 24 June 1916: 71.
11. Main Street-Frye Street Historic District NRHP Nomination. 2008.
12. American Contractor 17 Aug. 1918: 49.
13. American Contractor 16 Aug. 1919: 54.
14. American Contractor 15 Oct. 1921: 57.
15. American Architect 20 April 1921: 10.
16. American Contractor 31 Dec. 1921: 53.
17. St. Cyril and St. Methodius Church NRHP Nomination. 1977.
18. Arthur L. Mann Memorial Library NRHP Nomination. 1988.
19. John D. Clifford House NRHP Nomination. 1987.
20. American Machinist Dec. 1929: 74.
21. Sketches of Brooks History. 1935.
22. Thompson, Deborah. Maine Forms of American Architecture. 1976.