Nathaniel Cannon Smith

Smith's Shingle style Union Baptist Church, built in 1899.

Nathaniel Cannon Smith (1866–1943),^[1] best known during his lifetime as Nat. C. Smith, was an American painter and architect of New Bedford, Massachusetts.^[2]

His architectural works include two that are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.^[3]

Architectural works

Nat. C. Smith, 1893-1913:

• 1894 - Union for Good Works Building, 12 Market St., New Bedford, Massachusetts. 1894.^[4]
• 1895 - William H. Wood House, 408 County St., New Bedford, Massachusetts.^[5]
• 1896 - Quequechan Club, 306 N. Main St., Fall River, Massachusetts.^[6]
• 1897 - Slocum Building, 908 Purchase St., New Bedford, Massachusetts.^[7]
• 1898 - Edward H. Abbe Houses (6), Clinton Pl., New Bedford, Massachusetts. A planned cul-de-sac.
• 1898 - William L. Chadwick House, 117 Mill St., New Bedford, Massachusetts.^[8]
• 1898 - New Bedford Textile Institute, 1213 Purchase St., New Bedford, Massachusetts.^[9]
• 1899 - Union Baptist Church, 109 Court St., New Bedford, Massachusetts.^[10]
• 1900 - John Duff House (Remodeling), 479 County St., New Bedford, Massachusetts.^[5]
• 1902 - Y. M. C. A. Building, 199 N. Main St., Fall River, Massachusetts.^[11]
• 1903 - Jennie Smith Grinnell House, 32 Maple St., New Bedford, Massachusetts.^[12]
• 1909 - New Bedford Free Public Library (Remodeling), 613 Pleasant St., New Bedford, Massachusetts.^[13]
• 1910 - Nathaniel C. Smith House, 1 Howland Ter., New Bedford, Massachusetts. Home of the architect.^[14]
• 1912 - Brockton Public Library, 304 Main St., Brockton, Massachusetts.^[15]

Smith & Howland, 1913-1919:

• 1913 - Ulrich C. Collette Building, 1566-1570 Acushnet Ave., New Bedford, Massachusetts.^[16]
• 1914 - Thomas B. Wilcox, Jr. House, 9 Maple St., New Bedford, Massachusetts.^[17]
• 1915 - Cummings Building, 96 William St., New Bedford, Massachusetts.^[18]
• 1916 - Henry Watson House, 383 W. Clifton St., New Bedford, Massachusetts.^[19]
• 1917 - Office Building, Oak Grove Cemetery, New Bedford, Massachusetts.^[20]

Nat. C. Smith, from 1919:

• 1919 - J. V. O'Neil House, 572 Rockdale Ave., New Bedford, Massachusetts.^[21]
• 1921 - Clarence A. Cook School (Old), 91 Summer St., New Bedford, Massachusetts.^[22]
• 1922 - Charles L. Neild House, 554 Rockdale Ave., New Bedford, Massachusetts.^[23]
• 1923 - Tifereth Israel Synagogue (Old), 42 S. 6th St., New Bedford, Massachusetts.^[24]
• 1927 - Crapo Memorial Gallery, Swain School of Design, 19 Hawthorn St., New Bedford, Massachusetts.^[25]
• 1934 - Warming House, Buttonwood Park, Oneida St., New Bedford, Massachusetts.^[26]

References

1. asserted here
2. online biographies
3. Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
4. "Union for Good Works - Union Boys Clubhouse". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web.
5. County Street Walking Tour. 2012.
6. American Architect and Building News 6 June 1896: 95.
7. American Architect and Building News 3 April 1897: 8.
8. "Chadwick, William L. House". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web.
9. "New Bedford Textile School". American Wool and Cotton Reporter 1 Sept. 1898: 1070.
10. Engineering News 29 June 1899: 228.
11. Brickbuilder Feb. 1902: 44.
12. "Grinnell, Jennie Swift House". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web.
13. City Documents: Municipal Register 1911, Mayor's Address to the Council, Annual Reports, Etc. for the Year 1910. 1911.
14. "Smith, Nathaniel Cannon House". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web.
15. Addresses Delivered at the Laying of the Corner Stone, May 15, 1912. 1913.
16. American Contractor 6 Sept. 1913: 71.
17. American Contractor 9 May 1914: 56.
18. American Contractor 20 March 1915: 59.
19. American Contractor 29 April 1916: 53.
20. American Contractor 21 July 1917: 46.
21. American Contractor 20 Sept. 1919: 52.
22. American Contractor 16 April 1921: 60.
23. "Neild, Charles Lincoln House". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web.
24. American Contractor 18 Nov. 1922: 43.
25. American Art Annual 1927: 9.
26. "Buttonwood Park - Warming House". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web.

External links

• Flickr pic of a ship painting by Smith