Peabody and Stearns
Custom House Tower, Boston
Peabody & Stearns was a premier architectural firm in the Eastern United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, the firm consisted of Robert Swain Peabody (1845-1917) and John Goddard Stearns, Jr. (1843-1917). The firm worked on in a variety of designs but is closely associated with shingle style. [1]
Works
In Massachusetts:
- Matthews Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, (1871)
- Frederick L. Ames House, 306 Dartmouth St., Boston, MA (1872)
- College Hall, Smith College, Northampton, MA (1875)[2]
- Shepherd Brooks House, 275 Grove St., Medford, MA (1881)
- Henry Bradlee, Jr. House, Medford, MA (1881-82)
- James C. Bayley House, 16 Fairmont Ave., Newton, MA (1883-84)
- Kragsyde (George N. Black, Jr. House), 27 Smith's Point Rd., Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA (1883) - Demolished 1929.
- Elm Court (William D. Sloane House), 310 Old Stockbridge Rd., Lenox, MA (1886)
- Exchange Building, 53 State St., Boston, MA (1887-91)
- Charles E. Cotting Buildings, 186-192 South St., Boston, MA (1891)[3]
- Wheatleigh (Henry H. Cook House), Hawthorne Rd., Stockbridge, MA (1893)
- Fiske Building, 75 State St., Boston, MA (1896) - Demolished 1984.
- Christ Episcopal Church, 750 Main St., Waltham, MA (1897-1902)
- Worcester City Hall, 455 Main St., Worcester, MA (1898)
- Dorchester Heights Monument, Dorchester, MA (1902)
- Marlborough Public Library, 35 W. Main St., Marlborough, MA (1903-04)
- Springfield Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Building, 195 State St., Springfield, MA (1905)
- U. S. Custom House Tower, Boston, MA (1913-15)
In Rhode Island:
- Frederick S. G. D'Hauteville House, 489 Bellevue Ave., Newport, RI (1871) - Burned.[4]
- Nathan Matthews House, 492 Bellevue Ave., Newport, RI (1871-72) - Burned 1881.[5]
- Weetamoe (Nathaniel Thayer House), 2 Rovensky Ave., Newport, RI (1872)[5]
- Grace W. Rives House, 30 Red Cross Ave., Newport, RI (1875-76)[5]
- The Breakers (Pierre Lorillard IV House), 44 Ochre Point Ave., Newport, RI (1877-78) - Burned 1892, later replaced.
- Hillside (Arthur B. Emmons House), 300 Gibbs Ave., Newport, RI (1882)[6]
- Vinland (Catharine Lorillard Wolfe House), Newport, RI (1882-83) - Now Salve Regina's Mcauley Hall.[5]
- Honeysuckle Lodge (Josiah M. Fiske House), 255 Ruggles Ave., Newport, RI (1885-86)[5]
- Midcliff (Caroline Ogden M. Jones House), 229 Ruggles Ave., Newport, RI (1886)[5]
- Pavilion, Easton's Beach, Memorial Blvd., Newport, RI (1887) - Destroyed 1938[7]
- Ocean Lawn (Elizabeth Gammell House), 51 Cliff Ave., Newport, RI (1888-89)[5]
- Rough Point (Frederick W. Vanderbilt House), 680 Bellevue Ave., Newport, RI (1888-91)[5]
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Edith Memorial Chapel, Lawrenceville School
Public Library, Marlborough, Massachusetts
- Althorpe (John T. Spencer House), Ruggles Ave., Newport, RI (1889-90) - Now Salve Regina's Founders Hall.[5]
- Episcopal Church of the Messiah, 1680 Westminster St., Providence, RI (1889-90)[8]
- Rockhurst (H. Mortimer Brooks House), Bellevue Ave., Newport, RI (1891) - Demolished 1955.[4]
- Parish House for St. John's Episcopal Church, 275 N. Main St., Providence, RI (1893) - Demolished.[9]
- Shamrock Cliff (G. M. Gaun McRobert Hutton House), 65 Ridge Rd., Newport, RI (1894)[5]
- Beechbound (William F. Burden House), 127 Harrison Ave., Newport, RI (1895)[5]
- Bleak House (Ross R. Winans House), Ocean Ave., Newport, RI (1895) - Demolished 1948.[4]
- Ridgemere (Fannie Foster House), 11 Leroy Ave., Newport, RI (1896)[5]
- Hopedene (Elizabeth H. Gammell Slater House), 43 Cliff Ave., Newport, RI (1899-1902)[5]
- Providence Journal Building, 60 Eddy St., Providence, RI (1906)[8]
In Maine:
- York Hall (William D. Sewall House), 1 Edwards St., Bath, ME (1896-98)[10]
- Bangor High School, 185 Harlow St., Bangor, ME (1912)[11]
- Bangor Public Library, 145 Harlow St., Bangor, ME (1912)[11]
- Exchange Building, 27 State St., Bangor, ME (1912-13)[12]
In Pennsylvania:
- George W. Childs-Drexel House, 1726 Locust St., Philadelphia, PA (1893)[13]
- Nathaniel Holmes House, Morewood & 5th Aves., Pittsburgh, PA (1895) - Demolished.[14]
- Harvey Childs House, 718 Devonshire St., Pittsburgh, PA (1896)
- Sarah Drexel Fell House, 1801 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA (1896-98)
- Durbin Horne House, 7418 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA (1897)[15]
- Joseph Horne & Co. Dept. Store, 501 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA (1897-98)[16]
- East Liberty Market, 5900 Baum Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA (1898-1900)[17]
- Remsen V. Messler House, 651 Morewood Ave., Pittsburgh, PA (1900-01)[18]
- Laurento (E. Craig Biddle House), Darby-Paoli Rd., Villanova, PA (1901) - Demolished 1980s.[19]
- Penshurst (Percival Roberts House), Conshohocken State Rd., Lower Merion, PA (1901) - Demolished.[19]
- Krisheim (George Woodward House), 7514 McCallum St., Philadelphia, PA (1910)[20]
- Westview (Livingston L. Biddle House), Westview Rd., Bryn Mawr, PA (1917) - Demolished.[21][19]
In Missouri:
- St. Louis Museum of Fine Arts, 1815 Locust St., St. Louis, MO (1879-81) - Demolished 1919.[22]
- Unitarian Church of the Messiah, 508 N. Garrison Ave., St. Louis, MO (1880-82) - Demolished 1987.[23]
- Turner Building, 304 N. 8th St., St. Louis, MO (1882-83) - Demolished 1902.[22]
- St. Louis Club, T.E. Huntley Ave. & Locust Blvd., St. Louis, MO (1884-85) - Demolished.[22]
- George Blackman House, 5843 Bartmer Ave., St. Louis, MO (1885)[24]
- Alvah Mansur House, 3700 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, MO (1885-86)[25]
- Charles F. Morse House, 200 E. 36th St., Kansas City, MO (1887) - Demolished.[26]
- Henry L. Newman House, 21 Westmoreland Pl., St. Louis, MO (1889) - Demolished.[27]
- Security Building, 319 N. 4th St., St. Louis, MO (1890-92)[22]
- Corinne Dyer House, 38 Westmoreland Pl., St. Louis, MO (1892)[27]
- Edward C. Rowse House, 10 Benton Pl., St. Louis, MO (1892)[28]
- John T. Davis House, 17 Westmoreland Pl., St. Louis, MO (1893-94)[27]
In Minnesota:
- James J. Hill House, 240 Summit Ave., St. Paul, MN (1887-91) - Peabody & Stearns were fired from the project in 1889.
- Union Depot, 509 W. Michigan Ave., Duluth, MN (1890-92)[29]
In New Jersey:
- Elberon Casino, Lincoln Ave., Elberon, NJ (1882-83) - Demolished.[30]
- Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, NJ (1884-95)
- Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal, Jersey City, NJ (1888-89)[31]
In D.C.:
- Volta Bureau, 3414 Volta Pl. NW, Washington, D.C. (1893)
In Georgia:
- Plum Orchard (George L. Carnegie House), Cumberland Island, GA (1898)
Images
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College Hall, Smith College, Northampton, MA, 1875
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Memorial Hall, The Lawrenceville School
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Harvey Childs house, now the University of Pittsburgh's Chancellor's Residence
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Plum Orchard, built 1898
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Dorchester Heights Monument
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The Henry Bradlee Jr. House in Medford, Massachusetts
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Bangor Public Library
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East Liberty Market, built in 1898-1900, and located in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh, PA.
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Joseph Horne Company Department Store in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, built in 1900 (with additions in 1923). Architects: Peabody & Stearns, and William S. Fraser.
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Christ Church in Waltham, Massachusetts
References
- ↑ Bryan, John. Maine Cottages: Fred L. Savage and the Architecture of Mount Desert. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 42.
- ↑ Peabody and Stearns website
- ↑ Engineering Record 11 April 1891: 319.
- 1 2 3 Miller, Paul F. Lost Newport: Vanished Cottages of the Resort Era. 2008.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Yarnall, James L. Newport Through its Architecture. 2005.
- ↑ "Emmons, Arthur Brewster, Residence". http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/. n.d. Web.
- ↑ Newport Historical Society. "History Bytes: Easton's Beach Pavilion". http://www.newporthistory.org/. 19 Feb. 2015. Web.
- 1 2 Woodward, Wm. McKenzie. Providence: A Citywide Survey of Historic Resources. 1986.
- ↑ Brickbuilder April 1894: 60.
- ↑ Murphy, Kevin D. Colonial Revival Maine. 2004.
- 1 2 Engineering and Contracting 7 Feb. 1912: 59.
- ↑ American Architect 7 Aug. 1912: 14.
- ↑ Architectural Record July 1896: 61.
- ↑ Floyd, Margaret Henderson. Architecture After Richardson: Regionalism before Modernism: Longfellow, Alden, and Harlow in Boston and Pittsburgh. 1994.
- ↑ Brickbuilder Nov. 1897: 257.
- ↑ Brickbuilder Dec. 1897: 289.
- ↑ Toker, Franklin. Buildings of Pittsburgh. 2007.
- ↑ Engineering Record 1 Sept. 1900: 215.
- 1 2 3 Morrison, William Alan. The Main Line: Country Houses of Philadelphia's Storied Suburb, 1870-1930. 2002.
- ↑ Keels, Thomas H. and Elizabeth Farmer Jarvis. Images of America: Chestnut Hill. 2002.
- ↑ American Contractor 26 May 1917: 55.
- 1 2 3 4 Security Building NRHP Nomination. 1999.
- ↑ Unitarian Church of the Messiah NRHP Nomination. 1979.
- ↑ American Architect and Building News 18 July 1885: 36.
- ↑ American Architect and Building News 5 Sept. 1885: 120.
- ↑ "Morse, C.F., Residence". http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/. n.d. Web.
- 1 2 3 Hunter, Julius K. Westmoreland and Portland Places: The History and Architecture of America's Premier Private Streets, 1888-1988. 1988.
- ↑ Bryan, John Albury. Lafayette Square: St. Louis. 2007.
- ↑ Engineering and Building Record 31 May 1890: 415.
- ↑ Lewis, Arnold. American Country Houses of the Gilded Age. 1982.
- ↑ "The New Depot of the C. R. R. of N. J." Engineering News 6 Oct. 1888: 265.
Further reading
- Wheaton A. Holden. "The Peabody Touch: Peabody and Stearns of Boston, 1870-1917." Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Vol. 32, No. 2 (May, 1973)
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