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JAMES HOVEY RAND

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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

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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

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

Architectural works

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  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.

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  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

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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

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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

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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.

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Notes

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  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

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  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

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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).

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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

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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.

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  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

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  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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