Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow Jr.
Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow Jr. | |
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Born | Portland, Maine, U.S. | August 18, 1854
Died | February 16, 1934 Portland, Maine, U.S. | (aged 79)
Education | |
Occupation | Architect |
Relatives | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (uncle) |
Practice | Longfellow, Alden & Harlow |
Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow Jr. (August 18, 1854 – February 16, 1934) was an American architect and nephew of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Biography
Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow Jr. was born August 18, 1854, in
draftsman in Henry Hobson Richardson
's office.
Career
After Richardson's death in 1886, Longfellow teamed up with
Horatio Hollis Hunnewell
in 1903.
Longfellow later moved to Boston, where he worked in association with his cousin,Semitic Museum, the Bertram and Eliot Halls at Radcliffe College, the Robert Stow Bradley Jr. Memorial fountain, and chemical laboratories.
He also designed the
West Roxbury, the Merrill Memorial Library in Yarmouth, Maine,[2] the Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick, Maine,[3] and a Maine Historical Society library building. He served on the board of directors of the Dedham Pottery company and designed their plant.[4]
Longfellow also designed and built Eliestoun, a large shingle-style summer home, rare in the midwest. Eliestoun was completed in 1890[5] and is on the Principia College[6] campus in Elsah, Illinois.
Works
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Floor plans for the Cambridge City Hall. Built between 1888 and 1889.
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Eliestoun House was designed by Longfellow. It was completed in 1890 and is on the Principia College campus. Photographed in 2014.
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TheHoratio Hollis Hunnewell, designed by Longfellow, Alden & Harlowin 1892.
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Duck house designed by Longfellow, in Boston's Back Bay Fens. Built in 1897.
Interests
Longfellow was one of the founders of
Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Boston Athenæum.[7]
References
- ^ "Family listing" (PDF). www.hwlongfellow.org.
- ^ "Merrill Memorial Library – Yarmouth, Maine » About the Library". yarmouthlibrary.org. Archived from the original on 2015-07-05. Retrieved 2015-09-10.
- ^ "A History of the Public Library in Brunswick, Maine". community.curtislibrary.com.
- ISBN 978-0-7385-0944-0. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
- ^ "History of Eliestoun". Archived from the original on 2015-02-01.
- ^ "Principia College". Archived from the original on 2009-10-27.
- ^ "LONGFELLOW, Alexander Wadsworth". Who's Who in New England. Vol. 1. 1909. pp. 600–601.
Bibliography
- ISBN 0-226-25410-0
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