Frank W. Weston
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Frank W. Weston (1843–1911) was an English-born and trained architect who practiced in Portland, Maine and Boston, Massachusetts. He also invested in the bicycle industry and promoted cycling as a sport. He was the co-founder of the Boston Bicycling Club is known as the "father of American bicycling."[1]
Early years
Frank Weston was born July 13, 1843, in the Oxford Terrace, England. He studied at private schools before training as an architect. He emigrated from England to the United States, arriving in Boston on June 1, 1866.[2]
Architecture
Weston went to work in Boston for
Weston worked as an architect out of
Bicycles and cycling
In 1877, Frank Weston formed a business partnership with Arthur Cunningham, Sidney Heath, and Harold Williams to import bicycles to the United States.
In February 1878, Weston and thirteen fellow cyclists launched the
Death
Weston died at the age of 67 in 1911.[13] His wishes were for his body to be cremated and his ashes mixed with those of his wife.[13] In 1926 it was discovered that this had not happened, and that his ashes were still in the undertaker's storage room.[13] The members of the Boston Bicycling Club could not located his wife's ashes, but decided to scatter his at the Fairbanks House in Dedham, Massachusetts, a favorite spot of the club's, under a tree that had been planted there on the occasion of the club's 40th anniversary.[13]
References
- ISBN 978-1-59629-750-0.
- ^ a b c d e f "Bassett's Scrapbook". Boston: L.A.W. Publishing Company. 1909. Retrieved December 23, 2014. Republished online by Internet Archive: archive.org.
- ^ "Architecture of 191 Commonwealth Avenue, Back Bay, Boston". Bosarchitecture.com. Archived from the original on 2013-11-14. Retrieved 2013-11-14.
- ^ "Architecture of 270 Clarendon Street, Back Bay, Boston". Bosarchitecture.com. Retrieved 2013-11-14.
- ^ Cutter, Charles Ammi (March 1894) Library Journal, Volume 19. p. 102. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
- ^ The New Lynn Telephone Exchange, Electrical Engineer 19. p. 395. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
- ^ Reiff, Daniel D. (2000). Houses from Books: Treatises, Pattern Books, and Catalogs in American Architecture, 1738-1950: a history and guide University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, p.169.
- ^ American Architect, November 9, 1889.
- ^ a b Epperson, p. 28.
- ^ Herlihy, p. 189.
- ^ Epperson, p. 59
- ^ Herlihy, p. 193.
- ^ a b c d Parr 2009, pp. 26–27.