Robert Swain Peabody

Robert Swain Peabody F.A.I.A.
Born	February 20, 1845 New Bedford, Massachusetts
Died	September 23, 1917(1917-09-23) (aged 72) Marblehead, Massachusetts
Alma mater	Harvard University École des Beaux-Arts
Occupation	Architect
Spouses	Annie Putnam ​ ​ (m. 1871; died 1911)​ Helen Lee ​ (m. 1913)​
Parent	Rev. Ephraim Peabody (father)
Relatives	Rev. Francis Greenwood Peabody (brother) Charles William Eliot (brother-in-law) Henry Whitney Bellows (brother-in-law)
Architectural career
Firm	John Goddard Stearns Jr.
8th President of the American Institute of Architects
In office 1900–1901
Preceded by	Henry Van Brunt
Succeeded by	Charles Follen McKim
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Robert Swain Peabody (February 20, 1845 – September 23, 1917) was a prominent

Early life

Peabody was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts on February 20, 1845.^[1] He was a son of Rev. Ephraim Peabody (1807–1856) and Mary Jane (née Derby) Peabody (1807–1892). His older sister, Ellen Derby Peabody, was the wife of Charles William Eliot, the 21st President of Harvard University. Another sister, Anna Huidekoper Peabody, was the wife of Henry Whitney Bellows, president of the United States Sanitary Commission. His younger brother was the Rev. Francis Greenwood Peabody, Dean of the Harvard Divinity School.^[2]

He attended Harvard University in

He was in 1913 a member of Harvard's Board of Overseers.^[3]

Career

He was an early supporter of the

• Boston and Providence Railroad Station (1872; demolished)
• The Brunswick Hotel (1873) and annex (1877)
• The Boston Post Building (1874)
• The New York Mutual Life Insurance Building (1874-1875; demolished in 1945)
• The American Unitarian Association Building (1886; demolished)
• The Assumption Church in Brookline (1878-1886)
• The Exchange Building (1887)
• The Stock Exchange Building (1889-1891)
• Christ Church in Waltham (1897-1898)
• Custom House Tower (1913-1915).

Personal life

On June 8, 1871, Peabody was married to Annie Putnam (1847–1911), the daughter of John Phelps Putnam, a

• Ellen Peabody (1872–1877), who died in childhood.
• Arthur John Peabody (1875–1875), who died in infancy.
• Katherine Putnam Peabody (1877–1908).[5]
• Mary Derby Peabody (1881–1910), who married Henry Russell Scott in 1910.^[6]
• Robert Ephraim Peabody (b. 1887).^[2]

After the death of his first wife in 1911, he remarried to Helen Lee, daughter of Charles Carroll Lee, on January 25, 1913.^[1]

Peabody died on September 23, 1917, aged 72, in Marblehead, Massachusetts.^[1]

References

External links

• Robert Swain Peabody at Find a Grave
• Works by Robert Swain Peabody at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Robert Swain Peabody at Internet Archive