George Stevens (April 22, 1803 – August 15, 1894) was an American manufacturer and politician who served as the third Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts.[1]
George Stevens | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts | |
| In office April 1851 – April 1853 | |
| Preceded by | Sidney Willard |
| Succeeded by | James D. Green |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 22, 1803[1] Norway, Maine,[1] USA |
| Died | August 15, 1894 (aged 91)[2][3] East Cambridge, Massachusetts,[2] USA |
| Resting place | Mount Auburn Cemetery[3] |
| Occupation | Pipe organ manufacturer[4] |
Personal life
editStevens was born to Nathaniel and Rebecca (Cobb) Stevens[2] in Norway, Maine, on April 22, 1803.[1] He had one brother, William whom he worked with in the pipe organ industry.[5]
Professional life
editStevens and his brother William worked as apprentices for pipe organ manufacturer William Goodrich.[4] Stevens took over Goodrich's firm[4] and for two years starting in 1833,[6] Stevens was a proprietor with William Gayetty of Stevens & Gayetty in East Cambridge, Massachusetts,[4] however for most of his career, Stevens worked on his own. Stevens built over eight hundred pipe organs, he supplied many small churches with one- and two-manual organs.[6]
Notes
edit- ^ a b c d Gilman, Arthur (1896), The Cambridge of Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Six: A Picture of the City and its Industries Fifty Years After Its Incorporation, Verona, VA: McClure Printing Co., p. 63 ASIN: B000NRCE04
- ^ a b c Owen, Barbara (1979), The Organ in New England: An Account of Its Use and manufacture to the End of the Nineteenth Century, Camp Hill, PA: Sunbury Press, p. 413 ASIN: B000JC0C02
- ^ a b Fall, Ralph Emmett (1982), Hidden village, Port Royal, Virginia, 1744-1981, Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press, p. 258
- ^ a b c d Bush, Douglas (2006), The Organ: An Encyclopedia, New York, NY: Rutledge, p. 586., ISBN 0-415-94174-1
- ^ Ochse, Orpha (1988). The History of the Organ in the United States. Indiana University Press. p. 130.
- ^ a b Bush, Douglas (2006), The Organ: An Encyclopedia, New York, NY: Rutledge, p. 587., ISBN 0-415-94174-1
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