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Peabody and Stearns

Peabody & Stearns was a premier architectural firm in the Eastern United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, the firm consisted of Robert Swain Peabody (1845–1917) and John Goddard Stearns Jr. (1843–1917). The firm worked on a variety of designs but is closely associated with shingle style.[1]

Peabody & Stearns
Peabody and Stearns Boston Office (c.1905)
Practice information
PartnersRobert Swain Peabody, John Goddard Stearns Jr., George A. Fuller, Pierce P. Furber
FoundersRobert Swain Peabody, John Goddard Stearns Jr.
Founded1870
Dissolved1917
LocationBoston, Massachusetts
Significant works and honors
Buildings
Custom House Tower, Boston

With addition of Pierce P. Furber, presumably as partner, the firm became Peabody, Stearns & Furber.[2][note 1] The firm was later succeeded by W. Cornell Appleton, one of the Peabody & Stearns architects, and Frank Stearns, son of Frank, as Appleton & Stearns.[3]

Works

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Georgia

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Maine

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Massachusetts

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Bussey Institute, Harvard University

Missouri

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  • St. Louis School and Museum of Fine Arts, 1815 Locust St., St. Louis (1879–81) - Demolished 1919.[12]
  • Unitarian Church of the Messiah, 508 N. Garrison Ave., St. Louis (1880–82) - Demolished 1987.[13][14]
  • Turner Building, 304 N. 8th St., St. Louis (1882–83) - Demolished 1902.[12]
  • St. Louis Club, T.E. Huntley Ave. & Locust Blvd., St. Louis (1884–85) - Demolished.[12]
  • George Blackman House, 5843 Bartmer Ave., St. Louis (1885)[15]
  • Alvah Mansur House, 3700 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis (1885–86)[16]
  • Charles F. Morse House, 200 E. 36th St., Kansas City (1887) - Demolished.[17]
  • Henry L. Newman House, 21 Westmoreland Pl., St. Louis (1889) - Demolished.[18]
  • Security Building, 319 N. 4th St., St. Louis (1890–92), (Peabody, Stearns & Furber)[12]
  • Corinne Dyer House, 38 Westmoreland Pl., St. Louis (1892)[18]
  • Edward C. Rowse House, 10 Benton Pl., St. Louis (1892)[19]
  • John T. Davis House, 17 Westmoreland Pl., St. Louis (1893–94)[18]
  • Dr. George Ashe Bronson House, 3201 Washington Ave., St. Louis (1885)

Minnesota

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New Jersey

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Edith Memorial Chapel, Lawrenceville School

Pennsylvania

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  • George W. Childs-Drexel House, 1726 Locust St., Philadelphia (1893)[23]
  • Nathaniel Holmes House, Morewood & 5th Aves., Pittsburgh (1895) - Demolished.[24]
  • Harvey Childs House, 718 Devonshire St., Pittsburgh (1896)
  • Sarah Drexel Fell House, 1801 Walnut St., Philadelphia (1896–98)
  • Durbin Horne House, 7418 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh (1897)[25]
  • Joseph Horne & Co. Dept. Store, 501 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh (1897–98)[26]
  • East Liberty Market, 5900 Baum Blvd., Pittsburgh (1898-1900)[27]
  • Remsen V. Messler House, 651 Morewood Ave., Pittsburgh (1900–01)[28]
  • Laurento (E. Craig Biddle House), Darby-Paoli Rd., Villanova (1901) - Demolished 1980s.[29]
  • Penshurst (Percival Roberts House), Conshohocken State Rd., Lower Merion (1901) - Demolished.[29]
  • Krisheim (George Woodward House), 7514 McCallum St., Philadelphia (1910)[30]
  • Westview (Livingston L. Biddle House), Westview Rd., Bryn Mawr (1917)[31][29]

Rhode Island

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The Providence Journal Building at the corner of Westminster and Eddy Street
  • Frederick S. G. D'Hauteville House, 489 Bellevue Ave., Newport (1871) - Burned.[32]
  • Nathan Matthews House, 492 Bellevue Ave., Newport (1871–72) - Burned 1881.[33]
  • Weetamoe (Nathaniel Thayer House), 2 Rovensky Ave., Newport (1872)[33]
  • Grace W. Rives House, 30 Red Cross Ave., Newport (1875–76)[33]
  • The Breakers (Pierre Lorillard IV House), 44 Ochre Point Ave., Newport (1877–78) - Burned 1892, later replaced.
  • Hillside (Arthur B. Emmons House), 300 Gibbs Ave., Newport (1882)[34]
  • Vinland (Catharine Lorillard Wolfe House), Newport (1882–83) - Now Salve Regina's Mcauley Hall.[33]
  • Honeysuckle Lodge (Josiah M. Fiske House), 255 Ruggles Ave., Newport (1885–86)[33]
  • Midcliff (Caroline Ogden M. Jones House), 229 Ruggles Ave., Newport (1886)[33]
  • Pavilion, Easton's Beach, Memorial Blvd., Newport (1887) - Destroyed 1938[35]
  • Ocean Lawn (Elizabeth Gammell House), 51 Cliff Ave., Newport (1888–89)[33]
  • Rough Point (Frederick W. Vanderbilt House), 680 Bellevue Ave., Newport (1888–91)[33]
  • Althorpe (John T. Spencer House), Ruggles Ave., Newport (1889–90) - Now Salve Regina's Founders Hall.[33]
  • Episcopal Church of the Messiah, 1680 Westminster St., Providence (1889–90)[36]
  • Rockhurst (H. Mortimer Brooks House), Bellevue Ave., Newport (1891) - Demolished 1955.[32]
  • Parish House for St. John's Episcopal Church, 275 N. Main St., Providence (1893) - Demolished.[37]
  • Shamrock Cliff (G. M. Gaun McRobert Hutton House), 65 Ridge Rd., Newport (1894)[33]
  • Beechbound (William F. Burden House), 127 Harrison Ave., Newport (1895)[33]
  • Bleak House (Ross R. Winans House), Ocean Ave., Newport (1895) - Demolished 1948.[32]
  • Ridgemere (Fannie Foster House), 11 Leroy Ave., Newport (1896)[33]
  • Hopedene (Elizabeth H. Gammell Slater House), 43 Cliff Ave., Newport (1899-1902)[33]
  • Providence Journal Building, 60 Eddy St., Providence (1906)[36]

Washington, D.C.

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Notable architects who worked for Peabody & Stearns

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Images

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Notes

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  1. ^ Out of 32 NRHP entries listing "Peabody" and "Stearns" in the NRIS database, just one (Security Building) also includes "Furber".

References

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  1. ^ Bryan, John (October 16, 2007). Maine Cottages: Fred L. Savage and the Architecture of Mount Desert. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 42. ISBN 9781568986494.
  2. ^ Wheaton A. Holden (May 1973). "The Peabody Touch: Peabody and Stearns of Boston, 1870-1917". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 32 (2): 114–131. doi:10.2307/988826. JSTOR 988826.
  3. ^ a b "Peabody and Stearns: Schools". The Architecture of Peabody and Stearns. Archived from the original on June 2, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  4. ^ Olson, Sarah (1988). Historic Furnishings Report: Plum Orchard, Cumberland Island National Seashore. Harpers Ferry: National Park Service. p. 14.
  5. ^ Murphy, Kevin D. Colonial Revival Maine. 2004.
  6. ^ a b Engineering and Contracting 7 Feb. 1912: 59.
  7. ^ American Architect 7 Aug. 1912: 14.
  8. ^ "Peabody and Stearns website". Archived from the original on February 25, 2007.
  9. ^ Charles Boston (March 30, 2009). "The RH White Company...another giant of old Washington Street!". Shopping Days In Retro Boston. Archived from the original on January 4, 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  10. ^ Engineering Record 11 April 1891: 319.
  11. ^ "The Dedham Historical Society & Museum's "Trivia Time"". The Dedham Times. Vol. 30, no. 1. January 7, 2022. p. 5.
  12. ^ a b c d Mary M. Stiritz (September 21, 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Security Building" (PDF). Missouri. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 10, 2017. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  13. ^ Unitarian Church of the Messiah NRHP Nomination. 1979.
  14. ^ "Old Unitarian Church of the Messiah - City Landmark #61". stlouis-mo.gov. St. Louis Cultural Resources Office. Archived from the original on July 14, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  15. ^ American Architect and Building News 18 July 1885: 36.
  16. ^ American Architect and Building News 5 Sept. 1885: 120.
  17. ^ "Morse, C.F., Residence". http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/. n.d. Web.
  18. ^ a b c Hunter, Julius K. Westmoreland and Portland Places: The History and Architecture of America's Premier Private Streets, 1888-1988. 1988.
  19. ^ Bryan, John Albury. Lafayette Square: St. Louis. 2007.
  20. ^ Engineering and Building Record 31 May 1890: 415.
  21. ^ Lewis, Arnold. American Country Houses of the Gilded Age. 1982.
  22. ^ "The New Depot of the C. R. R. of N. J." Engineering News 6 Oct. 1888: 265.
  23. ^ Architectural Record July 1896: 61.
  24. ^ Floyd, Margaret Henderson. Architecture After Richardson: Regionalism before Modernism: Longfellow, Alden, and Harlow in Boston and Pittsburgh. 1994.
  25. ^ Brickbuilder Nov. 1897: 257.
  26. ^ Brickbuilder Dec. 1897: 289.
  27. ^ Toker, Franklin. Buildings of Pittsburgh. 2007.
  28. ^ Engineering Record 1 Sept. 1900: 215.
  29. ^ a b c Morrison, William Alan. The Main Line: Country Houses of Philadelphia's Storied Suburb, 1870-1930. 2002.
  30. ^ Keels, Thomas H. and Elizabeth Farmer Jarvis. Images of America: Chestnut Hill. 2002.
  31. ^ American Contractor 26 May 1917: 55.
  32. ^ a b c Miller, Paul F. Lost Newport: Vanished Cottages of the Resort Era. 2008.
  33. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Yarnall, James L. Newport Through its Architecture. 2005.
  34. ^ "Emmons, Arthur Brewster, Residence". http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/. n.d Archived July 20, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Web.
  35. ^ Newport Historical Society. "History Bytes: Easton's Beach Pavilion". http://www Archived April 10, 2018, at the Wayback Machine.newporthistory.org/. 19 Feb. 2015. Web.
  36. ^ a b Woodward, Wm. McKenzie. Providence: A Citywide Survey of Historic Resources. 1986.
  37. ^ Brickbuilder April 1894: 60.
  38. ^ a b c d e f Williamson, Roxanne Kuter (1991). American Architects and the Mechanics of Fame. University of Texas Press. ISBN 0-292-75121-4.
  39. ^ Andrews, Robert D. (November 1917). Brown, Frank Chouteau (ed.). "Conditions of Architectural Practice Thirty Years and More Ago". The Architectural Review. V (11). The Architectural Review Company: 237–238 – via Internet Archive.
  40. ^ O'Gorman, James F. (May 1973). "O. W. Norcross, Richardson's "Master Builder": A Preliminary Report". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 32 (2): 105. doi:10.2307/988825. JSTOR 988825. Archived from the original on March 9, 2023. Retrieved March 11, 2023 – via JSTOR.
  41. ^ "Massachusetts MPS Lynch-O'Gorman House". National Archives Catalog. Norfolk County, Massachusetts: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. 63792459. Archived from the original on March 13, 2023. Retrieved March 13, 2023.

Further reading

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  • Wheaton A. Holden. "The Peabody Touch: Peabody and Stearns of Boston, 1870-1917." Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Vol. 32, No. 2 (May, 1973)
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