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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 in a variety of designs but is closely associated with
shingle style .
[1]
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 .
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Works
Georgia
Maine
Massachusetts
Bussey Institute,
Harvard University
Matthews Hall,
Harvard University ,
Cambridge , (1871)
Bussey Institute ,
Harvard University ,
Jamaica Plain , (1871)
[3]
Frederick L. Ames House, 306 Dartmouth St., Boston (1872)
College Hall,
Smith College ,
Northampton (1875)
[8]
R. H. White department store, 518–536 Washington Street, Boston (1876)
[9]
Shepherd Brooks House , 275 Grove St.,
Medford (1881)
Dudley Hall Bradlee House, 21 Ashcroft Road, Medford, Massachusetts (1878)
Henry Bradlee Jr. House , Medford (1881–82)
James C. Bayley House , 16 Fairmont Ave.,
Newton (1883–84)
Kragsyde (George N. Black Jr. House), 27 Smith's Point Rd.,
Manchester-by-the-Sea (1883) - Demolished 1929.
Elm Court (
William D. Sloane House), 310 Old Stockbridge Rd.,
Lenox (1886)
Exchange Building , 53 State St., Boston (1887–91)
Charles E. Cotting Buildings, 186-192 South St., Boston (1891)
[10]
Wheatleigh (Henry H. Cook House), Hawthorne Rd.,
Stockbridge (1893)
Fiske Building, 75 State St., Boston (1896) - Demolished 1984.
Christ Episcopal Church , 750 Main St.,
Waltham (1897-1902)
Worcester City Hall , 455 Main St.,
Worcester (1898)
Dorchester Heights Monument ,
Dorchester (1902)
Marlborough Public Library, 35 W. Main St.,
Marlborough (1903–04)
Springfield Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Building , 195 State St.,
Springfield (1905)
U. S. Custom House Tower , Boston (1913–15)
Norfolk County Registry of Deeds , Dedham, Massachusetts (1905)
[11]
Public Library,
Marlborough, Massachusetts
Missouri
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
New Jersey
Edith Memorial Chapel,
Lawrenceville School
Pennsylvania
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
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.
Notable architects who worked for Peabody & Stearns
Images
College Hall, Smith College, Northampton, MA, 1875
Plum Orchard, built 1898
Bangor Public Library
East Liberty Market , built in 1898-1900, and located in the
East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh, PA.
Christ Church in Waltham, Massachusetts
Notes
^ Out of 32 NRHP entries listing "Peabody" and "Stearns" in the
NRIS database, just one (Security Building) also includes "Furber".
References
^ Bryan, John (October 16, 2007).
Maine Cottages: Fred L. Savage and the Architecture of Mount Desert . Springer Science & Business Media. p. 42.
ISBN
9781568986494 .
^ 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 .
^
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b
"Peabody and Stearns: Schools" . The Architecture of Peabody and Stearns .
Archived from the original on June 2, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2021 .
^ Olson, Sarah (1988).
Historic Furnishings Report: Plum Orchard, Cumberland Island National Seashore . Harpers Ferry: National Park Service. p.
14 .
^ Murphy, Kevin D. Colonial Revival Maine . 2004.
^
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b Engineering and Contracting 7 Feb. 1912: 59.
^ American Architect 7 Aug. 1912: 14.
^
"Peabody and Stearns website" . Archived from
the original on February 25, 2007.
^ 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 .
^ Engineering Record 11 April 1891: 319.
^ "The Dedham Historical Society & Museum's "Trivia Time" ". The Dedham Times . Vol. 30, no. 1. January 7, 2022. p. 5.
^
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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 .
^ Unitarian Church of the Messiah NRHP Nomination . 1979.
^
"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 .
^ American Architect and Building News 18 July 1885: 36.
^ American Architect and Building News 5 Sept. 1885: 120.
^ "Morse, C.F., Residence".
http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/ . n.d. Web.
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c Hunter, Julius K. Westmoreland and Portland Places: The History and Architecture of America's Premier Private Streets, 1888-1988 . 1988.
^ Bryan, John Albury. Lafayette Square: St. Louis . 2007.
^ Engineering and Building Record 31 May 1890: 415.
^ Lewis, Arnold. American Country Houses of the Gilded Age . 1982.
^ "The New Depot of the C. R. R. of N. J." Engineering News 6 Oct. 1888: 265.
^ Architectural Record July 1896: 61.
^ Floyd, Margaret Henderson. Architecture After Richardson: Regionalism before Modernism: Longfellow, Alden, and Harlow in Boston and Pittsburgh . 1994.
^ Brickbuilder Nov. 1897: 257.
^ Brickbuilder Dec. 1897: 289.
^ Toker, Franklin. Buildings of Pittsburgh . 2007.
^ Engineering Record 1 Sept. 1900: 215.
^
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c Morrison, William Alan. The Main Line: Country Houses of Philadelphia's Storied Suburb, 1870-1930 . 2002.
^ Keels, Thomas H. and Elizabeth Farmer Jarvis. Images of America: Chestnut Hill . 2002.
^ American Contractor 26 May 1917: 55.
^
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c Miller, Paul F. Lost Newport: Vanished Cottages of the Resort Era . 2008.
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m Yarnall, James L. Newport Through its Architecture . 2005.
^ "Emmons, Arthur Brewster, Residence".
http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/ . n.d
Archived July 20, 2015, at the
Wayback Machine . Web.
^ 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.
^
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b Woodward, Wm. McKenzie. Providence: A Citywide Survey of Historic Resources . 1986.
^ Brickbuilder April 1894: 60.
^
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f Williamson, Roxanne Kuter (1991).
American Architects and the Mechanics of Fame .
University of Texas Press .
ISBN
0-292-75121-4 .
^
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 .
^ 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.
^
"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
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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