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Frank Perry Sheldon was born February 16, 1846 in
Providence, Rhode Island to Jeremiah Angell and Mary (Burbank) Sheldon. The attended the public schools of Providence, and after graduation from Providence High School attended courses in engineering at
Scholfield's Commercial College. He first worked in the office of civil engineer
Niles B. Schubarth, where he remained for about a year. He then worked as a draftsman for the American Screw Company in Providence and the machine shops of James S. Brown in Pawtucket. Brown soon recommended Sheldon to Foster H. Stafford, treasurer of the
Union Mills of
Fall River, Massachusetts. For Stafford Sheldon drew the plans of Union Mill No. 2. He then worked for Edward Kilburn, engineer of the Lonsdale Company at
Lonsdale, Rhode Island. With Kilburn, in 1869 he designed
Wamsutta Mill No. 4.[1]
After designing several mills, Sheldon established his own practice as a mill engineer in Providence. He gave his entire time to this business, gradually encompassing all areas of industrial engineering. From 1887 to 1896 his assistant was
Dwight Seabury, who would practice mill engineering in
Pawtucket from 1896.[2] He was a private practitioner until 1903, when he formed a partnership with his eldest son, Arthur Noyes Sheldon,
[a] practicing as F. P. Sheldon & Company. In 1907 they were joined by his younger son, Frank Lawrence Sheldon,
[b] and the firm name changed to F. P. Sheldon & Sons.[1] The firm practiced under that name until the elder Sheldon's death in 1915, his sons continued the firm under the name F. P. Sheldon & Son. Frank L. Sheldon died in 1925, but Arthur N. Sheldon continued to operate the firm under the same name until his retirement in 1964.[4]
Chief engineer of the firm after the death of Frank L. Sheldon was Wendell S. Brown,[c] who had that role in the firm from 1926 to 1940.[6]
Sheldon and his sons were often engaged in the research necessary to provide superior engineering services.[7]
Personal life
In 1900 Sheldon was appointed director of textiles to the United States Commission to the
Exposition Universelle in
Paris. He was also a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the National Cotton Manufacturers' Association.
Sheldon married in 1877 to Nellie Noyes. They had three children, two sons and one daughter. She died in 1883. He married again in 1892, to Mary Elizabeth Lincoln, but had no additional children.[1] Frank P. Sheldon died August 17, 1915, at the age of 69, in Providence.[8]
Legacy
In 1921 the firm published a retrospective, entitled A Half Century of Achievement, to commemorate the firm's fiftieth year of business.[9] This book also contained summaries of the firm's research. Research activities were covered more thouroughly in the 1926 publication Miscellaneous Scientific Papers of F. P. Sheldon & Son, comprising papers presented by members of the firm.[10]
In 1923 Sheldon & Son was recognized as one of the major mill engineering firms of the United States.[11]
Pepperell Manufacturing Company Mill,
Opelika, Alabama, 1925-26.
Notes
^Arthur Noyes Sheldon was born December 27, 1878 in Providence. He was educated at English High School in Providence and
Harvard University, graduating in 1899, after which he went to work in his father's office.[3] He died April 16, 1973 in
Cranston, Rhode Island.[4]
^Frank Lawrence Sheldon was born August 1, 1883 in Providence. He was educated at Riverview Military Academy in
Poughkeepsie and the
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, after which he went to work in his father's office. He died June 22, 1925 in Providence.[5]
^Wendell Stimpson Brown was born February 22, 1889 in Providence to Charles Henry and Isadora Lizette (Stimpson) Brown. He attended
Brown University, graduating in 1911, and immediately joined Sheldon & Sons. He became an engineer in 1914. After leaving Sheldon & Son he joined C. A. Maguire & Associates. He died March 23, 1966.[6]
^Possibly the earliest example of a
saw-tooth roof in Rhode Island.
^Historic and Architectural Resources of West Warwick, Rhode Island: A Preliminary Report (Providence: Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission, 1987): 53.
^"FIT.AB". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 12, 2021.
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Frank Perry Sheldon was born February 16, 1846 in
Providence, Rhode Island to Jeremiah Angell and Mary (Burbank) Sheldon. The attended the public schools of Providence, and after graduation from Providence High School attended courses in engineering at
Scholfield's Commercial College. He first worked in the office of civil engineer
Niles B. Schubarth, where he remained for about a year. He then worked as a draftsman for the American Screw Company in Providence and the machine shops of James S. Brown in Pawtucket. Brown soon recommended Sheldon to Foster H. Stafford, treasurer of the
Union Mills of
Fall River, Massachusetts. For Stafford Sheldon drew the plans of Union Mill No. 2. He then worked for Edward Kilburn, engineer of the Lonsdale Company at
Lonsdale, Rhode Island. With Kilburn, in 1869 he designed
Wamsutta Mill No. 4.[1]
After designing several mills, Sheldon established his own practice as a mill engineer in Providence. He gave his entire time to this business, gradually encompassing all areas of industrial engineering. From 1887 to 1896 his assistant was
Dwight Seabury, who would practice mill engineering in
Pawtucket from 1896.[2] He was a private practitioner until 1903, when he formed a partnership with his eldest son, Arthur Noyes Sheldon,
[a] practicing as F. P. Sheldon & Company. In 1907 they were joined by his younger son, Frank Lawrence Sheldon,
[b] and the firm name changed to F. P. Sheldon & Sons.[1] The firm practiced under that name until the elder Sheldon's death in 1915, his sons continued the firm under the name F. P. Sheldon & Son. Frank L. Sheldon died in 1925, but Arthur N. Sheldon continued to operate the firm under the same name until his retirement in 1964.[4]
Chief engineer of the firm after the death of Frank L. Sheldon was Wendell S. Brown,[c] who had that role in the firm from 1926 to 1940.[6]
Sheldon and his sons were often engaged in the research necessary to provide superior engineering services.[7]
Personal life
In 1900 Sheldon was appointed director of textiles to the United States Commission to the
Exposition Universelle in
Paris. He was also a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the National Cotton Manufacturers' Association.
Sheldon married in 1877 to Nellie Noyes. They had three children, two sons and one daughter. She died in 1883. He married again in 1892, to Mary Elizabeth Lincoln, but had no additional children.[1] Frank P. Sheldon died August 17, 1915, at the age of 69, in Providence.[8]
Legacy
In 1921 the firm published a retrospective, entitled A Half Century of Achievement, to commemorate the firm's fiftieth year of business.[9] This book also contained summaries of the firm's research. Research activities were covered more thouroughly in the 1926 publication Miscellaneous Scientific Papers of F. P. Sheldon & Son, comprising papers presented by members of the firm.[10]
In 1923 Sheldon & Son was recognized as one of the major mill engineering firms of the United States.[11]
Pepperell Manufacturing Company Mill,
Opelika, Alabama, 1925-26.
Notes
^Arthur Noyes Sheldon was born December 27, 1878 in Providence. He was educated at English High School in Providence and
Harvard University, graduating in 1899, after which he went to work in his father's office.[3] He died April 16, 1973 in
Cranston, Rhode Island.[4]
^Frank Lawrence Sheldon was born August 1, 1883 in Providence. He was educated at Riverview Military Academy in
Poughkeepsie and the
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, after which he went to work in his father's office. He died June 22, 1925 in Providence.[5]
^Wendell Stimpson Brown was born February 22, 1889 in Providence to Charles Henry and Isadora Lizette (Stimpson) Brown. He attended
Brown University, graduating in 1911, and immediately joined Sheldon & Sons. He became an engineer in 1914. After leaving Sheldon & Son he joined C. A. Maguire & Associates. He died March 23, 1966.[6]
^Possibly the earliest example of a
saw-tooth roof in Rhode Island.
^Historic and Architectural Resources of West Warwick, Rhode Island: A Preliminary Report (Providence: Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission, 1987): 53.
^"FIT.AB". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 12, 2021.