William Truman Aldrich was born February 16, 1880, to
Nelson W. Aldrich, United States Representative from Rhode Island from 1879 to 1881 and Senator from 1881 to 1911, and Abigail Pearce Truman Chapman.[1]
He graduated from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1901, and then studied in Paris at the
École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. In 1909 he started working for
Carrère & Hastings. In 1912 Aldrich returned to Boston and formed a partnership with fellow architect Robert P. Bellows.[2] Bellows and Aldrich worked together until 1924, when both architects established separate offices.[3] He continued to work as a private practitioner for the remainder of his career.
With Robert P. Bellows, Aldrich was responsible for a building for the
School of Theology of
Boston University (1916)[5] and a large house in Providence, Rhode Island for lawyer Rush Sturges (1922), among other projects. This is now the President's House of
Brown University.[6]
Aldrich was also responsible for a number of large private residences. In Providence, he designed houses for Frederick E. Bodell (1928), Frederick H. Perkins (1929–30) and Donald E. Jackson (1935).[6] He also designed
Assington (1929–30), the country estate of George Lewis in
Sherborn, Massachusetts.[16] The estate was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Personal life
Aldrich married in 1910, to Dorothea Davenport of Boston.[1] Their son, Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich, also became an architect. The younger Aldrich is best known for his work as a member of the firm of
Campbell, Aldrich & Nulty of Boston. Aldrich died June 2, 1966, at home in
Brookline, Massachusetts.[1]
^"Extension to the School of Theology of Boston University," American Architect 109, no. 2114 (June 28, 1916): 428.
^
abWilliam McKenzie Woodward and Edward F. Sanderson, Providence: A Citywide Survey of Historic Resources, ed. David Chase (Providence: Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission, 1986)
William Truman Aldrich was born February 16, 1880, to
Nelson W. Aldrich, United States Representative from Rhode Island from 1879 to 1881 and Senator from 1881 to 1911, and Abigail Pearce Truman Chapman.[1]
He graduated from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1901, and then studied in Paris at the
École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. In 1909 he started working for
Carrère & Hastings. In 1912 Aldrich returned to Boston and formed a partnership with fellow architect Robert P. Bellows.[2] Bellows and Aldrich worked together until 1924, when both architects established separate offices.[3] He continued to work as a private practitioner for the remainder of his career.
With Robert P. Bellows, Aldrich was responsible for a building for the
School of Theology of
Boston University (1916)[5] and a large house in Providence, Rhode Island for lawyer Rush Sturges (1922), among other projects. This is now the President's House of
Brown University.[6]
Aldrich was also responsible for a number of large private residences. In Providence, he designed houses for Frederick E. Bodell (1928), Frederick H. Perkins (1929–30) and Donald E. Jackson (1935).[6] He also designed
Assington (1929–30), the country estate of George Lewis in
Sherborn, Massachusetts.[16] The estate was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Personal life
Aldrich married in 1910, to Dorothea Davenport of Boston.[1] Their son, Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich, also became an architect. The younger Aldrich is best known for his work as a member of the firm of
Campbell, Aldrich & Nulty of Boston. Aldrich died June 2, 1966, at home in
Brookline, Massachusetts.[1]
^"Extension to the School of Theology of Boston University," American Architect 109, no. 2114 (June 28, 1916): 428.
^
abWilliam McKenzie Woodward and Edward F. Sanderson, Providence: A Citywide Survey of Historic Resources, ed. David Chase (Providence: Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission, 1986)