User:JPRiley/Lord & Fuller

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Lord & Fuller
Practice information
FoundersGeorge C. Lord; George A. Fuller
Founded1863
Dissolved1895
LocationSalem and Boston, Massachusetts
Significant works and honors
BuildingsTopsfield Town Hall; Christ Church Cathedral; Saugus Town Hall; New Bedford High School; Abbot Hall
ProjectsLynn City Hall
Abbot Hall, Marblehead, 1876.

Lord & Fuller was a 19th century American architectural firm from Salem and Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1863 in Salem by George C. Lord and George A. Fuller.[1]

History[edit]

The firm was established in 1863 by George C. Lord and George A. Fuller. The partnership appears to have been discontinued in 1864, but resumed in 1865.[2] Their first notable project came that year when they took second prize in the competition to design the new Lynn City Hall, which was won by Gridley J. F. Bryant.[3] Continued expansion of the practice from this point allowed for the establishment of a second office at Boston in the early 1870s. This was destroyed in the Great Boston Fire of 1872, but the office carried on at a new address.[4] In 1874, they added Horace G. Wadlin as a partner, as Lord, Fuller & Wadlin. Wadlin established his own office in 1875. Lord and Fuller formally dissolved their partnership on January 1, 1895.[5]

Partners[edit]

George Cornelius Lord was born on September 18, 1835, in Salem. His early training is unknown, but he was in private practice as an architect by 1862. The following year he formed the partnership with Fuller. In July of 1864 he enlisted in the Union Army, serving in the 6th Massachusetts Militia Regiment. He was discharged in October of that year at Readville.[6] He died in Salem on April 14, 1903.[7]

George Augustus Fuller was born on June 26, 1836 in Salem. By 1888, after some years of practice, his reputation was such that he was called as an expert witness in an inquiry into the construction of the High Service Pumping Station at Chestnut Hill.[8] He died in Lynnfield on February 7, 1920.[9]

Legacy[edit]

Lord & Fuller were responsible for a number of prominent civic buildings, including the town halls of Marblehead, Saugus and Topsfield, Massachusetts. Those in Marblehead and Saugus have been individually listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places, and a number of others contribute to listed historic districts.

Architectural works[edit]

Gallery of architectural works[edit]


Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Now known as G. A. R. Hall.
  2. ^ Moved in 2009, now the courthouse's law library.
  3. ^ a b Designed by the partnership of Lord, Fuller & Wadlin.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Belknap, Henry Wyckoff. Artists and Craftsmen of Essex County, Massachusetts. Salem: Essex Institute, 1927.
  2. ^ "Business Changes," Boston Daily Advertiser, January 9 1865, 1.
  3. ^ Inaugural Address of Hon. Roland G. Usher, Mayor of Lynn, List of City Officers for the Year 1867, and the Annual Reports for the Year 1866 (Lynn, MA: Thomas P. Nichols, 1867)
  4. ^ "A Fire Directory," Boston Daily Advertiser, November 15 1872, 4.
  5. ^ "Boston Business Changes," Boston Daily Advertiser, January 1 1895, 6.
  6. ^ "George C. Lord," civilwardata.com, Historical Data Systems, n. d. Accessed May 11 2021.
  7. ^ "George C. Lord Dead," Boston Daily Globe, April 15 1903, 8.
  8. ^ "Report of Committee on an Investigation of the Freestone Work at the Chestnut-Hill Pumping Station," Documents of the City of Boston for the Year 1888, vol. 3 (Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, 1889)
  9. ^ "George Augustus Fuller", https://www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave, September 11 2017.
  10. ^ "5 School Street". hsihousehistory.omeka.net. Historic Salem Inc., n.d. Web.
  11. ^ "BEV.109". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web.
  12. ^ a b Bryant F. Tolles Jr. and Carolyn K. Tolles, Architecture in Salem: An Illustrated Guide (Lebanon, NH: University Press of New England, 1983)
  13. ^ http://the-smollers.com/Sudi/PSHP/center.htm
  14. ^ Thirty-fifth Annual Report of the Board of Education, Together With the Thirty-Fifth Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board (Boston: Wright & Potter, 1872)
  15. ^ "Dedication Of The First Baptist Church". Boston Daily Globe 25 Aug. 1873. Boston.
  16. ^ Topsfield Town Common District NRHP Nomination. 1976.
  17. ^ "SAU.44". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web.
  18. ^ "SPR.175". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web.
  19. ^ Centennial in New Bedford. New Bedford: E. Anthony & Sons, 1876.
  20. ^ Wright, John Hardy. Images of America: Marblehead. Vol. 1. Arcadia, 1996.
  21. ^ "LYN.458". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web.
  22. ^ American Architect and Building News 6 Aug. 1876: 253. Boston.
  23. ^ a b American Architect and Building News 28 Feb. 1880: 88. Boston.
  24. ^ "BOS.11265". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web.
  25. ^ "BOS.18052". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web.
  26. ^ American Architect and Building News 29 Sept. 1888: xiv. Boston.
  27. ^ "SAL.2269". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web.
  28. ^ "STW.141". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web.
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