Alexander Curtis Currier (April 16, 1831 in
Readfield, Maine
Readfield (/ˈɹid fild/) is a town in Kennebec County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,597 at the 2020 census. Readfield is home to the Kents Hill School, a preparatory school, Maranacook Community Schools, public schools for the dis ...
– April 24, 1892 in
Hallowell, Maine
Hallowell is a city in Kennebec County, Maine, Kennebec County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,570 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Popular with tourists, Hallowell is noted for its culture and old architecture. Hallowel ...
) was an American architect and designer of cemetery monuments.
He worked as a draftsman for the Hallowell Granite Works. His
Hubbard Free Library in
Hallowell, Maine
Hallowell is a city in Kennebec County, Maine, Kennebec County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,570 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Popular with tourists, Hallowell is noted for its culture and old architecture. Hallowel ...
was designed to look like an English country church. His
Brooks Free Library
Brooks Memorial Library is a public library in the municipality of Brattleboro, Vermont. The library was founded in 1887. The current head librarian is Starr LaTronica who joined the library in December 2015. The library is part of the Catamount ...
in
Brattleboro, Vermont
Brattleboro (), originally Brattleborough, is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The most populous municipality abutting Vermont's eastern border with New Hampshire, which is the Connecticut River, Brattleboro is located about ...
was demolished in 1971.
He married Ellen E. Peckham, and they had a son, Alger Veasey Currier (1862-1911), who became a painter.
Selected works
* Civil War Monument, Hallowell Village Cemetery, Water Street, Hallowell, Maine, 1868–69, with William Hogan.
Hallowell Civil War Monument
from Maine's Civil War Monuments.
* Hubbard Free Library, 115 Second Street, Hallowell, Maine, 1878.
* Brooks Free Library, Brattleboro, Vermont, 1886, demolished 1971.
File:Hubbard Free Library Hallowell ME circa 1895 HABS cropped.jpg, Hubbard Free Library (1879–80), Hallowell, Maine.
File:Brooks Library Brattleboro VT 1905 DetroitPubCo (cropped).jpg, Brooks Free Library (1886, demolished 1971), Brattleboro, Vermont.
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1831 births
1892 deaths
Architects from Maine
People from Hallowell, Maine
People from Readfield, Maine
19th-century American architects