
Allen & Collens was an American
architectural firm
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based in
Boston
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. It was initially established by architect Francis R. Allen in 1879. After two early partnerships he formed Allen & Collens in 1903 with Charles Collens. The firm was best known as the designers of
Gothic Revival
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an Architectural style, architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half ...
buildings, including the
Union Theological Seminary
Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York (shortened to UTS or Union) is a Private college, private ecumenical liberal Christian seminary in Morningside Heights, Manhattan, affiliated with Columbia University since 1928. Presently, Co ...
campus and
Riverside Church
Riverside Church is an interdenominational church in the Morningside Heights, Manhattan, Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, United States. The church is associated with the American Baptist Churches USA and the Un ...
in New York City. Allen and Collens died in 1931 and 1956, respectively, and the firm was continued by Collens' partner,
Harold Buckley Willis, until his own death in 1962.
History
Architect Francis R. Allen established his Boston practice in 1879.
["Allen, Francis Richmond" in ''The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography'' 32 (New York: James T. White & Company, 1945): 243-244.] Circa 1880 he formed the partnership of Allen & Kenway with Welsh-born architect Herbert P. Kenway. Kenway had been trained in
Manchester
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and immigrated to the United States in 1874. Before joining Allen, he had worked for city architect
George A. Clough after briefly practicing in
Auburn, Maine
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, where his works included the
William A. Robinson House.
[Herbert Phipps Kenway]
A Biographical Dictionary of the Architects of Greater Manchester, no date. Accessed November 13, 2024. Their work included
Sonnenberg
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, the
Canandaigua, New York
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, country house of
Frederick Ferris Thompson
Frederick Ferris Thompson (June 14, 1836 – April 10, 1899) was a prominent United States, American banker and railroad president who co-founded the First National Bank and what is now Citibank. and
Mary Clark Thompson Mary Clark Thompson (1835 – July 28, 1923), born Mary Lee Clark, was a philanthropist and wife of banker Frederick Ferris Thompson.
Early years
Mary Lee Clark was born in Naples, New York, in 1835 to Myron Holley Clark (1806–1892) and Zilpha ...
. The Thompsons attended the First Congregational Church in Canandaigua, where Allen's brother,
Frederick Baylies Allen, was pastor. Mrs. Thompson would become a major client of the Allen firm.
[Andrew S. Dolkart, ''Morningside Heights: A History of its Architecture & Development'' (New York: Columbia University Press, 1998): 98-100.] In the late 1880s Kenway's health declined and he died in July 1890 while visiting Wales.
[ Allen continued independently until January 1897, when he formed the partnership of Allen & Vance with Joseph McArthur Vance, a former employee then practicing in ]Pittsfield
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. They designed Lathrop House and Davison House at Vassar College
Vassar College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States. The college be ...
and in 1899 won a competition
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to design Woman's Hospital in New York City
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. Mrs. Thompson was a prominent supporter of the hospital. A change of site meant that their design was not built, but Allen was retained as architect and completed the project on a new site in 1906.[
In the meantime the Allen & Vance partnership had been dissolved, and in January 1903 Allen formed Allen & Collens with Charles Collens, an employee recently returned from the ]École des Beaux-Arts
; ) refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term is associated with the Beaux-Arts architecture, Beaux-Arts style in architecture and city planning that thrived in France and other countries during the late nineteenth centu ...
in Paris
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.[ In 1925 Allen retired from the partnership.][ About the same time J. Lawrence Berry and Harold Buckley Willis became partners, though the firm continued as Allen & Collens. Berry had worked for Allen at the turn of the century before opening his own office, though he frequently associated with the firm on individual projects, such as the Marlborough City Hall. His independent works included the North Hampton Library and St. Luke's and St. Margaret's Church, the latter as a member of the firm of Berry & Davidson. He rejoined the firm sometime after ]World War I
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. Willis, a decorated veteran of the war, joined the firm in 1920. Berry died in January 1931 followed by Allen in November.[ The firm was renamed Allen, Collens & Willis when they were joined by architect Edward A. Hubbard, a former partner of ]Henry Forbes Bigelow
Henry Forbes Bigelow (May 12, 1867 – August 12, 1929) was an American architect, best known for his work with the firm of Bigelow & Wadsworth in Boston, Massachusetts. He was noted as an architect of civic, commercial and domestic buildings. In ...
. In 1940 Willis, who had served with the American Field Service
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during World War I, returned to service with that organization. In his absence the firm was renamed Collens, Willis & Hubbard. After the war Willis returned and Hubbard was replaced by Carl A. Beckonert, the firm being renamed a final time to Collens, Willis & Beckonert. Collens died in September 1956,[ followed by Willis in April 1962. The firm was thereafter dissolved.
]
Style and legacy
The work of Allen & Collens was greatly influenced by Collens' Beaux-Arts education. The École des Beaux-Arts
; ) refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term is associated with the Beaux-Arts architecture, Beaux-Arts style in architecture and city planning that thrived in France and other countries during the late nineteenth centu ...
curriculum centered plan and composition, with a strong emphasis on architectural history
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, as the foundational elements of design. The prevailing style of the Beaux-Arts was Neoclassical, but in practice American students adapted Beaux-Arts principles to the Gothic Revival
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an Architectural style, architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half ...
style and regional vernacular styles, such as the Colonial Revival
The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture.
The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the arch ...
style.
Allen & Collens' major work in the Neoclassical style was the monumental William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library of Ohio State University
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. They won this commission in a limited competition
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. They developed a national reputation for their Gothic Revival work, which included the Thompson Memorial Library
The Frederick Ferris Thompson Memorial Library is the main library building at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York.
Background
When Vassar opened in 1865, the library was a mere single room in Main with a collection of only three thousand ...
(1905) of Vassar College
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and the Union Theological Seminary
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campus (1910) and Riverside Church
Riverside Church is an interdenominational church in the Morningside Heights, Manhattan, Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, United States. The church is associated with the American Baptist Churches USA and the Un ...
(1930) in New York City. They admired Gothic architecture for its adaptibility. Like other Beaux-Arts architects they were stylistically flexible and often adapted to the ''genius loci
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'' of a site, such as at Bowdoin College
Bowdoin College ( ) is a Private college, private liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Brunswick, Maine. It was chartered in 1794.
The main Bowdoin campus is located near Casco Bay and the Androscoggin River. In a ...
, where Collens found that only the Colonial style was appropriate, or in the First Parish Church (1933) of Waltham, where they channeled the Greek Revival
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style of the church's 1838 building. Later monumental works included the Christopher Wren
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-inspired Newton City Hall and War Memorial
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(1932), winner of the Harleston Parker Medal
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for 1936, and The Cloisters
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(1938) in New York City.
Employees of the Allen firm include:
* Reino Aarnio
Reino Aarnio (December 8, 1912 – February 12, 1988) was an American architect based in New York City, who established the Reino Aarnio firm in 1948 and worked in New Jersey and New York.
Early life and education
Born in December 8, 1912 i ...
* H. Daland Chandler
* Rose Connor
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* Harry Wright Goodhue Harry Wright Goodhue (1905–1931) was a stained glass artist whose work is featured in churches throughout the United States. During his short career he designed windows for over thirty churches.
Background and family
Goodhue was born in Cambridge ...
* Louise Hall
* S. Wesley Haynes
* Samuel Eldon Homsey
* Victorine du Pont Homsey
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* Lois Lilley Howe
* Juan Nakpil
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* Richard Roth
Partner biographies
Francis R. Allen
Francis Richmond Allen (November 22, 1843 – November 7, 1931) was born in Boston to Frederick Deane Allen, a dry goods
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merchant, and Mary Richmond Allen, ''née'' Baylies. He was educated at the Boston Latin School
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and at Amherst College
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, graduating from the latter in 1865. He then entered his father's dry goods business, Allen, Lane & Company.[ In 1875, Allen married and bought a house lot on Fairfield Street in the ]Back Bay
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. He hired architect W. Whitney Lewis to design the house, which was completed in 1876. This experience apparently triggered a career shift, and that year he left his father's business to enter the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of moder ...
(MIT) architecture school.[ After a year at MIT he spent another in ]Paris
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, studying in the Beaux-Arts ''atelier
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'' of Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer
Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer (6 February 1829 – 7 February 1914) was a French people, French architect. He won the prix de Rome and designed several public buildings in France, particularly in Paris, four of which have been designated ''Monum ...
. Also studying in the Vaudremer ''atelier'' at the time was fellow Bostonian Arthur Rotch
Arthur Rotch (May 13, 1850 – August 15, 1894) was an American architect active in Boston, Massachusetts.
Early life
Rotch was born May 13, 1850, in Milton, Massachusetts to Benjamin Smith Rotch (1817–1882) and Annie Bigelow Lawrence (1820� ...
. He returned to Boston in 1878 and worked for Peabody & Stearns
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before opening an office of his own in 1879.[
Allen was married to Elizabeth Bradlee Wood. They had two children, both daughters, only one of whom, Dorothy, survived to adulthood. She married yachtsman and ]Kidder, Peabody & Company
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The firm was sold to General Electric in 1986. Following heavy losses, it was ...
partner Chandler Hovey. Allen was a Fellow
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of the American Institute of Architects
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and from 1904 to 1925 he was vice president of the ''Comité permanent international des Architectes'', a predecessor to the International Union of Architects
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About ...
. He was a member of the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects
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, the Boston Society of Architects
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History
On June 20, 1867, approximately 50 archi ...
, the Bostonian Society
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History
The Bostonian Society was f ...
, the General Society of Colonial Wars
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, the Country Club
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, the Mayflower Society
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and the St. Botolph Club
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Among the club's other activities in its q ...
. He died in Boston at the age of 87.[
]
Charles Collens
Charles Collens (October 14, 1873 – September 18, 1956) was born in New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...
to Charles Terry Collins and Mary Abby Collins, ''née'' Wood. Collens and his siblings used the "Collens" spelling of their surname. His father was a native of Hartford, Connecticut
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, and was Yale-educated pastor. In 1875 he was called to Plymouth Church in Cleveland
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. His mother was a native of Pittsfield, Massachusetts
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. Collins died in 1883 and Mrs. Collins raised their children in New Haven
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. Collens was educated at Yale University
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, graduating in 1896. For the next year he worked as a private tutor, accompanying a family in Europe and Egypt. In 1897 he joined the Boston office of Peabody & Stearns
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as a drafter. In 1900 he traveled to Paris and joined the ''atelier'' of Jean-Louis Pascal
Jean-Louis Pascal (4 June 1837 – 17 May 1920) was an academic French architect.
Life
Born in Paris, Pascal was taught at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts by Émile Gilbert and Charles-Auguste Questel. He won the Grand P ...
, and he was admitted to the École des Beaux-Arts
; ) refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term is associated with the Beaux-Arts architecture, Beaux-Arts style in architecture and city planning that thrived in France and other countries during the late nineteenth centu ...
in September. He returned to Boston in April 1902 and joined Allen's office, and became Allen's partner in January 1903.["Charles Collens" in ]
Decennial Record of the Class of 1896, Yale College
' (New York: De Vinne Press, printers, 1907): 282-284.["Collens, Charles" in ]
Who's Who in America
' (Chicago: A. N. Marquis Company, 1928): 523.
Collens was married in 1903 to Margaret Winsor. They had three children, one son and two daughters. [ Like Allen he was a Fellow of the AIA and was additionally an associate National Academician of the ]National Academy of Design
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. He was a member of the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects, the Boston Society of Architects, the Country Club, the St. Botolph Club, the Union Club and the Yale Club
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. He died in Boston at the age of 82.["Charles Collens," ''The Boston Globe'', September 19, 1956.]
Harold B. Willis
Architectural works
Francis R. Allen, 1879–1880, 1890–1897 and 1901–1903
* 1880 – Charles G. Wood Jr. and Mary Knight Wood house, 274 Marlborough St, Boston
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** Built for Allen's brother-in-law and his wife. A contributing resource to the NRHP
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-listed Back Bay Historic District
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.
* 1893 – Main Building Main Building is a common name for a building on some university and college campuses serving as home to administrative offices, such as president or provost and may refer to:
Austria
*Main building (University of Vienna)
Canada
* Main Building ( ...
annex, Vassar College
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, Poughkeepsie, New York
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[Karen van Lengen and Lisa Reilly, ''Vassar College: An Architectural Tour'' (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2004)]
** Funded by trustee Frederick Ferris Thompson
Frederick Ferris Thompson (June 14, 1836 – April 10, 1899) was a prominent United States, American banker and railroad president who co-founded the First National Bank and what is now Citibank. . The first of the Allen firm's projects for Vassar College. Demolished when the Main Building was restored.
* 1893 – Strong House, Vassar College
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, Poughkeepsie, New York
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** Funded by trustee John D. Rockefeller
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and named for his daughter.
* 1893 – Thompson Biology, Chemistry and Physical Laboratories, Williams College
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, Williamstown, Massachusetts
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[Eugene J. Johnson and Michael J. Lewis, ''Williams College: An Architectural Tour'' (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2019)]
** Funded by Frederick Ferris Thompson
Frederick Ferris Thompson (June 14, 1836 – April 10, 1899) was a prominent United States, American banker and railroad president who co-founded the First National Bank and what is now Citibank. . After a fire Thompson Chemistry Laboratory was replaced by Allen & Collens in 1916. All three now incorporated into the Science Center.
* 1894 – Frederick Baylies Allen house, 45 Brewster St, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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[Christopher Hail]
Cambridge Buildings and Architects
2003. Accessed November 14, 2024.
** Built for Allen's brother.
* 1894 – Grove Hall Universalist Church (former), 70 Washington St, Dorchester, Boston
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* 1895 – Berkshire County Savings Bank Building, 28 North St, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
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** A contributing resource to the Park Square Historic District.
* 1895 – St. Luke's and St. Margaret's Church chapel and rectory, 5 St Lukes Rd, Allston, Boston
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** NRHP
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-listed.
* 1897 – Raymond House, Vassar College
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, Poughkeepsie, New York
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* 1902 – Christ Church, 105 Christ Church Rd, Dark Harbor, Maine
** NRHP
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-listed.
* 1903 – Walpole Public Library (former), 65 Common St, Walpole, Massachusetts
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** Designed by Francis R. Allen and J. Lawrence Berry, associated architects.
Allen & Kenway, 1880–1890
* 1881 – Daniel C. Knowlton house, 344 Beacon St, Boston
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** A contributing resource to the NRHP
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-listed Back Bay Historic District
Back Bay is an officially recognized Neighborhoods in Boston, neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, built on Land reclamation, reclaimed land in the Charles River basin. Construction began in 1859, as the demand for luxury housing exceeded the ...
.
* 1882 – Lucien Carr house, 346 Beacon St, Boston
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[Keith N. Morgan, Richard M. Candee, Naomi Miller, Roger G. Reed and contributors, ''Buildings of Massachusetts: Metropolitan Boston'', ed. Keith N. Morgan (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2009): 170.]
** A contributing resource to the NRHP
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-listed Back Bay Historic District
Back Bay is an officially recognized Neighborhoods in Boston, neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, built on Land reclamation, reclaimed land in the Charles River basin. Construction began in 1859, as the demand for luxury housing exceeded the ...
.
* 1882 – Charles A. Kidder house, 269 Commonwealth Ave, Boston
Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...
** A contributing resource to the NRHP
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-listed Back Bay Historic District
Back Bay is an officially recognized Neighborhoods in Boston, neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, built on Land reclamation, reclaimed land in the Charles River basin. Construction began in 1859, as the demand for luxury housing exceeded the ...
.
* 1883 – James Wentworth Brown house, Brownleigh Hall, Grove and Charles River Sts, Needham, Massachusetts
Needham ( ) is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. A suburb of Boston, its population was 32,091 in the 2020 United States Census, 2020 U.S. Census. It is the home of Olin College.
History
...
** Destroyed by fire in 1926.
* 1883 – Robert Dawson Evans house, 324 Beacon St, Boston
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** Demolished.
* 1883 – Charles Eustis Hubbard house, 386 Marlborough St, Boston
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** A contributing resource to the NRHP
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-listed Back Bay Historic District
Back Bay is an officially recognized Neighborhoods in Boston, neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, built on Land reclamation, reclaimed land in the Charles River basin. Construction began in 1859, as the demand for luxury housing exceeded the ...
.
* 1883 – Albert Metcalf house, 170 Chestnut St, West Newton, Massachusetts
West Newton is one of the thirteen villages within the city of Newton in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.
Among the oldest of the thirteen Newton villages, the West Newton Village Center is a National Register Historic Distric ...
** A contributing resource to the NRHP
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-listed West Newton Hill Historic District.
* 1885 – William Henry Allen house, 291 Commonwealth Ave, Boston
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** A contributing resource to the NRHP
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-listed Back Bay Historic District
Back Bay is an officially recognized Neighborhoods in Boston, neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, built on Land reclamation, reclaimed land in the Charles River basin. Construction began in 1859, as the demand for luxury housing exceeded the ...
.
* 1885 – Alexander Moseley house, 282 Commonwealth Ave, Boston
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** A contributing resource to the NRHP
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-listed Back Bay Historic District
Back Bay is an officially recognized Neighborhoods in Boston, neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, built on Land reclamation, reclaimed land in the Charles River basin. Construction began in 1859, as the demand for luxury housing exceeded the ...
.
* 1887 – Costello C. Converse house, 348 Beacon St, Boston
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** Built for the son of Elisha S. Converse, donor of the Converse Memorial Library
The Converse Memorial Library – also known as Converse Memorial Building – is a historically significant building designed by noted American architect Henry Hobson Richardson. From 1885 to 1996, it housed the Malden Public Library, wh ...
in Malden. A contributing resource to the NRHP
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-listed Back Bay Historic District
Back Bay is an officially recognized Neighborhoods in Boston, neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, built on Land reclamation, reclaimed land in the Charles River basin. Construction began in 1859, as the demand for luxury housing exceeded the ...
.
* 1887 – Richard Hodges house, 408 Beacon St, Boston
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** A contributing resource to the NRHP
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of sites, buildings, structures, districts, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
-listed Back Bay Historic District
Back Bay is an officially recognized Neighborhoods in Boston, neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, built on Land reclamation, reclaimed land in the Charles River basin. Construction began in 1859, as the demand for luxury housing exceeded the ...
.
* 1887 – Frederick Ferris Thompson
Frederick Ferris Thompson (June 14, 1836 – April 10, 1899) was a prominent United States, American banker and railroad president who co-founded the First National Bank and what is now Citibank. and Mary Clark Thompson Mary Clark Thompson (1835 – July 28, 1923), born Mary Lee Clark, was a philanthropist and wife of banker Frederick Ferris Thompson.
Early years
Mary Lee Clark was born in Naples, New York, in 1835 to Myron Holley Clark (1806–1892) and Zilpha ...
house, Sonnenberg
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, 250 Gibson St, Canandaigua, New York
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[ ''See also:'' ]
** Originally designed in the Queen Anne style. A circa 1900 remodeling for Mrs. Thompson by Allen & Vance changed it to the Tudor Revival
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style. NRHP
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-listed.
* 1888 – Gardiner Greene Hubbard
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house, Twin Oaks, 3225 Woodley Road NW, Washington, D.C.
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** NRHP
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-listed, also a contributing resource to the NRHP-listed Cleveland Park Historic District.
* 1890 – Hopkins Hall, Williams College
Williams College is a Private college, private liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. It was established as a men's college in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim ...
, Williamstown, Massachusetts
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** Funded by Frederick Ferris Thompson
Frederick Ferris Thompson (June 14, 1836 – April 10, 1899) was a prominent United States, American banker and railroad president who co-founded the First National Bank and what is now Citibank. as a memorial to Mark Hopkins. The first of the Allen firm's projects for Williams College.
* 1892 – Talbot Building additions, Boston University
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medical campus, Boston
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** Allen & Kenway completed wings along East Concord and Stoughton Streets in 1884 and 1892, respectively.
Allen & Vance, 1897–1901
* 1899 – Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston
Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...
[Keith N. Morgan, Richard M. Candee, Naomi Miller, Roger G. Reed and contributors, ''Buildings of Massachusetts: Metropolitan Boston'', ed. Keith N. Morgan (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2009): 154.]
** A near total rebuilding of the church, originally completed in 1861 by Alexander Rice Esty. The only significant part of Esty's design to remain was the main facade. The first major ecclesiastical project completed by the Allen firm. A contributing resource to the NRHP
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-listed Back Bay Historic District
Back Bay is an officially recognized Neighborhoods in Boston, neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, built on Land reclamation, reclaimed land in the Charles River basin. Construction began in 1859, as the demand for luxury housing exceeded the ...
.
* 1899 – Hallowell City Hall, 1 Winthrop St, Hallowell, Maine
Hallowell ( ) is a city in 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. Hallowell is included in th ...
** A contributing resource to the NRHP
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-listed Hallowell Historic District
The Hallowell Historic District encompasses the historic 18th and 19th-century heart of Hallowell, Maine. The city developed as a major port on the Kennebec River, during which time its downtown and adjacent residential area were built up. F ...
.
* 1900 – Richmond Hotel, Main St, North Adams, Massachusetts
North Adams is a city in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its population was 12,961 as of the 2020 census. Best known as the home of the largest contempor ...
** Demolished.
* 1901 – Lathrop House, Vassar College
Vassar College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States. The college be ...
, Poughkeepsie, New York
Poughkeepsie ( ) is a city within the Poughkeepsie (town), New York, Town of Poughkeepsie, New York (state), New York. It is the county seat of Dutchess County, New York, Dutchess County, with a 2020 census population of 31,577. Poughkeepsie i ...
* 1902 – Aspinwall Hotel, Kennedy Park, Lenox, Massachusetts
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** Destroyed by fire in 1931.
* 1902 – Davison House, Vassar College
Vassar College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States. The college be ...
, Poughkeepsie, New York
Poughkeepsie ( ) is a city within the Poughkeepsie (town), New York, Town of Poughkeepsie, New York (state), New York. It is the county seat of Dutchess County, New York, Dutchess County, with a 2020 census population of 31,577. Poughkeepsie i ...
** Funded by trustee John D. Rockefeller
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and named for his mother.
Allen & Collens, 1903–1934
* 1904 – First Church of Christ, Scientist, 33 School St, Concord, New Hampshire
Concord () is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Hampshire and the county seat, seat of Merrimack County, New Hampshire, Merrimack County. As of the 2020 United States census the population was 43,976, making it the List of municipalities ...
** A contributing resource to the NRHP
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-listed Downtown Concord Historic District.
* 1905 – Thompson Memorial Chapel, Williams College
Williams College is a Private college, private liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. It was established as a men's college in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim ...
, Williamstown, Massachusetts
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** Funded by Mary Clark Thompson Mary Clark Thompson (1835 – July 28, 1923), born Mary Lee Clark, was a philanthropist and wife of banker Frederick Ferris Thompson.
Early years
Mary Lee Clark was born in Naples, New York, in 1835 to Myron Holley Clark (1806–1892) and Zilpha ...
.
* 1905 – Thompson Memorial Library
The Frederick Ferris Thompson Memorial Library is the main library building at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York.
Background
When Vassar opened in 1865, the library was a mere single room in Main with a collection of only three thousand ...
, Vassar College
Vassar College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States. The college be ...
, Poughkeepsie, New York
Poughkeepsie ( ) is a city within the Poughkeepsie (town), New York, Town of Poughkeepsie, New York (state), New York. It is the county seat of Dutchess County, New York, Dutchess County, with a 2020 census population of 31,577. Poughkeepsie i ...
** Funded by Mary Clark Thompson Mary Clark Thompson (1835 – July 28, 1923), born Mary Lee Clark, was a philanthropist and wife of banker Frederick Ferris Thompson.
Early years
Mary Lee Clark was born in Naples, New York, in 1835 to Myron Holley Clark (1806–1892) and Zilpha ...
. Allen, Collens & Willis added Van Ingen Hall in 1937.
* 1906 – Robert Dawson Evans house, 34 Welch Rd, Brookline, Massachusetts
Brookline () is an affluent town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States, and part of the Greater Boston, Boston metropolitan area. An exclave of Norfolk County, Brookline borders six of Boston's neighborhoods: Brighton, Boston, Brighton ...
** A contributing resource to the NRHP
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-listed Brookline Town Green Historic District.
* 1906 – Fitch House, Williams College
Williams College is a Private college, private liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. It was established as a men's college in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim ...
, Williamstown, Massachusetts
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* 1906 – Marlborough City Hall, 140 Main St, Marlborough, Massachusetts
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** Designed by Allen & Collens and J. Lawrence Berry, associated architects. A contributing resource to the NRHP
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-listed Marlborough Center Historic District
The Marlborough Center Historic District is a historic district (United States), historic district encompassing the civic and commercial heart of Marlborough, Massachusetts. It is centered on a stretch of Main Street between Mechanic Street t ...
.
* 1906 – State Street Trust Company
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* State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
**Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country
**Nation state, a ...
, Back Bay branch, 130 Massachusetts Ave, Boston
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** Now occupied by the Berklee College of Music
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.
* 1906 – Woman's Hospital, W 110th St and Amsterdam Ave, New York City
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[
** Demolished.
* 1910 – Flatbush-Tompkins Congregational Church, 424 E 19th St, ]Brooklyn
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[Norval White, Elliot Willensky and Fran Leadon, ''AIA Guide to New York City'' (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2010)]
** Designed by Allen & Collens, architects, with Louis E. Jallade, associate architect. Allen & Collens completed an adjacent parish house in 1925. A contributing resource to the NRHP
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-listed Ditmas Park Historic District
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.
* 1910 – Chandler Hovey house, 32 Lawrence Rd, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
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** Built for Allen's daughter and son-in-law. A contributing resource to the NRHP
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-listed Old Chestnut Hill Historic District
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.
* 1910 – Thompson Hall, Williams College
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, Williamstown, Massachusetts
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** Funded by Mary Clark Thompson Mary Clark Thompson (1835 – July 28, 1923), born Mary Lee Clark, was a philanthropist and wife of banker Frederick Ferris Thompson.
Early years
Mary Lee Clark was born in Naples, New York, in 1835 to Myron Holley Clark (1806–1892) and Zilpha ...
.
* 1910 – Union Theological Seminary
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campus, New York City
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** Designed by Allen & Collens, architects, with Louis E. Jallade, associate architect. NRHP
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-listed, also a New York City Landmark
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.
* 1911 – Swartz Hall, Harvard Divinity School
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, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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** Originally named Andover Hall for its original occupant, the Andover Theological Seminary
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From 1908 to 1931, it was located at Harvard University in Cambrid ...
.
* 1911 – United States Post Office
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(former), 28 N Main St, Canandaigua, New York
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** The Treasury
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*A government department related to finance and taxation, a finance ministry; in a business context, corporate treasury.
*A place or location where treasure, such as currency or precious items are kept. These can be ...
selected Allen & Collens as architects for this building on the condition that Mary Clark Thompson Mary Clark Thompson (1835 – July 28, 1923), born Mary Lee Clark, was a philanthropist and wife of banker Frederick Ferris Thompson.
Early years
Mary Lee Clark was born in Naples, New York, in 1835 to Myron Holley Clark (1806–1892) and Zilpha ...
paid the architect's fee. NRHP
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-listed.
* 1912 – Charles Collens houses, 78-82 Southbourne Rd, Jamaica Plain, Boston
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** Built as part of Woodbourne, a model working-class neighborhood developed by Robert Winsor that never achieved its goals. Winsor was a first cousin of Collens' wife. A contributing resource to the NRHP
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-listed Woodbourne Historic District.
* 1912 – Josselyn House, Vassar College
Vassar College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States. The college be ...
, Poughkeepsie, New York
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* 1912 – Lawrence + Memorial Hospital, 365 Montauk Ave, New London, Connecticut
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* 1912 – William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library, Ohio State University
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, Columbus, Ohio
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** Originally known as the Main Library and unrelated to Mary Clark Thompson Mary Clark Thompson (1835 – July 28, 1923), born Mary Lee Clark, was a philanthropist and wife of banker Frederick Ferris Thompson.
Early years
Mary Lee Clark was born in Naples, New York, in 1835 to Myron Holley Clark (1806–1892) and Zilpha ...
.
* 1912 – Mary Pickard Winsor house, 160 Dudley Rd, Newton, Massachusetts
Newton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located roughly west of Downtown Boston, and comprises a patchwork of thirteen villages. The city borders Boston to the northeast and southeast (via the neighborhoods of ...
** Winsor was the founder of the Winsor School
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and a daughter of Robert Winsor, a first cousin of Collens' wife.
* 1913 – Knox United Church, 506 4 St SW, Calgary
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, Alberta
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, Canada
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** Designed by Lawson & Fordyce, architects, with Allen & Collens, consulting architects. Allen & Collens were chiefly responsible for the design. A Calgary Municipal Historic Resource.
* 1913 – Sargent Gymnasium, Bowdoin College
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The main Bowdoin campus is located near Casco Bay and the Androscoggin River. In a ...
, Brunswick, Maine
Brunswick is a New England town, town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. Brunswick is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area. The population was 21,756 at the 2020 United States Census. Part o ...
[Patricia McGraw Anderson, ''The Architecture of Bowdoin College'' (Brunswick: Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 1988): 88-92.]
** Designed by Allen & Collens and Felix A. Burton, associated architects.
* 1914 – St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 351 Main St, Ridgefield, Connecticut
Ridgefield is an affluent New England town, town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. Situated in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains and on the New York state border, Ridgefield had a population o ...
** Designed by Allen & Collens and W. Kerr Rainsford, associated architects. A contributing resource to the NRHP
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-listed Ridgefield Center Historic District.
* 1915 – Arthur Curtiss James House, 39 E 69th St, New York City
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** Demolished. Allen & Collens also completed outbuildings at James' Newport, Rhode Island
Newport is a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island, United States. It is located in Narragansett Bay, approximately southeast of Providence, Rhode Island, Providence, south of Fall River, Massachusetts, south of Boston, and nort ...
, estate, which survive.
* 1915 – Taylor Hall, Vassar College
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, Poughkeepsie, New York
Poughkeepsie ( ) is a city within the Poughkeepsie (town), New York, Town of Poughkeepsie, New York (state), New York. It is the county seat of Dutchess County, New York, Dutchess County, with a 2020 census population of 31,577. Poughkeepsie i ...
* 1916 – Mead Memorial Chapel, Middlebury College
Middlebury College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont, United States. Founded in 1800 by Congregationalism in the United States, Congregationalists, Middlebury w ...
, Middlebury, Vermont
Middlebury is the shire town (county seat) of Addison County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,152. Middlebury is home to Middlebury College and the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History and the adjacent ...
* 1916 – Second Church in Newton, 60 High St, West Newton, Massachusetts
West Newton is one of the thirteen villages within the city of Newton in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.
Among the oldest of the thirteen Newton villages, the West Newton Village Center is a National Register Historic Distric ...
** NRHP
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-listed.
* 1917 – Dudley Coe Building, Bowdoin College
Bowdoin College ( ) is a Private college, private liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Brunswick, Maine. It was chartered in 1794.
The main Bowdoin campus is located near Casco Bay and the Androscoggin River. In a ...
, Brunswick, Maine
Brunswick is a New England town, town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. Brunswick is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area. The population was 21,756 at the 2020 United States Census. Part o ...
** Designed by Allen & Collens and Felix A. Burton, associated architects.
* 1917 – First National Bank Building, 106 Maine St, Brunswick, Maine
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** Designed by Allen & Collens and Felix A. Burton, associated architects. A contributing resource to the NRHP
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-listed Brunswick Commercial Historic District.
* 1918 – Hyde Hall, Bowdoin College
Bowdoin College ( ) is a Private college, private liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Brunswick, Maine. It was chartered in 1794.
The main Bowdoin campus is located near Casco Bay and the Androscoggin River. In a ...
, Brunswick, Maine
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** Designed by Allen & Collens and Felix A. Burton, associated architects.
* 1918 – Vincent and Nancy Marturano Youth YMCA, 465 Main St, Brockton, Massachusetts
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* 1921 – Augustus H. Fiske house, Kickemuit, 1 Barton Ave, Warren, Rhode Island
Warren is a town in Bristol County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 11,147 at the 2020 census.
History
Warren was the site of the Pokanoket Indian settlement of Sowams located on a peninsula within the Pokanoket region. The reg ...
** One of Willis' earliest designs for the firm.
* 1921 – United Congregational Church of Holyoke, 300 Appleton St, Holyoke, Massachusetts
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** Incorporating the tower of the former church, completed in 1885 to a design by Henry F. Kilburn and destroyed by fire in 1919. Allen & Collens designed the adjacent Skinner Memorial Chapel in 1912. A contributing resource to the NRHP
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-listed North High Street Historic District.
* 1922 – Park Avenue Baptist Church, 593 Park Ave, New York City
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** Sold to the Central Presbyterian Church in 1928 as the Baptists were building their new home, Riverside Church
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. Designed by Allen & Collens and Henry C. Pelton, associated architects.
* 1923 – Reformed Dutch Church of Poughkeepsie, 70 Hooker Ave, Poughkeepsie, New York
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** NRHP
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-listed.
* 1924 – Christ Episcopal Church (former), 25 The Green, Watertown, Connecticut
Watertown is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region. The population was 22,105 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb of Waterbury. The urban center of the town is the Wat ...
** A contributing resource to the NRHP
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-listed Watertown Center Historic District
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.
* 1924 – Church of the Redemption (former), 1105 Boylston St, Boston
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** Acquired by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston
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in 1935 and known as the St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine since 1945.
* 1924 – Emmanuel Episcopal Church Leslie Lindsey Memorial Chapel, 15 Newbury St, Boston
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** The chapel's decorative scheme was developed by Ninian Comper
Sir John Ninian Comper (10 June 1864 – 22 December 1960) was a Scottish architect, one of the last of the great Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic Revival architects.
His work almost entirely focused on the design, restoration and embellishm ...
. A contributing resource to the NRHP
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-listed Back Bay Historic District
Back Bay is an officially recognized Neighborhoods in Boston, neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, built on Land reclamation, reclaimed land in the Charles River basin. Construction began in 1859, as the demand for luxury housing exceeded the ...
.
* 1924 – Russell Hall, Teachers College, Columbia University
Teachers College, Columbia University (TC) is the graduate school of education affiliated with Columbia University, a private research university in New York City. Founded in 1887, Teachers College has been a part of Columbia University since ...
, New York City
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* 1924 – Webster Memorial Building, 36 Trumbull St, Hartford, Connecticut
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** NRHP
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-listed.
* 1925 – First Congregational Church parish house, 21 Church St, Winchester, Massachusetts
Winchester is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, located 8.2 miles (13.2 km) north of downtown Boston as part of the Greater Boston metropolitan area. It is also one of the List of Massachusetts locations by per capit ...
** Designed by Robert Coit, architect, with Allen & Collens, associate architects. A contributing resource to the NRHP
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-listed Winchester Center Historic District.
* 1925 – Leslie Buswell house, Stillington Hall, Stillington Dr, Gloucester, Massachusetts
Gloucester ( ) is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. It sits on Cape Ann and is a part of North Shore (Massachusetts), Massachusetts's North Shore. The population was 29,729 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. Census. ...
[James F. O'Gorman, "Twentieth-century Gothick: the Hammond Castle Museum in Gloucester and its antecedents" in ''Essex Institute Historical Collections'' 117, no. 2 (April 1981): 81-104.]
** This house incorporates extensive architectural salvage from English and American Colonial homes. Harold B. Willis, the principal designer, served with Buswell in the American Field Service
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during World War I
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. Buswell was a close friend and probable lover of John Hays Hammond Jr., for whom Allen & Collens also built Hammond Castle
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in 1929.
* 1926 – Hartford Seminary Foundation (former campus), Hartford, Connecticut
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** Now home to the University of Connecticut School of Law
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. NRHP
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-listed.
* 1926 – United Congregational Church (former), 877 Park Ave, Bridgeport, Connecticut
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[ and ]
** This building is now home to the Bridgeport Islamic Community Center
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. NRHP
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-listed.
* 1927 – Cushing House
Cushing House (formerly called Cushing Hall) is a four-story dormitory on Vassar College's campus in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York. A response to freshmen overcrowding, the college's Board of Trustees hurried the Allen & Collens-designed bu ...
, Vassar College
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, Poughkeepsie, New York
Poughkeepsie ( ) is a city within the Poughkeepsie (town), New York, Town of Poughkeepsie, New York (state), New York. It is the county seat of Dutchess County, New York, Dutchess County, with a 2020 census population of 31,577. Poughkeepsie i ...
* 1927 – Wimpfheimer Nursery School, Vassar College
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, Poughkeepsie, New York
Poughkeepsie ( ) is a city within the Poughkeepsie (town), New York, Town of Poughkeepsie, New York (state), New York. It is the county seat of Dutchess County, New York, Dutchess County, with a 2020 census population of 31,577. Poughkeepsie i ...
* 1928 – Wallington Presbyterian Church, 9 Bond St, Wallington, New Jersey
Wallington is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 11,868, an increase of 533 (+4.7%) from the 2010 census count of 11,335, which in turn reflected a dec ...
* 1929 – Golden Hill United Methodist Church, 210 Elm St, Bridgeport, Connecticut
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** Designed by Allen & Collens, architects, with Ernest G. Southey, associate architect. A contributing resource to the NRHP
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-listed Golden Hill Historic District.
* 1929 – John Hays Hammond Jr. house, Abbadia Mare, 80 Hesperus Ave, Gloucester, Massachusetts
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** This house incorporates a large amount of architectural ormanent salvaged by Hammond from Europe. It was designed principally by Harold B. Willis with input from Henry Davis Sleeper
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. Hammond was a close friend and probable lover of Leslie Buswell, for whom Allen & Collens built Stillington Hall in 1925. Commonly known as Hammond Castle
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. NRHP
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-listed.
* 1929 – Trinity United Methodist Church, 361 Sumner Ave, Springfield, Massachusetts
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* 1930 – Kenneth Barnitz Gilbert Parson house, 5 Concord Rd, Weston, Massachusetts
Weston is an affluent town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, located approximately west of Boston. At the time of the 2020 United States census, the population of Weston was 11,851.
Weston was incorporated in 1713, and protect ...
** Based on Westover Plantation
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.
* 1930 – Riverside Church
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, 490 Riverside Dr, New York City
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[Peter J. Paris, ''The History of the Riverside Church in the City of New York'' (New York: New York University Press, 2004)]
** Designed by Allen & Collens and Henry C. Pelton, associated architects. Funded by John D. Rockefeller Jr.
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NRHP
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-listed, also a New York City Landmark
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.
* 1930 – Universalist National Memorial Church, 1810 16th St NW, Washington, D.C.
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** A contributing resource to the NRHP
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-listed Sixteenth Street Historic District
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.
* 1931 – Christ Episcopal Church parish house, 470 Maple St, Winnetka, Illinois
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* 1931 – Huguenot Memorial Church parish house, 901 Pelhamdale Ave, Pelham Manor, New York
Pelham Manor is an affluent village located in Westchester County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the village had a total population of 5,752. It is located in the town of Pelham.
History
The Bolton Priory, Edgewood House, an ...
* 1931 – Skinner Hall, Vassar College
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, Poughkeepsie, New York
Poughkeepsie ( ) is a city within the Poughkeepsie (town), New York, Town of Poughkeepsie, New York (state), New York. It is the county seat of Dutchess County, New York, Dutchess County, with a 2020 census population of 31,577. Poughkeepsie i ...
** Winner of the Harleston Parker Medal
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for 1936. NRHP
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-listed.
* 1932 – Newton City Hall and War Memorial
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, 1000 Commonwealth Ave, Newton Centre, Massachusetts
Newton Centre is one of the thirteen villages within the city of Newton in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The main commercial center of Newton Centre is a triangular area surrounding the intersections of Beacon Street, Centre S ...
[Keith N. Morgan, Richard M. Candee, Naomi Miller, Roger G. Reed and contributors, ''Buildings of Massachusetts: Metropolitan Boston'', ed. Keith N. Morgan (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2009): 484-485.]
** NRHP
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-listed.
* 1932 – St. Peter's Episcopal Church parish house, 838 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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** A contributing resource to the NRHP
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-listed Central Square Historic District.
* 1932 – United Parish in Brookline rebuilding, 210 Harvard St, Brookline, Massachusetts
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** Originally designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter
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and completed in 1873. Gutted by fire in 1931, reconstruction and new interior by Allen & Collens.
* 1933 – First Parish Church, 50 Church St, Waltham, Massachusetts
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[Historic Building Detail: WLT.469](_blank)
Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System, no date. Accessed November 14, 2024.
** NRHP
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-listed.
* 1933 – Kenyon Hall, Vassar College
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, Poughkeepsie, New York
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* 1933 – Old South Church
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parish house, 645 Boylston St, Boston
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["New tower for Old South Church," ''The Boston Globe'', December 25,1936.]
* 1933 – St. Paul's Episcopal Church rebuilding, 80 Pleasant St, Brockton, Massachusetts
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** Originally designed by Ralph Adams Cram
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and completed in 1893. Gutted by fire in the early 1930s, reconstruction and new interior by Allen & Collens.
Allen, Collens & Willis, 1934–1940
* 1935 – Forest Hills Covenant Church, 455 Arborway, Jamaica Plain, Boston
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* 1936 – Hope Central Church, 85 Seaverns Ave, Jamaica Plain, Boston
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** A contributing resource to the NRHP
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-listed Sumner Hill Historic District
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.
* 1937 – Chapman Hall, Milwaukee-Downer College
Milwaukee-Downer College was a women's college in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in operation from 1895 until its merger with Lawrence University in 1964.
History
Milwaukee-Downer College was established in 1895 with the merger of two institutions: Milwau ...
, Milwaukee
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* 1937 – Old South Church
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campanile, 645 Boylston St, Boston
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** The original, leaning, campanile was removed in the early 1930s due to structural damage discovered during the construction of the parish house.
* 1938 – Abbey Memorial Chapel, Mount Holyoke College
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, South Hadley, Massachusetts
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South Hadle ...
** Incorporating the existing Mary Lyon Chapel, completed by Gardner, Pyne & Gardner
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in 1897, as the chancel
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.
* 1938 – Frances Clark house, 3 Swallow Cave Rd, Nahant, Massachusetts
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** An early example of Modernism in the firm's work. Altered.
* 1938 – The Cloisters
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, 99 Margaret Corbin Dr, New York City
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** The interior incorporates extensive architectural salvage from Europe. The exterior is modern in construction and based on the church at Monsempron-Libos
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Population
See also
*Communes of the ...
in France
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. NRHP
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-listed, also a New York City Landmark
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.
* 1939 – First Baptist Church, 111 Park Ave, Worcester, Massachusetts
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["Willis, Harold Buckley" in ''American Architects Directory'', 2nd ed. (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1962): 766.]
Collens, Willis & Hubbard, 1940–1945
* 1941 – Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church
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remodeling, 1555 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Collens, Willis & Beckonert, 1945–1962
* 1950 – Quincy Point Congregational Church, 444 Washington St, Quincy, Massachusetts
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* 1950 – Weston High School, 16 Alphabet Ln, Weston, Massachusetts
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Weston was incorporated in 1713, and protect ...
** Later the Field Elementary School, demolished in 2015.
* 1952 – Abbey-Appleton Hall, Springfield College
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, Springfield, Massachusetts
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* 1955 – Trinity Episcopal Church education wing, 131 W Emerson St, Melrose, Massachusetts
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* 1958 – Downes Memorial Clock Tower, Trinity College Trinity College may refer to:
Australia
* Trinity Anglican College, an Anglican coeducational primary and secondary school in , New South Wales
* Trinity Catholic College, Auburn, a coeducational school in the inner-western suburbs of Sydney, New ...
, Hartford, Connecticut
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[Trinity College Long Walk Historic District NRHP Registration Form (2024)]
** Modeled on the Trinity College Clock of Trinity College, Cambridge
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. A contributing resource to the NRHP
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-listed Trinity College Long Walk
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historic district.
* 1959 – Riverside Church
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Martin Luther King Jr. wing, 490 Riverside Dr, New York City
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* 1960 – Interchurch Center
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, 475 Riverside Dr, New York City
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** Designed by Collens, Willis & Beckonert and Voorhees, Walker, Smith, Smith & Haines, associated architects.
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American companies disestablished in 1931
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Architecture firms based in Boston