Alexander Curtis Currier (April 16, 1831 – April 24, 1892) 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, 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 ...

was designed to look like an English country church. His Brooks Free Library in

Brattleboro, Vermont Brattleboro (), originally Brattleborough, is a New England town, town in Windham County, Vermont, United States, located about north of the Massachusetts state line at the confluence of Vermont's West River (Vermont), West River and the Connec ...

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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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Currier, Alexander C. 1831 births 1892 deaths Architects from Maine People from Hallowell, Maine People from Readfield, Maine 19th-century American architects