Frederick S. Newman (1847-1906) was an American

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based in

Springfield, Massachusetts Springfield is the most populous city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States, and its county seat. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers: the western Westfield River, the ea ...

Life and career

Frederick Savage Newman was born August 26, 1847, in

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, to Alden Newman and Nancy (Ellis) Newman."Newman, Frederick Savage" in
Men of Progress: One Thousand Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Leaders in Business and Professional Life in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
', ed. Edwin M. Bacon (Boston: New England Magazine, 1896): 793-794. In his youth the family relocated to

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, where he learned the carpentry trade and was educated in the public schools."Death of F. S. Newman," ''Springfield Republican'', March 16, 1906. He later moved to Springfield, where he worked as a carpenter for contractor E. W. Shattuck and as draftsman for engineer A. J. Aldrich and architect Eugene C. Gardner. On November 1, 1882, Newman left Gardner and opened his own office in Springfield. He designed several large buildings in Springfield, and major commissions in

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and

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led him to open branch offices in those cities in 1890 and 1894, respectively. In later life Newman speculated in real estate and suffered significant losses. Circa 1904 he left Springfield and moved to

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, where he practiced architecture until his death in 1906.

Personal life

Newman married in 1867, to Caroline E. Grimes of

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. They had no children. Newman died March 6, 1906, in

, after a brief illness.

Legacy

In the 1880s Newman employed Fred H. Loverin, who would later establish a practice in

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. From 1890 to 1896 he employed Isaac A. Allen Jr., who in 1893 took charge of Newman's Hartford office. In 1896 Allen bought out Newman in Hartford and established his own practice. Several of Newman's buildings in Springfield, and one in Connecticut, have been listed on the United States

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Architectural works

Fuller Block The Fuller Block is a historic commercial building at 1531-1545 Main Street in Springfield, Massachusetts. Built in 1887, it is a prominent local landmark, and a well-preserved example of a late 19th-century office block. It was listed on the N ...

(1887, NRHP 1983) * Chicopee National Bank Building,

(1888–89) *

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(1890, NRHP 1987) * Buckingham School,

(1891, demolished 1976) * The Linden,

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(1891) * Mittineague Congregational Church (former),

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(1891) * R. C. Church and School of Our Lady of Perpetual Help,

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(1891, demolished) * Court Square Building,

(1892 and 1899) * Ballerstein Building,

(1893, demolished) *

Cutler and Porter Block The Cutler and Porter Block is a historic commercial building at 109 Lyman Street in Springfield, Massachusetts. Built in 1894 and altered in 1923, it is an architecturally distinctive example of Panel Brick architecture, with important associat ...

(1894, NRHP 1983) *

Driscoll's Block Driscoll's Block is a historic commercial building at 211-13 Worthington Street in Springfield, Massachusetts. Built in 1894, it was the first building to be built in the area after a fire destroyed five blocks of Worthington Street the previous ...

(1894, NRHP 1983) * Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company Building,

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(1894, demolished)"Building News,"
Architecture and Building
' 19, no. 21 (November 18, 1893): viii.

Gallery of architectural works

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Newman, Frederick S. 1847 births 1906 deaths Architects from Bangor, Maine Architects from Springfield, Massachusetts Architects from New Hampshire People from Bangor, Maine People from Manchester, New Hampshire