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Isaac Melvin (1811-1853) was an American
Isaac Melvin (1811-1853) was an American architect
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from Massachusetts
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.
Melvin was born in Concord, Massachusetts
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in 1811. In the 1830s, he established himself as a builder in Lexington. In 1841 he relocated to Cambridge
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, where he added architecture to his profession. In about 1848 he gave up construction, taking up solely architecture. He formed a partnership with Isaiah B. Young (who had worked with him since 1846), and the two opened an office in Boston
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. They dissolved their partnership in 1852, when Melvin decided to go to San Francisco
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. He grew ill on the voyage, and died in San Francisco soon after his arrival.
After Melvin's departure, Young pursued an architectural career in Boston, New York
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, Philadelphia
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, and Cincinnati
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.
Works
* Stone Building, 735 Massachusetts Ave., East Lexington, MA (1833) *Isaac Melvin House
The Isaac Melvin House is a historic house at 19 Centre Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This -story Greek Revival-Italianate house was built in 1842 by Oliver Wood and Isaac Melvin as the latter's home. Melvin is also notable for designi ...
, 19 Centre St., Cambridge, MA (1842)
* Old Cambridge Baptist Church, 1801 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA (1845)
* Samuel Chandler House, 8 Goodwin Rd., Lexington, MA (1846)
* Lexington Town Hall, 1475 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington, MA (1846) - Demolished.
* Mount Pleasant Congregational Society, Roxbury, MA (1846) - Demolished.
* First Church of Christ, 136 Main St., Sandwich, MA
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History
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(1847)
* First Parish Church, 7 Harrington Rd., Lexington, MA (1847)
* Lawrence City Hall, 100 Common St., Lawrence, MA (1848–49) - Remodeled in 1923 by George G. Adams.
* Porter Congregational Church, 33 N. Main St., Brockton, MA
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(1850)
* Allen Street Congregational Church, Allen & Orchard Sts., Cambridge, MA (1851) - Demolished.
* Somerville City Hall, Somerville, Massachusetts
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(1851–52)''Annual Reports of the Expenditures of Somerville, also the Taxes Assessed, for the Year 1851'' (Somerville: Town of Somerville, 1852)
* Arlington Town Hall, Massachusetts Ave. & Mystic St., Arlington, MA (1852–53) - Demolished.
* Union No. 2 Engine House, 789 Main St., Cambridge, MA (1852)"Union #2 Engine House". ''mhc-macris.net''. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Melvin, Isaac 1811 births 1853 deaths Architects from Cambridge, Massachusetts Architects from Boston 19th-century American architects People from Lexington, Massachusetts