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Amos P. Cutting (September 13, 1839 – February 6, 1896) was an American
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in practice in
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. He entered practice in 1868 and developed a practice specializing in the design of churches and public buildings. Shortly before his death he organized the firm of Cutting, Carleton & Cutting; it maintained his specialties and outlived him by over thirty years.


Life and career

Amos Porter Cutting was born September 13, 1839, in
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, to Hiram Cutting and Harriet Newell Cutting, née Chapin. When he was a toddler the family moved to Newport, Vermont. He was trained as a carpenter in Newport and
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, and settled in Worcester in 1862. There he worked for Russ & Eddy, manufacturers of
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. He was soon joined there by his elder brother, George H. Cutting, who would become a successful
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in Worcester. While working as a carpenter, Cutting studied architecture in his spare time.
Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts
', vol 2, ed. Ellery Bicknell Crane (New York and Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1907): 177-181.
"In Memoriam: A. P. Cutting, F.A.I.A." in
Proceedings of the Thirtieth Annual Convention of the American Institute of Architects
' (Providence: E. A. Johnson & Company, printers, 1896): 150.
In 1868 Cutting opened an architects' office in Worcester. From to he worked in partnership with John E. Holman under the name Cutting & Holman, and from 1890 to with Walter R. Forbush under the name Cutting & Forbush. In 1895 he organized a third and final partnership with Elbridge S. Carleton and Frank H. Cutting, his son, under the name Cutting, Carleton & Cutting. Over his nearly thirty years in professional practice, Cutting designed many churches, public buildings, office buildings and private homes. At the time of his death, the recently completed New Hampshire State Library (1895) and the Kellogg-Hubbard Library (1896) in
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, were considered his exceptional works. He unsuccessfully participated in the 1895
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for the Worcester City Hall. In 1887 Cutting joined the Western Association of Architects (WAA); he was one of the organization's easternmost members. In 1889 the WAA merged with the
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(AIA), and Cutting, like all members, was made a
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. In 1892 he was a founding member of the former Worcester chapter.


Personal life

Cutting was married in 1868 to Lora Jennie Smith of Worcester. They had ten children, five sons and five daughters, seven of whom lived to adulthood. In his 50s Cutting's health declined, and he spent the winters of 1894–95 and 1895–96 in
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in search of better health. He died there February 6, 1896, at the age of 56.


Legacy

Cutting's firm continued under the name Cutting, Carleton & Cutting until Carleton's death in 1932. Frank H. Cutting continued to practice and died in 1957. Worcester architects C. Leslie Chamberlain and Walter B. Nourse of the notable firms of Frost, Briggs & Chamberlain and
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worked for Cutting. J. William Patston, architect of the Quinsigamond Firehouse and other buildings, also worked for Cutting. At least seven of Cutting's works have been listed on the United States
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, in addition to four by Cutting, Carleton & Cutting. Others contribute to listed historic districts.


Architectural works

All dates are date of completion.


A. P. Cutting, 1868–1876, 1878–1890 and 1891–1895

* 1872 – Dresser House, 72 Main St,
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* 1872 – Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, Walnut St,
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* 1874 – Methodist Episcopal Church of Hyde Park, Central Ave and Winthrop St,
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* 1874 – Plymouth Congregational Church, Pearl and Chestnut Sts,
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* 1874 – Franklin Wesson House, 8 Claremont St,
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* 1875 – Warren First Congregational Church-Federated Church, 25 Winthrop Ter,
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* 1876 – First Congregational Church, 177 N Main St,
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* 1879 – Uxbridge Town Hall, 21 S Main St,
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Wrona, B. Mae Edwards Wrona, ''Uxbridge'' (Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2000) * 1881 – Hotel Wilson, 6 N Main St,
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* 1883 – First Congregational Church, 2 Main St,
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* 1885 – Leicester Inn, 1019 N Main St,
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''American Architect and Building News'' (January 24, 1885): 48. * 1885 – New Hampshire Savings Bank Building, 116 N Main St,
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Downtown Concord Historic District NRHP Registration Form
(2000)
* 1885 – William H. Sawyer house, 107 Lincoln St,
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* 1887 – J. Frank Quinn house, 900 Main St,
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* 1888 – Frederick G. Davis house, 78 Burncoat St,
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* 1888 – Southbridge Town Hall, 41 Elm St,
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* 1889 – David Prouty High School (former), 195 Main St,
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''Engineering and Building Record'' (April 13, 1889): 266. * 1890 – George H. Cutting house, 67 Cedar St,
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* 1890 – Eagle Hotel remodeling, 110 N Main St,
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* 1890 – First Congregational Church, Main and School Sts, Newport, Vermont * 1890 – Warren Public Library, 934 Main St,
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* 1891 – Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, 69 Main St,
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* 1891 – YMCA, 96 State St,
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* 1892 – New Hampshire Centennial Home for the Aged (former), 96 Pleasant St,
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* 1893 – Charlton City United Methodist Church (former), 16 Stafford St,
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* 1893 –
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, 1555 Massachusetts Ave,
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* 1893 – Wesley United Methodist Church, 56 S Main St,
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* 1894 – First Congregational Church, 1 Concord St,
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* 1894 – Northborough Free Library, 34 Main St,
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* 1895 – New Hampshire State Library, 20 Park St,
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* 1896 – Kellogg-Hubbard Library, 135 Main St,
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Cutting & Holman, 1876–1878

* 1876 –
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expansion, Lyman St,
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* 1876 – Addison Macullar house, 2 Oread St,
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* 1880 – Millbury Town Hall, 95 Elm St,
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* 1882 – George M. Kimball house, 266 N Main St,
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Cutting & Forbush, 1890–1891

* 1890 – Daniel N. Bates house, 66 Cedar St,
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* 1891 – Lothrop's Opera House, 17 Pleasant St,
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Cutting, Carleton & Cutting, 1895–1932

* 1896 – Gilman Block, 215 Main St,
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* 1896 – Mathewson Street United Methodist Church, 134 Mathewson St,
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* 1898 – Fogg Library, 1 Columbian Sq,
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* 1901 – Dudley Free Public Library (former), 1 Village St,
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* 1903 – Oxford Free Public Library, 339 Main St,
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* 1904 –
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, 2 Southbridge St,
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* 1907 – Oxford High School (former), 351 Main St,
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* 1908 – Ralph L. Morgan house, 96 William St,
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* 1909 – Tatnuck School, 1083 Pleasant St,
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* 1910 – Rochdale School, 1098 Stafford St,
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* 1914 – Hillswold Farm, the Edmund E. Hills estate, 575 Hartford Tpk,
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* 1924 – Hadley Furniture Company Building, 657 Main St,
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* 1927 – May Street School, 265 May St,
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* 1929 – Lincoln Street School, 549 Lincoln St,
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Historic Building Detail: WOR.2284
Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System, no date. Accessed October 5, 2024.


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