Marcus Fayette Cummings (March 11, 1836 – 1905) was an American

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

active in the

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region of the U.S. state of

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. Born in Utica,U.S. Passport application of M.F. Cummings, 1874 on ancestry.com he later established his practice in the city of

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, where many of his buildings are located in the

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and listed on the

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. Firm listed as Cummings & Brit in the Gazetteer and Business Directory of Rensselaer County, N. Y., for 1870–71. In 1891 he made his son, Frederick, a partner in the office, and promptly retired to

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, on

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. He maintained only a financial interest in the office of M. F. Cummings & Son, which would last into the 1930s. Clinton-platts ch complex

Buildings

Verbeck House The Verbeck House is located on Church Street (NY 50) just south of downtown Ballston Spa, New York, United States. It is a frame house built in the late 19th century. It was one of the last buildings designed by regionally important architect ...

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*Glens Falls Insurance Company Building –

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*Rockwell House Hotel – Glens Falls *North Adams Public Library –

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(built 1865-67 as a mansion for Sanford Blackinton) *

Johnson Manufacturing Company The Johnson Manufacturing Company was a historic mill complex at 65 Brown Street in North Adams, Massachusetts. Developed beginning in 1872 and enlarged through the early 20th century, it was at the time of its 1985 listing on the National Regi ...

– North Adams (1872) *Saratoga Springs Town Hall; Saratoga Springs, NY (1871) * Clinton County Courthouse –

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* Washington County Courthouse –

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* Stillwater United Church –

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National State Bank Building The National State Bank Building is located on River Street in Troy, New York, Troy, New York, United States, at its junction with Fulton and Third (southbound U.S. Route 4 in New York, US 4) streets. It was listed on the National Register of Histo ...

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Troy, New York Troy is a city in and the county seat of Rensselaer County, New York, United States. It is located on the western edge of the county, on the eastern bank of the Hudson River just northeast of the capital city of Albany, New York, Albany. At the ...

Ilium Building The Ilium Building is a building located at the northeast corner of Fulton Street and Fourth Street in Troy, New York, United States.Don Rittner, ''Troy: A Collar City History'' (Arcadia Publishing, 2002), p. 49.Edward F. Levine, ''Hudson-Fulton Ce ...

– Troy *Rensselaer County Courthouse – Troy *Mt. Ida Presbyterian Church – Troy *School 1 Building – Troy *Jewett House (1872) at 199 East Main Street in North Adams. Eclectic brick and stone trim

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File:Ilium Building, Troy, NY.jpg,

File:National State Bank Building, Troy, NY.jpg,

, Troy File:School 1 Elevation.jpg, School 1, Troy File:Stillwater United Church Feb 09.jpg, Stillwater United Church,

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* 1836 births 1905 deaths Architects from New York (state) People from Utica, New York People from Troy, New York People from Tisbury, Massachusetts {{US-architect-19C-stub