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American architect (1850–1932)
George Gilman Adams
Born (1850-08-26 ) August 26, 1850Died November 28, 1932(1932-11-28) (aged 82 ) Nationality American Occupation Architect
The former Lawrence Public Library , designed by Adams and completed in 1892. The Essex County Courthouse in Lawrence, completed in 1903. The Montpelier City Hall , completed in 1911. The Masonic Temple in Lawrence, completed in 1923.
George G. Adams (August 26, 1850 – November 28, 1932) was an American architect from Lawrence, Massachusetts .
Life and career
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George Gilman Adams was born August 26, 1850, in Rollinsford, New Hampshire , to Benjamin Gilman Adams, a mill superintendent, and Sophia (Nutter) Adams.[1] [2] drafter in 1870. Two years later he joined the office of local architect Charles T. Emerson as a student.[a] Boston . Adams then opened his own office in Lawrence, from which he practiced for some forty years.[2] c. 1889 to 1891 Adams was in partnership with architect William P. Regan, but only two buildings can be positively attributed to the partnership.
In 1916 Adams, a Mason , was commissioned to design the new Masonic Temple in Lawrence. Though drawings were completed in 1917, the money to build was not available. Adams, then in his late 60s, chose to retire from business.[2] Massachusetts Institute of Technology .[3] [2]
In 1890 Adams built the Adams Block on Essex Street in Lawrence as an investment property, and maintained his practice there until temporary retirement.[2] [3]
Personal life
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In 1875 Adams was married to Mary Maria Leslie of Lynnfield . They had no children.[1] [2]
Legacy
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During his sixty–year career, Adams was the leading architect in Lawrence and its environs. He was noted throughout New England as an architect of public buildings. In addition to those he designed in Lawrence and Massachusetts, Adams designed a number of courthouses, town and city halls, libraries and other buildings in Maine , New Hampshire , New York and Vermont .[2] National Register of Historic Places , and others contribute to listed historic districts.
Architectural works
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Francis C. Clarke house,[b] North Andover, Massachusetts (1880)[4]
Asa Simons house, 213 Broadway, Methuen, Massachusetts (1881)[5]
Rockingham Town Hall, 7 The Square, Bellows Falls, Vermont (1886, burned 1925)[2]
Amesbury City Hall, 62 Friend St, Amesbury, Massachusetts (1887–88)[2]
Centralville M. E. Church, 800 Bridge St, Lowell, Massachusetts (1888)[2]
First Free Will Baptist Church,[c] Worcester, Massachusetts (1888)[6]
Hampton Town Hall, 136 Winnacunnet Rd, Hampton, New Hampshire (1888, burned 1949)[7]
Odd Fellows Building, 108 Main St, North Andover, Massachusetts (1888, partially extant)[2]
Bradlee School ,[d] Andover, Massachusetts (1889, NRHP 1982)[8]
Marston Building,[e] [9]
James Pierce house,[f] Methuen, Massachusetts (1889–90)[10]
Strafford County Courthouse (former), 10 2nd St, Dover, New Hampshire (1889)[11]
Adams Block,[g] Lawrence, Massachusetts (1890)[12]
Central Police Station (former), 11 Court St, Nashua, New Hampshire (1890–91)[2]
Dover City Hall, 288 Central Ave, Dover, New Hampshire (1890–91, burned 1933)[2]
New Hampshire Soldiers' Home, 139 Winter St, Tilton, New Hampshire (1890, demolished)[13]
Waterford High School,[e] Waterford, New York (1891, demolished 1961)[14]
Lawrence Public Library (former), 190 Hampshire St, Lawrence, Massachusetts (1892 and 1900, NRHP 1978)[15]
John R. Rollins School , Howard and Platt Sts, Lawrence, Massachusetts (1892, NRHP 2000)[16]
Randall Library , 19 Crescent St, Stow, Massachusetts (1893)[17]
Rockingham County Courthouse, 11 Front St, Exeter, New Hampshire (1893, demolished 1969)[2]
E. Frank Lewis house, 178 E Haverhill St, Lawrence, Massachusetts (1894)[18]
YMCA Building, 33 West St, Keene, New Hampshire (1894, demolished)[2]
Gleason Library, 22 Bedford Rd, Carlisle, Massachusetts (1895–96)[19]
High Service Water Tower , Ames St, Lawrence, Massachusetts (1896, NRHP 1978)[20]
Waterville Opera House and City Hall ,[h] Waterville, Maine (1897–1902, NRHP 1976)[21]
Odd Fellows Building, 24 E Broadway, Derry, New Hampshire (1898, demolished)[2]
Odd Fellows Building,[i] Methuen, Massachusetts (1898–99)[22]
Barre City Hall and Opera House ,[j] Barre, Vermont (1899, NRHP 1973)
Essex County Courthouse,[g] Lawrence, Massachusetts (1901–03)[23]
Simon Fairfield Public Library, 290 Main St, Douglas, Massachusetts (1903)[24]
Adams Memorial Building , 29 W Broadway, Derry, New Hampshire (1904, NRHP 1982)[25]
Bay State Building,[g] Lawrence, Massachusetts (1904–05)[2]
Colonial Theatre, 12 Hampshire St, Lawrence, Massachusetts (1904, demolished)[2]
Rochester Opera House and City Hall,[k] Rochester, New Hampshire (1906–08)[2]
George G. Adams house, 351 Prospect St, Lawrence, Massachusetts (1907)[2]
American Woolen Company office building,[l] Lawrence, Massachusetts (1907)[26]
Montpelier City Hall ,[m] Montpelier, Vermont (1909–11)[2]
Stevens Memorial Hall , 1 Chester St, Chester, New Hampshire (1909–10, NRHP 2004)[27]
Truell Building, 372 Essex St, Lawrence, Massachusetts (1909, demolished 2010)[28]
Dr. Fred L. Smalley House , 62-64 Woburn Street, Reading, MA (1911)
St. Mary of the Assumption R. C. Church,[n] Waterford, New York (1911–13)[2]
Lawrence Street Congregational Church, 54 Lawrence St, Lawrence, Massachusetts (1915–18)[29]
Charles M. Floyd School, 37 Highland Ave, Derry, New Hampshire (1916)[30]
Masonic Temple,[o] Lawrence, Massachusetts (1922–23)[3]
Lawrence City Hall remodeling,[g] Lawrence, Massachusetts (1923)[2]
Lawrence Gas Company Building, 370 Essex St, Lawrence, Massachusetts (1924, altered)[31]
Derry Library, 64 E Broadway, Derry, New Hampshire (1926–27)[32]
Gallery of architectural works
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New Hampshire Soldiers' Home,
Tilton, New Hampshire , 1890.
Gleason Library,
Carlisle, Massachusetts , 1895.
Simon Fairfield Public Library,
Douglas, Massachusetts , 1903.
St. Mary of the Assumption R. C. Church,
Waterford, New York , 1911-13.
Lawrence Street Congregational Church,
Lawrence, Massachusetts , 1915.
Lawrence City Hall,
Lawrence, Massachusetts , 1923.
Notes
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^ A contributing property to the Wellington Street Apartment House District , NRHP–listed in 1980.
^ A contributing property to the Ballardvale District , NRHP–listed in 1982.
^ a b Designed in partnership with William P. Regan.
^ A contributing property to the Pleasant–High Historic District , NRHP–listed in 1984.
^ a b c d A contributing property to the Downtown Lawrence Historic District , NRHP–listed in 1979.
^ A contributing property to the Waterville Main Street Historic District , NRHP–listed in 2012.
^ A contributing property to the Spicket Falls Historic District , NRHP–listed in 1984.
^ A contributing property to the Barre Downtown Historic District , NRHP–listed in 1979.
^ A contributing property to the Rochester Commercial and Industrial District , NRHP–listed in 1983.
^ A contributing property to the North Canal Historic District , NRHP–listed in 1984.
^ A contributing property to the Montpelier Historic District , NRHP–listed in 1978.
^ A contributing property to the Waterford Village Historic District , NRHP–listed in 1977.
^ A contributing property to the Jackson Terrace Historic District , NRHP–listed in 1984.
References
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^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Christine E. Pfaff, "George G. Adams: A Noted Lawrence Architect Rediscovered" in Essex Institute Historical Collections 116, no. 3 (July, 1980): 176–195.
^ a b c "Personals" in American Architect
^ Historic Building Detail: NAD.86 , Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
^ Historic Building Detail: MET.246 , Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
^ Historic Building Detail: WOR.1237 , Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
^ Cheryl Lassiter, "Hampton History Matters ", Seacoastonline, December 24, 2019. Accessed August 12, 2022.
^ Historic Building Detail: ANV.23 , Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
^ Building
^ Historic Building Detail: MET.57 , Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
^ John Deacon, "Strafford County ", courthouses.co, 2014. Accessed August 12, 2022.
^ Historic Building Detail: LAW.240 , Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
^ Engineering and Building Record
^ "The Board of Education of Union Free School, District No. 1, of the Town of Waterford, App'lt, v. The First National Bank of Richfield Springs et al. , App'lts, and Alexander G. Cunningham, Resp't" in The New York State Reporter
^ Historic Building Detail: LAW.81 , Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
^ Historic Building Detail: LAW.215 , Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
^ Olivia S. Crowell, Stow, Massachusetts, 1683–1933: Compiled in Honor of the Two Hundred Fiftieth Anniversary of the Town (1933)
^ Historic Building Detail: LAW.192 , Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
^ Sidney A. Bull, History of the Town of Carlisle, Massachusetts, 1754–1920 (1920)
^ Historic Area Detail: LAW.J , Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
^ Waterville Opera House and City Hall NRHP Registration Form (1976)
^ Historic Building Detail: MET.18 , Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
^ Historic Building Detail: LAW.212 , Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
^ School Board Journal
^ Adams Memorial Building NRHP Registration Form (1982)
^ Engineering Record
^ Stevens Memorial Hall NRHP Registration Form (2004)
^ Engineering Record
^ Historic Building Detail: LAW.698 , Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
^ American Contractor
^ "Lawrence Gas Co. to have New Home" in Pipeline and Gas Journal 120, no. 9 (March 1, 1924): 211.
^ "About Us". http://derrypl.org/
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