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Peabody and Stearns

Peabody & Stearns was a premier architectural firm in the Eastern United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, the firm consisted of Robert Swain Peabody (1845–1917) and John Goddard Stearns Jr. (1843–1917). The firm worked on in a variety of designs but is closely associated with shingle style.[1]

Peabody & Stearns

Robert Swain Peabody, John Goddard Stearns Jr., George A. Fuller, Pierce P. Furber

Robert Swain Peabody, John Goddard Stearns Jr.

1870

1917

Boston, Massachusetts

With addition of Pierce P. Furber, presumably as partner, the firm became Peabody, Stearns & Furber.[2][note 1] The firm was later succeeded by W. Cornell Appleton, one of the Peabody & Stearns architects, and Frank Stearns, son of Frank, as Appleton & Stearns.[3]

(George L. Carnegie House), Cumberland Island (1898)

Plum Orchard

Stafford Place (William Carnegie House), (1901)

Cumberland Island

Greyfeild (Margaret Carnegie Ricketson House), (1901)[4]

Cumberland Island

— likely helped design buildings for the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893

John Scudder Adkins

Francis Richmond Allen — began career at the firm; partner of [38]

Allen & Collens

— was an office boy for the firm in 1874; partner in Andrews, Jaques & Rantoul[39]

Robert Day Andrews

— worked for the firm from 1878–1882

Charles L. Bevins

— worked at the firm from 1884 to 1888, was the firm's chief draftsman

Clarence H. Blackall

— worked for the firm from 1874–1876

Warren R. Briggs

— Australian architect who worked at the firm during the mid–1890s; partner of Kent & Budden

Henry Budden

— worked at the firm from 1906–1907

John Hutchins Cady

— worked at the firm from 1881–1882; partner of Cobb and Frost

Henry Ives Cobb

Charles Collens — apprentice for the firm; partner of [38]

Allen & Collens

— worked at the firm from 1876–1881; partner of Cobb and Frost

Charles Sumner Frost

— worked at the firm from 1876–1880 and became partner in charge of the New York City office. Left to start the George A. Fuller Company in Chicago. He is often credited as being the "inventor" of modern skyscrapers and the modern contracting system.

George A. Fuller

— worked at the firm in 1904

Edward T. P. Graham

— worked at the firm from 1900–1907

Charles R. Greco

— started his own firm in 1918

S. Wesley Haynes

— began career at the firm; later became professor at New York University and Dean of the School of Architecture[38]

Burnham Hoyt

— worked at the firm from 1887–1908, was the firm's chief architectural engineer; professor of architecture at Harvard University

Charles Wilson Killam

— after working for he firm he practiced in Philadelphia

Westray Ladd

— apprenticed at the firm in 1902; co-founder and first dean of the University of Oregon's School of Architecture.

Ellis F. Lawrence

— worked at the firm after graduating from MIT until 1882; partner of Whidden & Lewis

Ion Lewis

— worked at the firm around 1886[38]

Louis Christian Mullgardt

Orlando Whitney Norcross — worked for the firm After death; partner of Norcross Brothers[40]

H. H. Richardson's

— office boy and apprentice at the firm from 1884–1886

Frederick Lincoln Savage

— apprentice and draftsman at the firm from 1882–1883. His brothers Henry and Julius also worked at the firm[38]

Albert Cicero Schweinfurth

— chief designer at the firm from 1879–1883 then from 1886–1895

Julius A. Schweinfurth

— worked at the firm from 1887–1897; partner of Maginnis & Walsh[38]

Timothy Francis Walsh

— worked at the firm from 1874–1875

Joseph Morrill Wells

— worked at the firm in the late 1870s; served as City Architect of Boston from 1891–1895

Edmund M. Wheelwright

— apprenticed at the firm before starting his own practice in 1875; served as the first City Architect of Boston from 1884–1887[41]

Arthur H. Vinal

College Hall, Smith College, Northampton, MA, 1875

College Hall, Smith College, Northampton, MA, 1875

Memorial Hall, The Lawrenceville School

Memorial Hall, The Lawrenceville School

Harvey Childs house, now the University of Pittsburgh's Chancellor's Residence

Harvey Childs house, now the University of Pittsburgh's Chancellor's Residence

Plum Orchard, built 1898

Plum Orchard, built 1898

Dorchester Heights Monument

Dorchester Heights Monument

The Henry Bradlee Jr. House in Medford, Massachusetts

The Henry Bradlee Jr. House in Medford, Massachusetts

Worcester City Hall

Worcester City Hall

Bangor Public Library

Bangor Public Library

East Liberty Market, built in 1898-1900, and located in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh, PA.

East Liberty Market, built in 1898-1900, and located in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh, PA.

Joseph Horne Company Department Store in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, built in 1900 (with additions in 1923). Architects: Peabody & Stearns, and William S. Fraser.

Joseph Horne Company Department Store in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, built in 1900 (with additions in 1923). Architects: Peabody & Stearns, and William S. Fraser.

Christ Church in Waltham, Massachusetts

Christ Church in Waltham, Massachusetts

Wheaton A. Holden. "The Peabody Touch: Peabody and Stearns of Boston, 1870-1917." Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Vol. 32, No. 2 (May, 1973)

The Architecture of Peabody & Stearns

The Brooks Estate

East Liberty Market House (Motor Square Garden) and Harvey Childs house

Laurelawn, Hopedene

Worcester City Hall

Fiske Building

Matthews Hall