Addison G. Pulsifer

Addison G. Pulsifer (born 1874) was an American architect practicing in Lewiston, Maine.

Addison G. Pulsifer
BornDecember 11, 1874
NationalityUnited States
OccupationArchitect
PracticeGibbs & Pulsifer, Pulsifer & Eye
BuildingsHoratio G. Foss House, Mann Memorial Library, John D. Clifford House, Wade & Dunton Motors Building

Biography

Addison Pulsifer was born in December 1874 in Auburn, Maine. He attended Edward Little High School, and later entered the office of that school's architect, Coombs, Gibbs & Wilkinson. That was in 1896, and he remained there for ten years. He then went to Worcester, Massachusetts, where he worked for Frost, Briggs & Chamberlain. Two years later he moved onto the contracting firm of Norcross Brothers. In 1910, back in Lewiston, the Coombs firm was being dissolved. Partner Eugene J. Gibbs recalled Pulsifer back to the city, where they established Gibbs & Pulsifer.[1] Gibbs retired in 1927 and the office was re-established as Pulsifer & Eye, with Harold M. Eye.[2] They parted ways in 1934, and Pulsifer continued to practice alone.[3]

At least three buildings by Pulsifer have been individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and others contribute to listed historic districts.

Architectural work

John D. Clifford House, Lewiston, 1926.

Gibbs & Pulsifer, 1910-1927

Pulsifer & Eye, 1927-1934

  • 1929 - Wade & Dunton Motors Building, 10 Oak St, Lewiston, Maine[19]
  • 1931 - Morse Memorial School, 27 School St, Brooks, Maine[20]
  • 1934 - Singer Building, 177 Main St, Lewiston, Maine[21]

References

  1. Coe, Harrie B. "Addison G. Pulsifer". Maine Biographies. Vol. 1. 1928.
  2. "Organize Firm of Pulsifer and Eye". Lewiston (ME) Evening Journal 9 July 1927: 7.
  3. Iron Age 1934: 86.
  4. "Breezes from Auburn, ME". American Shoemaking 29 Nov. 1913: 435.
  5. American Contractor 12 July 1913: 20.
  6. American Contractor 13 Sept. 1913: 54.
  7. Billings, Johanna S. "UMM may tear down century-old Kimball Hall". http://bangordailynews.com/. 4 Nov. 2015.
  8. Main Street Historic District NRHP Nomination. 1989.
  9. American Contractor 24 June 1916: 71.
  10. Main Street-Frye Street Historic District NRHP Nomination. 2008.
  11. American Contractor 17 Aug. 1918: 49.
  12. American Contractor 16 Aug. 1919: 54.
  13. American Contractor 15 Oct. 1921: 57.
  14. American Architect 20 April 1921: 10.
  15. American Contractor 31 Dec. 1921: 53.
  16. St. Cyril and St. Methodius Church NRHP Nomination. 1977.
  17. Arthur L. Mann Memorial Library NRHP Nomination. 1988.
  18. John D. Clifford House NRHP Nomination. 1987.
  19. American Machinist Dec. 1929: 74.
  20. Sketches of Brooks History. 1935.
  21. Thompson, Deborah. Maine Forms of American Architecture. 1976.
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