Cudworth & Woodworth

Edward Aldrich Cudworth, 1909.

Edward Aldrich Cudworth was born December 11, 1861 in Boston. He attended Roxbury Latin School, before moving on to Harvard University, class of 1884. Originally going into sales, he switched to architecture. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for two years, and worked for H. H. Richardson and Cummings & Sears in Massachusetts and Clarence S. Luce in New York. In 1887 he left Luce and went to Norwich, forming a partnership with James A. Hiscox. Neither understood the business fully, and Cudworth & Hiscox rarely made a profit in the two years it was in business. After 1889, he worked in various capacities until 1895, when he went to work for Norwich architect C. H. Preston. He remained with Preston until 1899, when he opened his own office. In 1901 Walter H. Woodworth joined the firm, and died in 1915.[1] Cudworth died in 1937, and was buried in Norwich.

Walter H. Woodworth was born on October 8, 1874 in Quaker Hill, Connecticut. He was trained in construction, and in 1901 became a construction superindentent for J. A. Hiscox, Cudworth's erstwhile partner. Only a few months later, he joined Cudworth as partner. A few years later he fell ill, and gradually retired from active practice. In 1915 A. M. Thompson was added as partner, and Woodworth died soon after, on June 1, 1915.[2]

Arthur M. Thompson became a partner in the firm in 1915, which became Cudworth, Woodworth & Thompson.[2] In 1916, it was renamed Cudworth & Thompson. Thompson operated the firm past Cudworth's 1937 death, into the 1940s.