William Washburn (architect)

William Washburn (18081890) was an architect and city councilor in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, in the mid-19th century. He designed Boston's National Theatre (1836), Revere House hotel (1847), Tremont Temple (1853) and Parker House hotel (1854).[1] He served on the Boston City Council 1853-1855.[2]

Revere House, Bowdoin Square, Boston, designed by Washburn, 1847; engraving by S.S. Kilburn

Designed by Washburn

Buildings designed by Washburn

References

  1. Kidder, The architect's and builder's pocket-book: A handbook for architects, structural engineers, builders, and draughtsmen, 15th ed. London: J. Wiley, 1908; p.1545
    - Boston Directory, 1851, 1862
  2. Roberts, History of the Military Company of the Massachusetts, now called, the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts: 1637-1888, Volume 3. Boston: A. Mudge & Son, 1898
  3. Bostonian Society
  4. American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge, v.10, no.2, June 1836
    -Catalogue of the valuable private library of the late William H. Whitmore, of Boston, genealogist and historian, and for many years registrar of the city of Boston: Part I, comprising a collection of about 1300 genealogies, part II, historical and miscellaneous books, including a large number of books relating to the local history of Boston ... to be sold by auction Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Nov. 11 to 14, 1902
  5. "Twelve missing in Boston fire", New York Times, January 16, 1912. p.1.
  6. Bacon's dictionary of Boston, 1886
  7. William Rotch Ware, The Georgian period: a series of measured drawings of colonial work, Part 12. U.P.C. Book company inc., The American architect book dept., 1902
  8. Jane Holtz Kay. Lost Boston. Univ of Massachusetts Press, 2006


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