Charles F. Wilcox
Charles Field Wilcox[1] | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 8, 1845 |
| Died | July 12, 1905 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Practice | Hartshorn & Wilcox, C. F. Wilcox, Wilcox & Congdon |
| Buildings | Congdon Street Baptist Church, Union Baptist Church, Burrows Block, Conant Memorial Church |
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Charles F. Wilcox (1845–1905) was an American architect practicing in Providence, Rhode Island.
Life[edit]
Wilcox was born in 1845 in Georgia, to a family that relocated to Providence in his infancy.[2] He trained with local architect Charles P. Hartshorn, becoming his partner in 1873. Their firm, Hartshorn & Wilcox, lasted until the end of 1879, briefly before Hartshorn's death in 1880.[3] Wilcox continued practicing alone until 1895, when he made draftsman Gideon Gardner Congdon partner in Wilcox & Congdon. This firm was dissolved in 1899 and Wilcox again continued alone.[4] He died in Providence in 1905.
Architectural works[edit]
Hartshorn & Wilcox, 1873-1879[edit]
- 1874 - Congdon Street Baptist Church, 15 Congdon St, Providence, Rhode Island[5]
- 1874 - Wayland Building, 128 N Main St, Providence, Rhode Island[5]
- Also home to the offices of church architect James Murphy[6]
- 1875 - Fourth Baptist Church (Remodeling), Howell St, Providence, Rhode Island[7]
- Demolished
- 1876 - Union Baptist Church, 10 East St, Providence, Rhode Island[5]
- Commissioned by the Third Baptist Church
- 1877 - Charles Ackerman Duplex, 61-63 Chapin Ave, Providence, Rhode Island[8]
C. F. Wilcox, 1880-1895[edit]
- 1880 - Burrows Block, 741 Westminster St, Providence, Rhode Island[9]
- 1883 - First Baptist Church, 30 Peirce St, East Greenwich, Rhode Island[10]
- 1883 - South Baptist Church, 185-187 Ocean St, Providence, Rhode Island[11]
- Demolished
- 1884 - Charles Matteson House, 112 Prospect St, Providence, Rhode Island[12]
- 1886 - Cyrus E. Lapham House, 64 Harrison St, Pawtucket, Rhode Island[13]
- 1890 - Conant Memorial Church, 135 Center Rd, Dudley, Massachusetts[14]
- 1893 - Dudley Hill School, Center Rd, Dudley, Massachusetts[15]
- Now owned by Nichols College
- 1895 - Aldrich Free Public Library, 299 Main St, Moosup, Connecticut
Wilcox & Congdon, 1895-1899[edit]
- 1896 - George M. Snow House, 24 Alumni Ave, Providence, Rhode Island[16]
C. F. Wilcox, 1899-1905[edit]
- 1902 - Narragansett Baptist Church (Old), 20 Ferry Rd, Saunderstown, Rhode Island[17]
- Now serves as the local post office[18]
References[edit]
- ^ Building Age Aug. 1905: 202.
- ^ Industries and Wealth of the Principal Points in Rhode Island. 1892.
- ^ New England Families: Genealogical and Memorial. Ed. William Richard Cutter. Vol. 3. 1914.
- ^ "Gideon Gardner Congdon". Congdon Chronicle Jan. 1927: 148.
- ^ a b c Woodward, Wm. McKenzie. Providence: A Citywide Survey of Historic Resources. 1986.
- ^ The Providence Directory and Rhode Island Business Directory. 1889.
- ^ Cady, John Hutchins. The Civic and Architectural Development of Providence, 1636-1950. 1957.
- ^ PPS Records for 61-63 Chapin Avenue. 2007.
- ^ American Architect and Building News 10 April 1880: 160.
- ^ American Architect and Building News 7 July 1883: 3.
- ^ Sanitary Engineer 4 Oct. 1883: 426.
- ^ Engineering Record 5 Feb. 1885: 217.
- ^ American Architect and Building News 1886: 243.
- ^ A Souvineer of the Conant Memorial Church. 1893.
- ^ "Currier Center". http://hcap.artstor.org/[permanent dead link]. Council of Independent Colleges. 2006. Web.
- ^ Olney Street-Alumni Avenue Historic District NRHP Nomination. 1989.
- ^ Minutes of the Rhode Island Baptist Anniversaries. 1902.
- ^ Saunderstown Historic District NRHP Nomination. 1985.