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Ernest Miguel Antonio Machado
Born1868
Died1907
NationalityUnited States
OccupationArchitect
Town Hall, Hamilton, Massachusetts, 1897.

Ernest M. A. Machado (1868-1907) was an American architect who practiced in Salem, Massachusetts. He was particularly known for the design of country houses. Though based in Salem, he developed a practice which worked as far away as Ottawa.

Life and career

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Machado attended the public schools of Salem and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating in 1890. For four years after his graduation he worked for Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, followed by another three for Winslow & Wetherell.

Machado died

Legacy

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Architectural works

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Year Building Address City State Notes Image Reference
1896 Remodeling of Lyceum Hall 11 Central St Salem Massachusetts Originally built in 1831 for the Salem Lyceum, remodeled into offices in 1896-97 under the direction of Machado. After the completion of the project, Machado kept his Salem office here. [1]
1897 Hamilton Town Hall 577 Bay Rd Hamilton Massachusetts Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 as part of the Hamilton Historic District. [2]
1897 Houses for Daniel Low & Company 6 and 8 Botts Ct Salem Massachusetts Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 as part of the Chestnut Street District. [3][4]
1899 Remodeling of the Essex Bank Building for the Salem Fraternity 11 Central St Salem Massachusetts Originally built in 1811 for the Essex Bank to a design by Charles Bulfinch. [5]
1900 "Bullrushes" for William A. Sutton 400 Great Pond Rd North Andover Massachusetts [6]
1902 House for Harlan P. Kelsey 1 Pickering St Salem Massachusetts [5]
1902 "Oakland" for Richard S. Russell 1160 Great Pond Rd North Andover Massachusetts Now owned by the Brooks School and known as Russell House. [7]
1903 Clubhouse,
Royal Ottawa Golf Club
1405 Chemin d'Aylmer Gatineau Quebec Destroyed by fire in 1909. [8]
1903 House for Charles W. Haddock 57 Lothrop St Beverly Massachusetts [9]
1904 Blake Memorial Chapel,
Harmony Grove Cemetery
30 Grove St Salem Massachusetts [10]
1905 House for William M. Jelly 16 Beckford St Salem Massachusetts Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 as part of the Chestnut Street District. [11]
1905 House for Francis W. Nichols 4 Carpenter St Salem Massachusetts [12]
1XXX "Mostly Hall" for James H. Proctor 240 County Rd Ipswich Massachusetts Machado would add several structures to the estate, including a bridge over the Miles River in 1906.[13] The estate and its buildings are now occupied by New England Biolabs.

References

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https://archive.org/details/newhavenbookreco00seym/page/654/mode/2up?q=Machado

https://streetsofsalem.com/2016/04/08/ernest-m-a-machado-salem-architect/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60336723/ernesto-miguel_antonio-machado

  1. ^ "SAL.2449", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d.
  2. ^ "HAM.7", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d.
  3. ^ "SAL.1028", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d.
  4. ^ "SAL.1029", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d.
  5. ^ a b Bryant F. Tolles Jr. and Carolyn K. Tolles, Architecture in Salem: An Illustrated Guide (Hanover: University Press of New England, 1983)
  6. ^ "NAD.290", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d.
  7. ^ "NAD.298", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d.
  8. ^ "BEV.179", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d.
  9. ^ "BEV.179", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d.
  10. ^ "SAL.379", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d.
  11. ^ "SAL.1530", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d.
  12. ^ "SAL.1604", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d.
  13. ^ "Contracts Awarded," Engineering World 4, no. 7 (July 27 1906): 186.