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Year Building Address City State Notes Firm Image Reference
1868 Rollstone Congregational Church 199 Main St Fitchburg Massachusetts Francis, Henry M. [1]
1870 House for Henry Allison 37 Academy St Fitchburg Massachusetts Francis, Henry M. [2]
1870 Butler School 145 Main St Groton Massachusetts Later the Groton High School, and remodeled in 1928. Francis, Henry M. [3]
1874 Foster Block 4 Main St Leominster Massachusetts Francis, Henry M. [4]
1875 Stiles Block 748 Main St Fitchburg Massachusetts Demolished. Francis, Henry M. [5]
1877 Coggshall and Carpenter Block 347 Main St Fitchburg Massachusetts Francis, Henry M. [6]
1878 Fitchburg Paper Company Mills 644 River St Fitchburg Massachusetts Francis, Henry M. [7]
1878 Fitchburg Union Depot Boulder Dr Fitchburg Massachusetts Demolished. Francis, Henry M. [8]
1879 Congregational Church of Christ 583 Main St North Leominster Massachusetts Francis, Henry M. [9]
1879 Addition to Fitchburg City Hall 718 St Fitchburg Massachusetts Originally built in 1852. Francis, Henry M. [10]
1879 St. Paul Universalist Church 1060 Central St Palmer Massachusetts Francis, Henry M. [11]
1882 House for Henry A. Goodrich 53 Highland Ave Fitchburg Massachusetts Demolished in 1929. Francis, Henry M. [12]
1883 House for Jerome Mossman 15 Bluff Ave Fitchburg Massachusetts Francis, Henry M. [13]
1884 Wallace Library and Art Building 610 Main St Fitchburg Massachusetts Demolished. Francis, Henry M. [8]
1887 Murdock School 52 Murdock Ave Winchendon Massachusetts Listed on the NRHP in 1988.[14] Francis, Henry M. [14]
1888 House for Edgar F. Belding 82 Summer St Fitchburg Massachusetts Demolished. Francis, Henry M. [8]
1891 First Congregational Church 14 Bedford Rd Lincoln Massachusetts Now used by the First Parish in Lincoln as a parish house and Sunday school. Francis, Henry M. [15]
1891 Goodrich Street School 111 Goodrich St Fitchburg Massachusetts Now known as the Goodrich Academy. Francis, Henry M. [16]
1893 House for Walter M. Farwell 114 Hudson St Northborough Massachusetts Francis, Henry M. [17]
1893 Phoenix Building 781 Main St Fitchburg Massachusetts Francis, Henry M. [8]
1893 Wallace Building 808 Main St Fitchburg Massachusetts Demolished. Francis, Henry M. [8]
1894 Ingalls Memorial Library 203 Main St Rindge New Hampshire Francis, Henry M. [18]
1894 Y. M. C. A. Building 533 Main St Fitchburg Massachusetts Extant, but its two upper levels have been demolished. Francis, Henry M. [8]
1895 Clay Library 30 Main St Jaffrey New Hampshire Francis, Henry M. [18]
1895 Safety Fund National Bank Building 470 Main St Fitchburg Massachusetts Francis, Henry M. [8]
1896 Calvinistic Congregational Church 820 Main St Fitchburg Massachusetts Francis, Henry M. [19]
1896 Tenney Memorial Library 4886 Main St S Newbury Vermont Francis, Henry M. [20]
1896 Westford Academy 65 Main St Westford Massachusetts Now known as the Roudenbush Community Center. Francis, Henry M. [21]
1897 Dickinson Memorial Library 115 Main St Northfield Massachusetts Francis, Henry M. [22]
1899 Fitchburg Home for Old Ladies 30 Cedar St Fitchburg Massachusetts Francis, Henry M. [23]
1900 Addition to the Westford Town Farm 35 Town Farm Rd Westford Massachusetts Addition of the northern wing of the main building. Listed on the NRHP in 2008. Francis, Henry M. [24]
1900 House for Leroy S. Starrett 373 School St Athol Massachusetts Francis, Henry M.
1901 Blake Memorial Library 676 Village Rd Corinth Vermont Demolished. Francis, Henry M. [25]

Though best known for institutional and commercial projects, Francis was also sought after as a domestic architect and designed houses throughout the state, including many for industrialists. Largest of Francis' domestic projects was the house (1880-81) in Clinton for John R. Foster, a dry goods retailer. Facing the town's Central Park, this is a large, three-story house which is one of the most elaborate axamples of Stick Style architecture in New England.[26] A Few years later he designed a Queen Anne house for manufacturer Frederick Fosdick (1884), who would later be mayor of Fitchburg.[27] Larger and more elaborate was the Fitchburg home of Edgar F. Belding (1888), a shoe manufacturer. Now demolished, this was considered the best example of Queen Anne architecture in the region.[28] A later house was that for Laroy S. Starrett, founder of the L. S. Starrett Company, in Athol (1900-01).[29] This is an example of Colonial Revival architecture.

In addition to his other work for the client, Francis was responsible for various alterations to the Fitchburg house of Rodney Wallace.[30] Another domestic project was a stable and carriage house (1880) for James Phillips Jr. in Fitchburg, built in concert with a house for Phillips. Though the house has been demolished, the stable and carriage house was donated in 1926 to the Fitchburg Art Association. After a renovation by architect Mary Almy of Howe, Manning & Almy, the building was rededicated as the Fitchburg Art Museum in 1929.[31]

  1. ^ "FIT.405", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d.
  2. ^ "FIT.306", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d.
  3. ^ Annual Report of the Board of Education (1873)
  4. ^ "LEO.267", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d.
  5. ^ "FIT.206", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d.
  6. ^ "FIT.411", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d.
  7. ^ "FIT.510", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g Fitchburg Historical Society, Fitchburg (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2005)
  9. ^ "LEO.192", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d.
  10. ^ "FIT.203", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d.
  11. ^ "PAL.317", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d.
  12. ^ "FIT.1302", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d.
  13. ^ Sanitary Engineer, September 20 1883, 379.
  14. ^ a b Murdock School NRHP Nomination (1988)
  15. ^ Engineering Record, February 21 1891, 202.
  16. ^ Engineering Record, May 23 1891, 417.
  17. ^ Northborough Historical Society, Northborough (Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2000)
  18. ^ a b Bryant F. Tolles Jr. and Carolyn K. Tolles, New Hampshire Architecture: An Illustrated Guide (Hanover, NH and London: University Press of New England, 1979)
  19. ^ "FIT.215", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d.
  20. ^ First Biennial Report of the Board of Library Commissioners of Vermont, 1895-96 (1896)
  21. ^ American Architect and Building News, January 18 1896, xvii.
  22. ^ American Architect and Building News, April 24 1897, xiii.
  23. ^ Brickbuilder, July 1899, 146.
  24. ^ Westford Town Farm NRHP Nomination (2008)
  25. ^ Fourth Biennial Report of the Board of Library Commissioners of Vermont, 1901-1902 (1902)
  26. ^ "CLI.62", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed April 6 2021.
  27. ^ "FIT.127", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed April 6 2021.
  28. ^ "FIT.1404", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed April 6 2021.
  29. ^ American Architect and Building News 70, no. 1304 (December 22 1900): xi.
  30. ^ "FIT.312", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed April 6 2021.
  31. ^ "FIT.247", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed April 6 2021.