John A. Fox
John A. Fox (1836–1920) was a prominent American architect who was considered the “Father of Stick Style” American architecture.
John Andrews Fox was born in 1836 in Dorchester, Massachusetts to Thomas Bayley Fox, a Unitarian minister. Fox later resided for many years at 25 Trull Street in Dorchester. During the Civil War, Fox served in Companies I and F of the 2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment from 1862 to 1865 and took part in Sherman's "March to the Sea." Fox first joined the civil engineering firm of Garbett & Wood before starting his own independent practice, which existed for over fifty years. Fox was an active member of the Boston Society of Architects and American Institute of Architects. He constructed many private residences in the “Stick Style” in the Boston metropolitan area. He also constructed the Town Hall in Provincetown in 1886, and the Home for Aged Couples in Roxbury. Fox died in 1920 and is buried in the Forest Hills Cemetery on Weigelia Path. Many of his papers are located at the Massachusetts Historical Society.[1]
Fox married Josephine Clapp of Boston in 1878.[2]
Architect worked in Fox's office in the late 1870s before opening his own office in 1880.[3] was a later associate, and was involved on several of Fox's projects for state institutions.[4]
Architectural works[]
- Providence Opera House, 115 Dorrance St, Providence, Rhode Island (1871, demolished 1931)[5]
- Tileston School (former), 412 Ann St, Wilmington, North Carolina (1871-72, altered)[6]
- Chelsea Academy of Music, 179-189 Winnisimmet St, Chelsea, Massachusetts (1872, burned 1905)[7]
- House for J. Homer Pierce, 14 Bellevue St, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts (1872)[8]
- Frye Block and Music Hall, 71 Lisbon St, Lewiston, Maine (1877)[9]
- Houses for Franklin King, 19-21 Trull St, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts (1877)[3]
- House for James D. Scudder, 6 Dewolf St, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts (1877)[3]
- House for John A. Fox, 25 Trull St, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts (1878)[8]
- Houses for Franklin King,[a] 24-26 Trull St, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts (1878, partially extant)[10]
- Double house for Mary E. Noyes, 26-28 Mill St, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts (1879)[11]
- House for Thomas G. Wales, 30 Mill St, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts (1879)[12]
- House for Samuel J. Barrows, 51 Sawyer Ave, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts (1881)[13]
- House for Benjamin B. Converse, 18 Monadnock St, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts (1881)[13]
- House for William W. Cross, 55 Green St, Brockton, Massachusetts (1881, demolished)[13]
- Building for George H. Homans and John Homans, 115 Chauncy St, Boston, Massachusetts (1882-83, demolished 1922)[14]
- House for Capt. Smith W. Nichols, 24 Beaumont St, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts (1883)[15]
- Remodeling of house for Lewis W. Tappan Jr.,[b] 278 Adams St, Milton, Massachusetts (1883)[16]
- City Theatre, 50 Main St, Brockton, Massachusetts (1884, demolished 1954)[17]
- House for Dexter J. Cutter, 15 Blanche St, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts (1884)[18]
- Pedestal of Daniel Webster, New Hampshire State House Grounds, Concord, New Hampshire (1885-86)[19]
- House for Charles H. Tilton, 403 Marlborough St, Boston, Massachusetts (1886-87)[20]
- Provincetown Town Hall, 260 Commercial St, Provincetown, Massachusetts (1886)[21]
- Thomas Building, 58 Winter St, Boston, Massachusetts (1887)[22]
- 110th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument, Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (1889)[23]
- Pedestal of General John Stark, New Hampshire State House Grounds, Concord, New Hampshire (1890)[24]
- House for Frank C. Churchill, 3 Campbell St, Lebanon, New Hampshire (1892)[25]
- Sewall Maternity Building, New England Hospital for Women and Children, 55 Dimock St, Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts (1892 and 1916)[26]
- Walnut Building, Home for Aged Couples, 2055 Columbus Ave, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts (1892, NRHP 2005)[27]
- House for William C. Clapp, 179 Boston St, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts (1893)[8]
- Administration and other buildings, Tewksbury Hospital, 365 East St, Tewksbury, Massachusetts (1894 et seq., NRHP 1994)[28]
- Chelmsford Public Library, 25 Boston Rd, Chelmsford, Massachusetts (1894)[29]
- House for Herbert J. Blodgett, 71 Addington Rd, Brookline, Massachusetts (1894)[30]
- 2nd and 33rd Massachusetts Infantry Monument, Orchard Knob Reservation, Chattanooga, Tennessee (1895)[31]
- Engine 30 and Ladder 25 Fire Station, 1940 Centre St, West Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts (1897-98)[32]
- Boston Fire Department Veterinary Hospital, Atkinson St, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts (1899-1900, demolished)[33]
- Engine 22 and Ladder 13 Fire Station, 70 Warren Ave, Boston, Massachusetts (1900-01)[34]
- Chemical 7 Fire Station, 360 Saratoga St, East Boston, Boston, Massachusetts (1901, altered)[35]
- Cottage for Cornelia Warren, 294 Linden St, Waltham, Massachusetts (1901, NRHP 1989)[36][37]
- Various buildings, Gardner State Hospital (former),[c] Gardner, Massachusetts (1902 et seq.)[38]
- Samuel W. Mason School, 150 Norfolk Ave, Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts (1905)[39]
- Goddard Home for Nurses, New England Hospital for Women and Children, 55 Dimock St, Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts (1909)[26]
- Columbus Building, Home for Aged Couples, 2055 Columbus Ave, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts (1910, NRHP 2005)[40]
- Hotel Rogers (former), 39 N Park St, Lebanon, New Hampshire (1911)[41]
Gallery of architectural works[]
Pedestal of Daniel Webster New Hampshire State House Grounds, Concord, New Hampshire, 1885-86.
Provincetown Town Hall, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1886.
Thomas Building, Boston, Massachusetts, 1887.
110th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument, Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1889.
Pedestal of General John Stark New Hampshire State House Grounds, Concord, New Hampshire, 1890.
Sewall Maternity Building, New England Hospital for Women and Children, Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, 1892 and 1916.
Walnut Building, Home for Aged Couples, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts, 1892.
Administration Building, Tewksbury Hospital, Tewksbury, Massachusetts, 1894.
Chelmsford Public Library, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, 1894.
Chemical 7 Fire Station, East Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, 1901.
Cottage for Cornelia Warren, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1901.
Women's Building, Tewksbury Hospital, Tewksbury, Massachusetts, 1903.
Columbus Building, Home for Aged Couples, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts, 1910.
Hotel Rogers (center right), Lebanon, New Hampshire, 1911.
Notes[]
- ^ 24 Trull was destroyed by fire circa 1980.
- ^ Originally built in 1782 for Col. Samuel Swift.
- ^ Now the North Central Correctional Institution.
References[]
- ^ http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fa0158
- ^ "Married," Boston Daily Advertiser, January 5 1878, 1.
- ^ a b c "The Illustrations," American Architect and Building News 3, no. 119 (April 6 1878): 121.
- ^ "Curtis W. Bixby, Architect, Dies," Boston Globe, January 9 1923, 18.
- ^ "The New Providence Opera House," Boston Daily Advertiser, December 5 1871, 1.
- ^ Catherine W. Bishir, "Fox, John A. (1836-1920)." ncarchitects.lib.ncsu.edu. North Carolina Architects & Builders, 2018. Accessed July 28 2021.
- ^ "Music and the Drama," Boston Daily Advertiser, February 15 1872, 1.
- ^ a b c Boston Athenaeum collections
- ^ "New England," Boston Daily Advertiser, December 17 1877, 4.
- ^ Jack Newsham, "Decades after fire, Dorchester duplex may get back its other half." bostonglobe.com. Boston Globe, September 8 2015. Accessed July 28 2021.
- ^ "BOS.6078." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed July 27 2021.
- ^ "Wales House // 1879," buildingsofnewengland.com, Buildings of New England, May 20 2020. Accessed July 28 2021.
- ^ a b c "Building Intelligence," American Architect and Building News 10, no. 289 (July 9 1881): xi.
- ^ Charles S. Damrell, A Half Century of Boston Building (Boston: Louis P. Hager, 1895)
- ^ "BOS.5669." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed July 27 2021.
- ^ "MLT.22." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed July 27 2021.
- ^ "The Illustrations," American Architect and Building News 16, no. 466 (November 29 1884): 258.
- ^ "BOS.5674." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed July 27 2021.
- ^ Official Proceedings at the Dedication of the Statue of Daniel Webster at Concord, New Hampshire (Concord: State of New Hampshire: 1886)
- ^ "403 Marlborough." backbayhouses.org. Back Bay Houses, n. d. Accessed July 27 2021.
- ^ "PRO.289." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed July 27 2021.
- ^ "BOS.2080." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed July 27 2021.
- ^ 110th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument - Gettysburg, PA
- ^ The Statue Erected by the State of New Hampshire in Honor of General John Stark (Concord: State of New Hampshire: 1890)
- ^ "Churchill House and Carriage House." lebanonnhhistory.org. Lebanon Historical Society, n. d. Accessed July 28 2021.
- ^ a b "BOS.RB." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed July 27 2021.
- ^ "Illustrations," American Architect and Building News 37, no. 864 (July 16 1892): 43.
- ^ "TEW.G." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed July 27 2021.
- ^ "CLM.224." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed July 27 2021.
- ^ "BKL.754." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed July 27 2021.
- ^ Stacy W. Reaves, A History & Guide to the Monuments of the Chickamauga National Military Park (Charleston: History Press, 2013)
- ^ "Proposals," Boston Daily Advertiser, September 4 1897, 2.
- ^ "Illustrations," American Architect and Building News 63, no. 1203 (January 14 1899): 14-15.
- ^ Report of the City Auditor of the Receipts and Expenditures of the City of Boston and the County of Suffolk, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for the Financial Year 1901-1902 (Boston: City of Boston, 1902)
- ^ "BOS.153." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed July 27 2021.
- ^ Brickbuilder 2, no. 1 (January 1902)
- ^ "WLT.327." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed July 28 2021.
- ^ Brickbuilder 15, no. 6 (June 1906)
- ^ "BOS.17245." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed July 27 2021.
- ^ "BOS.YH." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed July 27 2021.
- ^ Colburn Park Historic District NRHP Registration Form (1986)
External links[]
- 19th-century American architects
- 1836 births
- 1920 deaths
- Architects from Boston