William Gibbons Preston (September 29, 1842 – March 26, 1910) was an American architect who practiced during the last third of the nineteenth century and in the first decade of the twentieth. Educated at Harvard University and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris,[4] he was active in Boston, New York, Rhode Island, Ohio, New Brunswick and Savannah, Georgia, where he was brought by George Johnson Baldwin to design the Chatham County courthouse. Preston stayed in Savannah for several years during which time designed the original Desoto Hotel (1890, demolished 1965[5]), the Savannah Volunteer Guards Armory and 20 other distinguished public buildings and private homes.[6] He began his professional career working for his father, the builder and architect Jonathan Preston (1801–1888), upon his return to the United States from the École in 1861, and was the sole practitioner in the office from the time his father retired c. 1875[7] until he took John Kahlmeyer as a partner in about 1885.[8]
Image of "Study for House at Brookline" which appeared in the March 21, 1885 edition of American Architect and Building News. The house was built at 137 Gardner Road in 1884 for Amasa Clarke, a prominent woolens manufacturer.[2] It is no longer standing.
"Bungalow at Monument Beach, Massachusetts" (1879) from the March 27, 1880 edition of American Architect and Building News[3]
The drawings of the Preston firm, now owned by the Boston Public Library, make up "...one of the most complete sets of architectural graphics preserved from the nineteenth century."[9] Many of his buildings were pictured as prints in American Architect and Building News. He is credited with the introduction of the bungalow to the United States through a house loosely of the type that he designed in Monument Beach, Massachusetts in 1879.[10] Preston was an early historic preservationist. He was influential in the successful 1896 effort to prevent the Massachusetts state legislature from demolishing Boston's historic State House,[11] which had been designed by the noted architect Charles Bulfinch and built in 1798. Bulfinch was also an architect of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C.[12]
Preston ran his practice for many years from a commercial and office building located at 186 Devonshire Street.[13] He designed Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Rogers Building in 1864, located on Boylston Street near Boston's Copley Square, which housed the school's architecture department. Floor plans for the building show a large, centrally located space devoted to an architectural library and museum. Drawings from the Study Collection were hung on the studio walls and numerous casts and other artifacts also lined the walls and picture rails.[14]
Preston married Estelle M. Evans (1847–1920),[15] whose father was the wealthy real estate developer Brice S. Evans,[16] on December 6, 1866, and the couple had one son, Evans (1867–1900). William was an active member and fellow of the American Institute of Architects[17] and served that organization in the office of first vice-president at the end of the 1890s.[18] He was for many years a member of the Boston Society of Architects, and for thirty years served as its treasurer.[19] He died at his home at 1063 Beacon Street[20] in Brookline in 1910.[21]
Images of the exterior and main hall of the Rogers Building, 1864, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (The Walker Building is in the background in the upper view.)
New England Museum of Natural History (1865, with Jonathan Preston, extant) 234 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA – after a fifteen-month restoration in 2013 now RH Boston.[23]
Charles Edward Cook house (c. 1870 – extant) 1 Gloucester St., Boston, MA[24]
Hotel Vendome (1871 – extant) 160 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA, corner section by Preston, remainder by J.F. Ober and R. Rand in 1881
Charles H. Bradshaw house, (1878, extant) 175 Summer Street, Spring Hill (Somerville), MA[28]
Police station, 1878, Saint John, New BrunswickPolice Station and Jail, (1878, demolished c.1975) 128 King Street E., Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada[29]
Claflin Building (1884, extant), 20 Beacon Street, Boston, MA, renovation of an 1873 building by others as the building for the Boston University School of Religious Education and Social Service, named for university founder Jacob Claflin. Alexander Graham Bell taught vocal physiology in the building. It has also held retail businesses and is now a residential condominium building.[35]
Boston Terra Cotta Company's "New Building"[36] (1885, demolished) 394 Federal St., Boston MA
George Johnson Baldwin house (1887, extant)[39] – 225 E. Hall, Savannah, GA. This house is notable for its "...tall ribbed chimneys and the elaborate stepped dormer(s)."[40]
Chadwick Lead Works, (1887, extant) 176–184 High Street, Boston[41]
"Gardencourt" Charles H. Pope house (c. 1888 – extant) 10 Gibson Avenue, Narragansett Pier, RI [42] now expanded and converted to a condominium community.
Union Society Building (1889, extant)[43] 121–125 Whitaker St., Savannah GA
Chatham County (GA) Courthouse (1889, extant), 124 Bull Street, Savannah, GA
Hotel De Soto (1890,[44] demolished 1968[45]), E. Liberty Street at Drayton Street, Savannah, GA, now the site of the Hilton DeSoto Hotel.
Charles M. Russell mansion[46](1890 – demolished in 1966 and replaced by a Goodyear store[47]) 328 Lincoln Way East, Massillon, OH
St. Luke's Lutheran Church[48] (1890, extant) Marlon Avenue and Park Avenue West, Mansfield, OH. Repurposed as a home.
Francis H. Dewey house "Stonecroft" (1891 – extant) 362 Ocean Road, Narragansett Pier, RI [49]
Marion Music Hall (1891 – extant) 164 Front Street, Marion, MA[50]
Dormitories and Electric Plant for the Massachusetts School for the Feeble-Minded[53] (after 1925 the Walter E. Fernald State School), (1902, 1905, extant), 200 Trapelo Road, Waltham, MA
International Trust Company Building (1906 – extant) 45 Milk Street, Boston, MA, substantial expansion of existing building by others.[54][55][a]
^It has been designated by the Boston Landmarks Commission and the National Register of Historic Places as a historic landmark.[55]
Referencesedit
^"Obituaries - William Gibbons Preston". American Institute of Architects Quarterly Bulletin. XI (1): 35. April 1910.
^Hardwicke, Greer and Roger Reed (1998). Brookline. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing. pp. 73. ISBN978-0-7385-4974-3.
^"The Illustrations – Bungalow at Monument Beach, Mass., Mr. W.G. Preston, Architect, Boston". American Architect and Building News. VII (222): 129. March 27, 1880.
^"Mechanic's Hall Designer Dies". Boston Journal: 9. April 8, 1910.
^Triplett, Whip Morrison (2006). Postcard History Series – Savannah. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing. pp. 10–14. ISBN0-7385-4209-1.
^Caldwell, Wilber W. (2001). The Courthouse and the Depot: The Architecture of Hope in an Age of Despair – A Narrative Guide to Railroad Expansion and its Impact on Public Architecture in Georgia – 1833–1910. Macon: Mercer University Press. p. 64. ISBN0-86554-748-3.
^O'Gorman, James F. (1989). On the Boards: Drawings by Nineteenth-Century Boston Architects. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 376–377. ISBN0812212878.
^"Obituary – William Gibbons Preston". The Western Architect. XVI (1): 76. July 1910.
^O'Gorman, James F. (1989). On the Boards: Drawings by Nineteenth-Century Boston Architects. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 39. ISBN0812212878.
^Barbara Mayer – The Associated Press (June 20, 1997). "The Bungalow Makes a Comeback". The Salina Journal: A5.
^"THREE-CENT FARE – Representative Mellen Says West End Can Afford Them. – COMPANY SAYS IT IS NOT SO – Last Free Transfer Hearing Will Be Given Thursday. – MORE BOSTON LEGISLATION". Boston Post: 8. April 7, 1896.
^Risjord, Norman K. (2001). Representative Americans: The Revolutionary Generation. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 161, 167–69. ISBN1461641985.
^The Boston Directory – Containing the City Record, A Directory of the Citizens, and Business Directory – No. LXXVII – Commencing July 1, 1882. Boston: Sampson, Davenport and Company. 1882. p. 1131.
^Architecture at MIT, accessed August 12, 2010, includes photos
^"Deaths". The Boston Globe. XCVII (117): 13. April 26, 1920.
^Herndon, Richard and Edwin M. Bacon (1896). Men of Progress: One Thousand Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Leaders in Business and Professional Life in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston: New England Magazine. pp. 960–61.
^"A Group of American Architects". American Architect and Building News. XV (425): 75. February 16, 1884.
^"MEN WHO MAKE PLANS – AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS HERE – PROTRACTED PRELIMINARY SESSIONS YESTERDAY AND TO-DAY – Contentions to be Adjudicated before Convention Can Meet". Detroit Free Press. 63 (4): 7. September 28, 1897.
^"Chapter Notes - Boston Chapter". American Institute of Architects Quarterly Bulletin. XI (1): 10. April 1910.
^American Art Annual, Volume 8. MacMillan Company. 1911. p. 400.
^"Summary: Henry Parfitt; Jonathan Preston; James Jackson Jarves, lately deceased – The Lockout of the Iron-Workers – The Congressional Library – Architects and Engineers". American Architect and Building News. XXIV (65): 13. July 14, 1888.
^Raul Barreneche (May 2013). "Restoration Hardware's Boston Flagship Store Opens in a Historic Building – After two years of planning and major renovations, Restoration Hardware—newly rebranded as RH—opens its largest store to date in a historic 1860s building". Architectural Digest: 64–65.
^"An Elegant Double, Octagon Front, Three Story and French Roof Dwelling House – On the Corner of Beacon and Gloucester Streets". Boston Post. XCVI (118): 3. May 17, 1879.
^"The New State Prison". Boston Post. LXXXVI (68): 3. March 20, 1874.
^"Moody and Sankey in Boston". Fitchburg [Massachusetts] Daily Sentinel. IV (188): 2. October 16, 1876.
^"A New Commercial Project". Boston Post. XCV (29): 3. August 3, 1878.
^"House for Charles H. Bradshaw, Esq., Spring Hill, Mass. W.G. Preston, Architect". American Architect and Building News. III (108): 22. January 19, 1878.
^"Police Station at St John, N.B.". American Architect and Building News. 3 (123): 157. May 4, 1878.
^“Seashore House” in Wm. T. Comstock Modern Architectural Designs and Details 1881 later Victorian Architectural Domestic Plans and Details, 1987
^"Mason Building, Liberty Sq., Boston W.G. Preston, Architect". American Architect and Building News. VIII (238): 30. July 17, 1880.
^"The Illustrations – Sketch for the New York International Exposition Building, 1883, Mr. William G. Preston, Architect, Boston". American Architect and Building News. VII (220): 106. March 13, 1880.
^"THE FOURTEENTH EXHIBITION OF THE MECHANIC ASSOCIATION – History of the Association – Its work and Its Prosperity – Previous Exhibitions – Its Officers for Eighty-Seven Years – Present Membership, Etc". Boston Post. CI (64): 5. September 13, 1881.
^"The Illustrations – Lincoln, Mass., Town Library". American Architect and Building News. XV (429): 120, 126. March 15, 1884.
^Boston Real Estate Observer: Claflin Building at 20 Beacon Street, accessed August 12, 2010
^"A Portion of the Boston Terra Cotta Company's New Building -– Boston – Wm. G. Preston, Architect". American Architect and Building News. XVII (497): 7. July 4, 1885.
^Tolles, Bryant Franklin (2008). Summer by the Seaside: The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels, 1820–1950. Lebanon: University Press of New England. p. 50. ISBN978-1584655763.
^"Historic Resources of Narragansett Pier" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
^Regina Cole (Spring 1997). "Savannah Grace – In a City Famous for Old Houses, this one is a Landmark". Old House Interiors. III (I): 34.
^"webpage 225 East Hall (or the George Baldwin House) – page 1 (of two pages), William Gibbons Preston, 1887". Mary Ann Sullivan for Bluffington University. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
^"Chadwick Lead Works – Boston – Mr. W.G. Preston, Architect – Boston, Mass". American Architect and Building News. XXI (193): 223. May 7, 1887.
^Narragansett Pier – Narragansett, Rhode Island – Statewide Historical Preservation Report: Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission, Mrs. George E. Downing, Chairman, February, 1978, p.14
^Multiple print spread including main entrance, dining room, and exterior May 2, 1896, American Architect and Building News
^Horace Sutton (October 6, 1968). "Historic Foundation Restoring Savannah's 19th Century Charm". Chicago Tribune: J13.
^"Our Architectural Illustrations". The Engineering and Building Record and Sanitary Engineer. 22 (8): 114, 114a. June 26, 1890.
^"The C.M. Russell Mansion...will be razed". The [Massillon] Evening Independent. CII (297): 3. June 22, 1965.
^"The Illustrations – St. Luke's Church, Mansfield, O., Mr. W.G. Preston, Architect, Boston, Mass". American Architect and Building News. XXVII (744): 205. March 29, 1890.
^Narragansett Pier – Narragansett, Rhode Island – Statewide Historical Preservation Report: Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission, Mrs. George E. Downing, Chairman, February, 1978, p.35
^"The Illustrations – Armory of the First Corps of Cadets, Boston, Mass., Mr. W.G. Preston, Architect, Boston, Mass". American Architect and Building News. XXXVII (869): 122. August 20, 1892.
^"BUILDERS FOR ALL TIME – AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS IN ANNUAL SESSION – HON. A.J. CALDWELL VOICES THE CITY'S WELCOME – Many Interesting Papers and Reports Read and Discussed – The Programme – Some of the People Here". The Nashville American. XXI (7287): 3. October 21, 1896.
^Turner, Henry E. (1907). Report of the Auditor of Accounts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for the Fiscal Year (eleven months) ending November 30, 1906. Boston: Wright and Potter Co., State Printers. p. 430.
^"Reconstructions". The Western Architect. XIV (4): 33–34. October 1909.
^ abcAnnear, Steve (March 16, 2021). "What's up with those blocked-off stairs in downtown Boston? An answer, one year later". The Boston Globe. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
^"The New Quincy Market Cold Store". Cold Storage and Ice Trade Journal. XVI (2): 29–31. August 1906.
^Turner, Henry E. (1909). Report of the Auditor of Accounts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for the Fiscal Year ending November 30, 1908. Boston: Wright and Potter Co., State Printers. p. 347.
Further readingedit
City of Boston, Landmarks Commission. International Trust Company Building (45 Milk Street) Study Report, 1977. (Building designed by Preston)
Jean Ames Follett-Thompson: "The Business of Architecture – William Gibbons Preston and Architectural Professionalism in Boston in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century," Ph.D. diss., Boston University, 1986
External linksedit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to William G. Preston.
Boston Public Library. William G. Preston (1842–1910) Collection
Hotel Vendome. Preston designed the corner building, 1871
Poetter Hall historical marker
[1] The Next Phase Blog – Social commentary and opinions: No guns, politics, or religion. Boston's Hidden Gems: New England Museum Restoration – This is the seventh in a series of posts on largely unknown spaces in Boston that are open to the public.
[2] 225 East Hall (or the George Baldwin House) – Page 1 (of two pages), William Gibbons Preston, 1887, Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffington University
International Trust Company Building – 45 Milk Street, Boston – Boston Landmarks Commission Study Report [3]
PHOTOS, PRINTS, DRAWINGS – Savannah Historic District, Whitfield Building (Union Society Building), 121–125 Whitaker Street, Savannah, Chatham County, GA [5]
william, preston, william, gibbons, preston, september, 1842, march, 1910, american, architect, practiced, during, last, third, nineteenth, century, first, decade, twentieth, educated, harvard, university, École, beaux, arts, paris, active, boston, york, rhode. William Gibbons Preston September 29 1842 March 26 1910 was an American architect who practiced during the last third of the nineteenth century and in the first decade of the twentieth Educated at Harvard University and the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris 4 he was active in Boston New York Rhode Island Ohio New Brunswick and Savannah Georgia where he was brought by George Johnson Baldwin to design the Chatham County courthouse Preston stayed in Savannah for several years during which time designed the original Desoto Hotel 1890 demolished 1965 5 the Savannah Volunteer Guards Armory and 20 other distinguished public buildings and private homes 6 He began his professional career working for his father the builder and architect Jonathan Preston 1801 1888 upon his return to the United States from the Ecole in 1861 and was the sole practitioner in the office from the time his father retired c 1875 7 until he took John Kahlmeyer as a partner in about 1885 8 William Gibbons PrestonFAIABorn 1842 09 29 September 29 1842Boston Massachusetts U S DiedApril 26 1910 1910 04 26 aged 67 1 Brookline Massachusetts U S NationalityAmericanAlma materHarvard University Ecole des Beaux ArtsOccupationArchitectImage of Study for House at Brookline which appeared in the March 21 1885 edition of American Architect and Building News The house was built at 137 Gardner Road in 1884 for Amasa Clarke a prominent woolens manufacturer 2 It is no longer standing Bungalow at Monument Beach Massachusetts 1879 from the March 27 1880 edition of American Architect and Building News 3 The drawings of the Preston firm now owned by the Boston Public Library make up one of the most complete sets of architectural graphics preserved from the nineteenth century 9 Many of his buildings were pictured as prints in American Architect and Building News He is credited with the introduction of the bungalow to the United States through a house loosely of the type that he designed in Monument Beach Massachusetts in 1879 10 Preston was an early historic preservationist He was influential in the successful 1896 effort to prevent the Massachusetts state legislature from demolishing Boston s historic State House 11 which had been designed by the noted architect Charles Bulfinch and built in 1798 Bulfinch was also an architect of the Capitol building in Washington D C 12 Preston ran his practice for many years from a commercial and office building located at 186 Devonshire Street 13 He designed Massachusetts Institute of Technology s Rogers Building in 1864 located on Boylston Street near Boston s Copley Square which housed the school s architecture department Floor plans for the building show a large centrally located space devoted to an architectural library and museum Drawings from the Study Collection were hung on the studio walls and numerous casts and other artifacts also lined the walls and picture rails 14 Preston married Estelle M Evans 1847 1920 15 whose father was the wealthy real estate developer Brice S Evans 16 on December 6 1866 and the couple had one son Evans 1867 1900 William was an active member and fellow of the American Institute of Architects 17 and served that organization in the office of first vice president at the end of the 1890s 18 He was for many years a member of the Boston Society of Architects and for thirty years served as its treasurer 19 He died at his home at 1063 Beacon Street 20 in Brookline in 1910 21 Contents 1 Selected projects 2 Notes 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksSelected projects edit nbsp Images of the exterior and main hall of the Rogers Building 1864 Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Walker Building is in the background in the upper view Rogers Building of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1864 demolished 1939 491 Boylston Street Boston MA with his father Jonathan Preston 22 New England Museum of Natural History 1865 with Jonathan Preston extant 234 Berkeley Street Boston MA after a fifteen month restoration in 2013 now RH Boston 23 Charles Edward Cook house c 1870 extant 1 Gloucester St Boston MA 24 Hotel Vendome 1871 extant 160 Commonwealth Avenue Boston MA corner section by Preston remainder by J F Ober and R Rand in 1881 World s Peace Jubilee Coliseum 1872 Dartmouth Street and St James Avenue Boston MA George H Fales house 1873 extant 27 W Main St West Brookfield MA Massachusetts State Prison Third Place winning entry 1874 25 Moody and Sankey Tabernacle Tremont Street Boston MA 1876 26 demolished c 1883 now the site of Boston Center for the Arts J C Gilbert House 1876 extant 40 Vautrinot Ave Hull MA Thomas Webster Estate main house 1878 extant 238 Webster Street Marshfield MA Exhibition building at Rio de Janeiro 1878 status unknown 27 Charles H Bradshaw house 1878 extant 175 Summer Street Spring Hill Somerville MA 28 nbsp Police station 1878 Saint John New BrunswickPolice Station and Jail 1878 demolished c 1975 128 King Street E Saint John New Brunswick Canada 29 Seashore House 1879 extant 30 Highland Ave Hull MA MA 30 Bungalow 1879 status unknown address unknown Monument Beach MA Mason Building Liberty Square 1880 demolished 70 Kilby Street Boston 31 Proposal for an International Exposition Building for the 1883 New York World s Fair 32 1880 fair never held Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association building 1881 demolished 1959 Huntington Avenue and West Newton Street Boston MA 33 Hull Yacht Club 1882 demolished 63 Highland Ave Hull MA C Kennard House 1882 extant 42 Western Ave Hull MA nbsp Pavilion at Friars Head 1882 Campobello New BrunswickPavilion at Friars Head 1882 status not known Campobello New Brunswick Jacob Sleeper Hall Boston University 1883 demolished 688 Boylston Street Boston MA The Hotel Aubry 1883 demolished 1959 149 Newbury Street Boston MA W G Preston amp Albert C Fernald Lincoln Public Library 34 1884 extant with subsequent additions by others 3 Bedford Road Lincoln MA Claflin Building 1884 extant 20 Beacon Street Boston MA renovation of an 1873 building by others as the building for the Boston University School of Religious Education and Social Service named for university founder Jacob Claflin Alexander Graham Bell taught vocal physiology in the building It has also held retail businesses and is now a residential condominium building 35 Boston Terra Cotta Company s New Building 36 1885 demolished 394 Federal St Boston MA nbsp Savannah Cotton ExchangeSavannah Cotton Exchange 1886 extant 100 E Bay Street Savannah GA Greene s Inn 1887 37 burned c 1980 and subsequently demolished 38 175 Ocean Road Narragansett Pier RI George Johnson Baldwin house 1887 extant 39 225 E Hall Savannah GA This house is notable for its tall ribbed chimneys and the elaborate stepped dormer s 40 Chadwick Lead Works 1887 extant 176 184 High Street Boston 41 Gardencourt Charles H Pope house c 1888 extant 10 Gibson Avenue Narragansett Pier RI 42 now expanded and converted to a condominium community Union Society Building 1889 extant 43 121 125 Whitaker St Savannah GA Chatham County GA Courthouse 1889 extant 124 Bull Street Savannah GA Hotel De Soto 1890 44 demolished 1968 45 E Liberty Street at Drayton Street Savannah GA now the site of the Hilton DeSoto Hotel Charles M Russell mansion 46 1890 demolished in 1966 and replaced by a Goodyear store 47 328 Lincoln Way East Massillon OH St Luke s Lutheran Church 48 1890 extant Marlon Avenue and Park Avenue West Mansfield OH Repurposed as a home Francis H Dewey house Stonecroft 1891 extant 362 Ocean Road Narragansett Pier RI 49 Marion Music Hall 1891 extant 164 Front Street Marion MA 50 Armory of the First Corps of Cadets of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia 51 1891 completed 1897 extant 97 105 Arlington Street Boston MA pictured on August 20 1892 American Architect and Building News John Hancock Building Devonshire 1891 demolished c 1903 178 Devonshire Street Boston MA 52 Savannah Volunteer Guards Armory 1893 extant 90 92 now 342 Bull Street Savannah GA now Poetter Hall Savannah College of Art and Design Central Exchange Building c 1895 extant 340 Main Street Worcester MA Templeton Farm Colony of the Massachusetts School for the Feeble Minded Now Templeton Developmental Center 1899 extant 126 Royalston Road Templeton MA Boston Transit Commission Building 1903 extant 15 Beacon Street Boston MA Dormitories and Electric Plant for the Massachusetts School for the Feeble Minded 53 after 1925 the Walter E Fernald State School 1902 1905 extant 200 Trapelo Road Waltham MA International Trust Company Building 1906 extant 45 Milk Street Boston MA substantial expansion of existing building by others 54 55 a Quincy Market Cold Storage Warehouse 1906 56 demolished 21 33 Eastern Avenue Boston MA Barn for the Massachusetts State Sanatorium 57 1908 demolished State Hospital Road Rutland MA Central Station of West End Street Railway Company Boston Boston Public Garden footbridge 55 Buildings in New York Ohio and Rhode Island nbsp International Exposition Building 1880 nbsp Greene s Inn 1887 nbsp Gardencourt Charles H Pope house 1888 nbsp Charles M Russell house 1890 nbsp St Luke s Lutheran Church 1890 Buildings in Boston Massachusetts nbsp New England Natural History Museum 1865 nbsp Hotel Vendome 1871 before additions by others nbsp World s Peace Jubilee Coliseum 1872 nbsp The Hotel Aubry 1883 nbsp Boston Terra Cotta Company 1885 nbsp International Trust Company Building 1906 Buildings in Massachusetts outside of Boston nbsp George Henry Fales residence 1873 nbsp Charles H Bradshaw house 1878 nbsp Thomas Webster Estate 1878 nbsp Lincoln Public Library 1884 nbsp Central Exchange Building 1896 Buildings in Savannah Georgia nbsp Savannah Cotton Exchange 1886 nbsp George Johnson Baldwin house 1887 nbsp Chatham County Courthouse 1889 nbsp Hotel DeSoto 1890 nbsp Savannah Volunteer Guards Armory 1893Notes edit It has been designated by the Boston Landmarks Commission and the National Register of Historic Places as a historic landmark 55 References edit Obituaries William Gibbons Preston American Institute of Architects Quarterly Bulletin XI 1 35 April 1910 Hardwicke Greer and Roger Reed 1998 Brookline Charleston Arcadia Publishing pp 73 ISBN 978 0 7385 4974 3 The Illustrations Bungalow at Monument Beach Mass Mr W G Preston Architect Boston American Architect and Building News VII 222 129 March 27 1880 Mechanic s Hall Designer Dies Boston Journal 9 April 8 1910 Triplett Whip Morrison 2006 Postcard History Series Savannah Charleston Arcadia Publishing pp 10 14 ISBN 0 7385 4209 1 Caldwell Wilber W 2001 The Courthouse and the Depot The Architecture of Hope in an Age of Despair A Narrative Guide to Railroad Expansion and its Impact on Public Architecture in Georgia 1833 1910 Macon Mercer University Press p 64 ISBN 0 86554 748 3 O Gorman James F 1989 On the Boards Drawings by Nineteenth Century Boston Architects Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press pp 376 377 ISBN 0812212878 Obituary William Gibbons Preston The Western Architect XVI 1 76 July 1910 O Gorman James F 1989 On the Boards Drawings by Nineteenth Century Boston Architects Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press p 39 ISBN 0812212878 Barbara Mayer The Associated Press June 20 1997 The Bungalow Makes a Comeback The Salina Journal A5 THREE CENT FARE Representative Mellen Says West End Can Afford Them COMPANY SAYS IT IS NOT SO Last Free Transfer Hearing Will Be Given Thursday MORE BOSTON LEGISLATION Boston Post 8 April 7 1896 Risjord Norman K 2001 Representative Americans The Revolutionary Generation Lanham Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers pp 161 167 69 ISBN 1461641985 The Boston Directory Containing the City Record A Directory of the Citizens and Business Directory No LXXVII Commencing July 1 1882 Boston Sampson Davenport and Company 1882 p 1131 Architecture at MIT accessed August 12 2010 includes photos Deaths The Boston Globe XCVII 117 13 April 26 1920 Herndon Richard and Edwin M Bacon 1896 Men of Progress One Thousand Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Leaders in Business and Professional Life in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Boston New England Magazine pp 960 61 A Group of American Architects American Architect and Building News XV 425 75 February 16 1884 MEN WHO MAKE PLANS AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS HERE PROTRACTED PRELIMINARY SESSIONS YESTERDAY AND TO DAY Contentions to be Adjudicated before Convention Can Meet Detroit Free Press 63 4 7 September 28 1897 Chapter Notes Boston Chapter American Institute of Architects Quarterly Bulletin XI 1 10 April 1910 Rich Adams June 1915 MCMA History Charitably Speaking 2 3 American Art Annual Volume 8 MacMillan Company 1911 p 400 Summary Henry Parfitt Jonathan Preston James Jackson Jarves lately deceased The Lockout of the Iron Workers The Congressional Library Architects and Engineers American Architect and Building News XXIV 65 13 July 14 1888 Raul Barreneche May 2013 Restoration Hardware s Boston Flagship Store Opens in a Historic Building After two years of planning and major renovations Restoration Hardware newly rebranded as RH opens its largest store to date in a historic 1860s building Architectural Digest 64 65 An Elegant Double Octagon Front Three Story and French Roof Dwelling House On the Corner of Beacon and Gloucester Streets Boston Post XCVI 118 3 May 17 1879 The New State Prison Boston Post LXXXVI 68 3 March 20 1874 Moody and Sankey in Boston Fitchburg Massachusetts Daily Sentinel IV 188 2 October 16 1876 A New Commercial Project Boston Post XCV 29 3 August 3 1878 House for Charles H Bradshaw Esq Spring Hill Mass W G Preston Architect American Architect and Building News III 108 22 January 19 1878 Police Station at St John N B American Architect and Building News 3 123 157 May 4 1878 Seashore House in Wm T Comstock Modern Architectural Designs and Details 1881 later Victorian Architectural Domestic Plans and Details 1987 Mason Building Liberty Sq Boston W G Preston Architect American Architect and Building News VIII 238 30 July 17 1880 The Illustrations Sketch for the New York International Exposition Building 1883 Mr William G Preston Architect Boston American Architect and Building News VII 220 106 March 13 1880 THE FOURTEENTH EXHIBITION OF THE MECHANIC ASSOCIATION History of the Association Its work and Its Prosperity Previous Exhibitions Its Officers for Eighty Seven Years Present Membership Etc Boston Post CI 64 5 September 13 1881 The Illustrations Lincoln Mass Town Library American Architect and Building News XV 429 120 126 March 15 1884 Boston Real Estate Observer Claflin Building at 20 Beacon Street accessed August 12 2010 A Portion of the Boston Terra Cotta Company s New Building Boston Wm G Preston Architect American Architect and Building News XVII 497 7 July 4 1885 Tolles Bryant Franklin 2008 Summer by the Seaside The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels 1820 1950 Lebanon University Press of New England p 50 ISBN 978 1584655763 Historic Resources of Narragansett Pier PDF Rhode Island Preservation Retrieved October 21 2014 Regina Cole Spring 1997 Savannah Grace In a City Famous for Old Houses this one is a Landmark Old House Interiors III I 34 webpage 225 East Hall or the George Baldwin House page 1 of two pages William Gibbons Preston 1887 Mary Ann Sullivan for Bluffington University Retrieved November 30 2016 Chadwick Lead Works Boston Mr W G Preston Architect Boston Mass American Architect and Building News XXI 193 223 May 7 1887 Narragansett Pier Narragansett Rhode Island Statewide Historical Preservation Report Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission Mrs George E Downing Chairman February 1978 p 14 HABS Document No GA 1203 A Multiple print spread including main entrance dining room and exterior May 2 1896 American Architect and Building News Horace Sutton October 6 1968 Historic Foundation Restoring Savannah s 19th Century Charm Chicago Tribune J13 Our Architectural Illustrations The Engineering and Building Record and Sanitary Engineer 22 8 114 114a June 26 1890 The C M Russell Mansion will be razed The Massillon Evening Independent CII 297 3 June 22 1965 The Illustrations St Luke s Church Mansfield O Mr W G Preston Architect Boston Mass American Architect and Building News XXVII 744 205 March 29 1890 Narragansett Pier Narragansett Rhode Island Statewide Historical Preservation Report Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission Mrs George E Downing Chairman February 1978 p 35 Rosbe Judith Westlund 2000 Marion Charleston Arcadia Publishing pp 23 ISBN 9780738504193 The Illustrations Armory of the First Corps of Cadets Boston Mass Mr W G Preston Architect Boston Mass American Architect and Building News XXXVII 869 122 August 20 1892 BUILDERS FOR ALL TIME AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS IN ANNUAL SESSION HON A J CALDWELL VOICES THE CITY S WELCOME Many Interesting Papers and Reports Read and Discussed The Programme Some of the People Here The Nashville American XXI 7287 3 October 21 1896 Turner Henry E 1907 Report of the Auditor of Accounts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the Fiscal Year eleven months ending November 30 1906 Boston Wright and Potter Co State Printers p 430 Reconstructions The Western Architect XIV 4 33 34 October 1909 a b c Annear Steve March 16 2021 What s up with those blocked off stairs in downtown Boston An answer one year later The Boston Globe Retrieved March 16 2021 The New Quincy Market Cold Store Cold Storage and Ice Trade Journal XVI 2 29 31 August 1906 Turner Henry E 1909 Report of the Auditor of Accounts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the Fiscal Year ending November 30 1908 Boston Wright and Potter Co State Printers p 347 Further reading editCity of Boston Landmarks Commission International Trust Company Building 45 Milk Street Study Report 1977 Building designed by Preston Jean Ames Follett Thompson The Business of Architecture William Gibbons Preston and Architectural Professionalism in Boston in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century Ph D diss Boston University 1986External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to William G Preston Boston Public Library William G Preston 1842 1910 Collection New York Public Library View of the Coliseum World s Peace Jubilee and International Musical Festival 1872 designed by Preston http communities aia org sites hdoaa wiki Wiki 20Pages ahd1035887 aspx Hotel Vendome Preston designed the corner building 1871 Poetter Hall historical marker 1 The Next Phase Blog Social commentary and opinions No guns politics or religion Boston s Hidden Gems New England Museum Restoration This is the seventh in a series of posts on largely unknown spaces in Boston that are open to the public 2 225 East Hall or the George Baldwin House Page 1 of two pages William Gibbons Preston 1887 Mary Ann Sullivan Bluffington University International Trust Company Building 45 Milk Street Boston Boston Landmarks Commission Study Report 3 Lost New England Hotel Vendome Boston 4 PHOTOS PRINTS DRAWINGS Savannah Historic District Whitfield Building Union Society Building 121 125 Whitaker Street Savannah Chatham County GA 5 Charitably Speaking MCMA History 6 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William G Preston amp oldid 1159493745, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
