# Henry Warren Rogers

Henry Warren Rogers (1831-1915) was an American architect practicing during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Lynn, Massachusetts.

## Early life and career

Henry W. Rogers was born November 20, 1831, in Lynn, Massachusetts, to Warren and Elizabeth (Potter) Rogers. He attended the public schools of Lynn and Marshfield, to which town his family moved in 1841. In 1846 he was apprenticed to Isaac Waterman, a shipbuilder of Medford, Massachusetts. In 1853 he instead took up housebuilding, and returned to Lynn in 1855. For some years he was employed as a foreman by Nehemiah Lee. Being responsible for the design of many of the buildings he built, he gradually turned to architecture. In 1879 he formally abandoned carpentry and opened an architect's office in Lynn. By 1882 he had associated himself with his elder son, Hamilton Everett Rogers. After the death of the elder Rogers, Hamilton E. Rogers continued to practice under his father's name until 1917. His own death occurred on December 30, 1920.

## Personal life

Rogers was first married to Caroline Augusta Bates (1834-1875) in 1854. She died in 1875, and he remarried in 1880, to Olive Ann Randall (1847-1938) of North Berwick, Maine. Rogers had three children, all with Caroline Augusta: Henrietta Eunice (1855-1919), Hamilton Everett (1857-1920) and Clarence Abel Rogers (1859-1941). Both sons followed him into the architecture profession. Henry Warren Rogers died January 30, 1915.
Rogers was a descendant of one John Rogers, who immigrated to Marshfield, Massachusetts, from England in 1635, aboard the Hercules.

## Legacy

At least four of Rogers' works have been individually listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places, and others contribute to listed historic districts.
Rogers and his son were responsible for the design of many buildings built after the Great Fire of 1889. Two from this period, the Fabens and Woodbury Buildings, are considered to be the best examples of the Richardsonian Romanesque style in Lynn.

## Architectural works

| Year | Project | Address | City | State | Notes |
| 1880 | Boyden House | 280 Union St | Lynn | Massachusetts | Extant but heavily altered. |
| 1880 | St. Mary R. C. School | 30 Pleasant St | Lynn | Massachusetts | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Lynn Common Historic District in 1992. |
| 1882 | House for Joseph E. Hood | 4 Ash St | Danvers | Massachusetts | |
| 1884 | Receiving Tomb, Swampscott Cemetery | 400 Essex St | Swampscott | Massachusetts | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Swampscott Cemetery in 2013. |
| 1890 | Fabens Building | 312 Union St | Lynn | Massachusetts | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. |
| 1890 | House for Isaiah Crossman | 50 Beacon Hill Ave | Lynn | Massachusetts | |
| 1890 | Woodbury Building | 145 Munroe St | Lynn | Massachusetts | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Central Square Historic District in 1985. |
| 1891 | Dagyr Building | 11 Willow St | Lynn | Massachusetts | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Central Square Historic District in 1985. |
| 1891 | Pevear Building | 501 Washington St | Lynn | Massachusetts | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Central Square Historic District in 1985. |
| 1892 | Factories for S. N. Breed & Company | 647-677 Washington St | Lynn | Massachusetts | Demolished. |
| 1892 | Factory for the Aaron F. Smith Company | 589 Essex St | Lynn | Massachusetts | |
| 1892 | Tenements for Patrick B. Magrane | 12-20 Elm and 225-229 S Common Sts | Lynn | Massachusetts | |
| 1893 | Rectory for St. Mary R. C. Church | 8 S Common St | Lynn | Massachusetts | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Lynn Common Historic District in 1992. |
| 1895 | Factory for Sawyer & Chase | 584-598 Washington St | Lynn | Massachusetts | Demolished. |
| 1895 | House for Frances G. Keene | 11 Grosvenor Park | Lynn | Massachusetts | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Diamond Historic District in 1996. |
| 1896 | House for John Cotter | 15 Harwood St | Lynn | Massachusetts | |
| 1896 | House for Charles E. Forbes | 34 King St | Lynn | Massachusetts | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Diamond Historic District in 1996. |
| 1896 | House for Henry Warren Rogers | 30 King St | Lynn | Massachusetts | The architect's own home. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Diamond Historic District in 1996. |
| 1896 | Laboratory for the Lydia E. Pinkham Manufacturing Company | 271 Western Ave | Lynn | Massachusetts | Rogers would do other work for the company founded by Lydia E. Pinkham, including a warehouse addition in 1898. |
| 1896 | Swampscott Fish House | 425 Humphrey St | Swampscott | Massachusetts | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. |
| 1897 | Aborn School | 409 Eastern Ave | Lynn | Massachusetts | |
| 1897 | Cottage for Hannah Wardwell | 2 Surf St | Marblehead | Massachusetts | |
| 1897 | House for Byron E. Glover | 179 Ocean St | Lynn | Massachusetts | |
| 1897 | House for Stephen B. Howe | 68 Newhall St | Lynn | Massachusetts | |
| 1897 | Clift Rodgers Free Library (former) | 83 Old Main St | Marshfield Hills | Massachusetts | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Marshfield Hills Historic District in 2009. |
| 1898 | House for Ernest Dodge | 6 Rodman St | Roslindale, Boston | Massachusetts | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Woodbourne Historic District in 1999. |
| 1898 | Lewis School | 583 Chestnut St | Lynn | Massachusetts | |
| 1899 | House for Frank E Wells | 2643 Dartmouth College Highway | North Haverhill | New Hampshire | |
| 1900 | Daily Item Building | 38 Exchange St | Lynn | Massachusetts | |
| 1901 | Lynn Realty Company Building No. 1 | 190-192 Broad St | Lynn | Massachusetts | Demolished. |
| 1902 | Lynn Realty Company Building No. 2 | 678 Washington St | Lynn | Massachusetts | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. |
| 1902 | Lynn Realty Company Building No. 3 | 696 Washington St | Lynn | Massachusetts | Demolished. |
| 1903 | Lynn Realty Company Building No. 4 | 7 Liberty Sq | Lynn | Massachusetts | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 as the Vamp Building. |
| 1904 | St. John the Evangelist R. C. Church | 174 Humphrey St | Swampscott | Massachusetts | |
| 1907 | Lynn Realty Company Building No. 6 | 266 Broad St | Lynn | Massachusetts | Demolished. |
| 1907 | Lynn Realty Company Building No. 7 | 278 Broad St | Lynn | Massachusetts | Demolished. |
| 1909 | House for John R. Donovan | 26 Peirce Rd | Lynn | Massachusetts | |
| 1911 | House for Lloyd G. Lewis | 87 Ocean St | Lynn | Massachusetts | |
| 1915 | Garage and apartment for Frederick S. Pevear | 21 Henry Ave | Lynn | Massachusetts | |
| 1916 | House for Cornelius J. Shea | 31 King St | Lynn | Massachusetts | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Diamond Historic District in 1996. |
| 1917 | Convent for St. Mary R. C. Church | 32 City Hall Sq | Lynn | Massachusetts | |