Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-26

correction In New London, Conn. the
state lunatic hospital at Taunton, and
the state lunatic hospital at Tewksbury,
Among his numerous hotels are Con-
gress Hall at Saratoga Springs, N. Y;
the Fort William Henry Hotel at Lake
George, N. Y; the Croclker House at
New London, Conn; the Brooks House
at Brattleboro, VT; and the Towns
Hotel at Brattleboro.
Educational institutions in all sections
of the country were also designed by
him, among them being the Nichols
Academy observatory and boarding
house at Dudley, the old Medical col
lege on Providence street, now part of
the Worcester Academy, Antioch Col
lege at Yellow Springs, Ohio; the old
Holy Cross College (remodelled), Cush-
ing Academy at Ashburnham, the Wash
burn work shop at the Worcester Poly
technic Institute the high school house
at Fitchburg, two graded school houses
at Gardner, two graded school houses at
Athol, and the following Worcester
school houses; Dix street, Mason street,
Grafton street, Cambridge street Qllin-
slgamond, Edegeworth street, Thomas
street, Ash street, Canterbury street and
the Trowbridgeville school house, this
last named being the last one for which
he was paid although more recently he
had done much work on plans for the
new court house, which, however, were
not accepted by the county commits
sioners.
Among the other public buildings
which he designed are the town halls
of Gardner, Orange, Southboro, Upton
and Sutton, the old Front Street The
atre. Horticultural hall, the cottage
hospital for children at Baldwinville,
and all the depots from this city to
| Uxbridge, when the Providence road
was first built.
Many handsome business blocks in
this and other cities also bear testi-
mony to his ability, among them being
| the Harrington block at the corner of
Main and Front streets in this city, the
| Walker block at the corner of Main and
| Mechanic streets in this city formerly
the VIM. CT Clark block, the Lamb block
| on Pleasant street, the old Goulding
block at the corner Of Main and Sud
bury streets, the Hobbs block at the
| corner of Main and George streets. the
| PaineAldrich block on High street, the
Lincoln House block on Main street,
| the Foster block at the corner of Main
and Pearl streets, the post Office block
on Pearl street, the bank block and
post office at Keene N. H., the bank
block at F1tchburg and the Hotel block
at Southbridge.
Many of the handsome old dwelling
signed by him, among them being the
present residence Of r. G. Taylor on
Main street, the Joel Upham house at
the corner Of Austin and Crown streets,
the William G.. Clark house on Cedar
street, Calvin Foster house on Chestnut
street, the old Samuel Cotton house on
Queen street, the Crompton residence
on Providence street, Thomas H.
Dodge's residence on Main street, Jesse
| Smiths house ON Dread street, the
| Samuel Davis house on Belmont street,
now the Memorial hospital, the houses
| Of Loring Goes and William w. Goes at
New Worcester, the Merrifleld house on
| Highland street, the Draper house on
| Orange street, more recently occupied
| as the Old Ladies' Home, and houses
now or formerly occupied by Judge
Staples, on State street, Rev. Henry II.
| Cheever, on State street, Edwin Con-
| ant, at the corner of Harvard and
State streets, now the home Of the Nat
ural History Society; F. H. Dewey, on
Main street; A. D. Warren, on Harvard
street; Mrs. Anna Howe, on Harvard
street; Jerome Marble, on Harvard
street; Mrs NJ. NJ. Daniels on Harvard
street; Mrs. E. NJ. Stockwell, on Har-
ward street; George Russell, on Har-
ward street; William A. Smith, on Har-
ward street; Jared Whitman, on Har-
ward street z A. N. Currier, on Harvard
street; Jonas c. Clark, on Elm street;
Very Rev. John ]. Power, on High
f street; Ex-Governor Dinsmore, at
Keene. N. H; Henry Tisden, at Law
t renee, Kas.; Edward Thompson, at
CharIestown, N H.; F. H. Hathorn, at
i / Saratoga Springs, N, Y: Chauncey Kill
mer, at New York city; John A. Lakes
of New York city, and many others less
> pretentiousg lf
Mr.. Boyden was one of the first ar
r chitects to introduce terra Gotta or
: burned clay in his designs
When he was % years of age, he mar
. Iried Miss Louisa Davis of Royalston,
! and he always ascribed much of his
/ success in life to her wise counsel up to
: the time Of her death in December,
! 1888. -Four children were the result of
! the union, two sons and two daughters.
One daughter, Helen, died in Athol
j, | when she was eight years old, and the
elder son, George E., died in this city
in 1885. The other daughter, Mary Ed
! len. is the wife of S. Hamilton Coe of
; this city, and the second son, Mason A,
!, Hives at the family residence on Har-
T ward street.
Mr.. Boyden's funeral will take place
at his late residence, IA Harvard street,
Monday forenoon at IL o'clock, Kew.
DR.. Gunnison officiating.
At a special meeting OF the Worcester
Chapter of the American Institute Of
Architects, Friday afternoon, at the Of
, Ace of Architect George H Clemence
, to take action on Mr.. Boyden's death
!, the following was adopted:
We, the members of the American In
stitute of Architects, are called to mourr
, the loss of our friend and associate, oun
, late president, the venerable Elbridg'
Boyden, wGno passed from his life O
nearly 8S years at an early hour this
( morning. In his long life, which wa
characterized by devotion to hi
profession and his family his patriotism
h and his public spirit were not less con
: spicuous qualities. Though absent from
n us in person, his many and importan'
: works around US will still remain a.
monuments OF his taste and skill. A mar
:; of sterling integrity, of positive charac
: ter and of enduring friendship, we shall
miss his kindly greeting his earnest en-
! thusiasm and his untiring devotion tc
: all the interests Of the chapter which he
has served so long and so well. We
: hereby tender our heartfelt sympathy tc
his bereaved family, and as a token OF
our respect would propose to attend the
funeral services
, / Voted: That the above minute be
: spread on the records of the chapter and
J copy sent to the bereaved family and
! to the press for publication.
Worcester, March Is, 1898.