St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-09-01
RECENT DEATHS.
Taylor.

Bertrand E. Taylor, aged SO. fol
many years prominent Boston archi
tect, died August %, at his home, 23e
Grant Avenue, Newton Center. Der.
trand Eugene Taylor was born in St
Johnsbury, April 20, 1856, his father
being Jacob Taylor and his mother
Harriet Thayer Taylor. He was gradu-
ated with honors from st. Johnsbury
Academy in 1877, and after working in
the scale office for a short time studied
architecture for three years in the Office of
ODER & Rand, while taking special
studies in Massachusetts institute of
Technology. He also studied styles of
hospital architecture during two tours
of Europe, and for a number of years
had charge of this class of work for the
states of Massachusetts,, New Hamp-
shire and Vermont and the cities of Bos-
ton and Newton He was a member of
the firm of Rand & Taylor from 1881 to
1895. when the firm of Kendall Taylor
& Stevens was formed. He was a men,
Der of the Newton Centre Savings bank
corporation and director in the Newton
Center Associates. He was a member
of the First Congregational church at
Newton Center. Dalhousie lodge. A. F. of
NJ, in the 32d degree, Odd Fellows, New
ton Club, National Arts Club of New
York, the Sons of the American Revolu
ton, and founder of the Boston Archi-
tectural club. st. Johnsbury people
know his work through the residences of
Mrs. c. A. Forrest, DR.. Alice E. Wake
field, Arthur F. Stone, the Mary Hitch
cock hospital at Hanover and the state
hospital for the insane at Waterbury. He
was frequent contributor to the techni-
cal magazines and consulted by the lead
ing architects in the country.
He was married to Miss Helen c.
Payne in 1888, and their family consists
Of FIVE children, Ruth. Dorothy, Clifton,
Aldrich and Marjorie. His wife is one of
The best known club women OF Newton,
and has served for a number of years as
president of the Newton federation of
clubs.
The phrase, a selfmade man, so often
1sed appropriately, applies with rare
orce to Bertrand E. Taylor Leaving
lere in the seventies to study architecture
n Boston, he steadily rose from an
apprentice to the high pinnacle of the
greatest specialist in his profession in the
country When he built his first hospital,
ome 20 years ago, he was confronted |
With the problem of building a small |
hospital that should be as complete in
is equipment as the more costly ones in
he big cities. He was told if he achieved |
his result his professional success was
assured. He succeeded, and since then
lie has built hospitals all over New
England, besides structures in North |
Carolina and California costing over a
Million dollars apiece. A short time ago
lie was either the architect or consulting
architect for 81 hospitals in almost as
many states and ranging in cost from
$40, 900 to over one million dollars.
If this is the age of concentrated
wealth it is also the age of concentrated
work. The 25 busy years of Mr.
Daylor's life ought to be an inspiration
o any young man who has laudable
to do things. Some men al
most reach the century mark and never
rrive In half that time Mr.. Taylor
cached his goal and left behind him
monuments of brick and stone that will
Minister to the ills of suffering humanity
Or many generations.