page_title: Jackson, Robertson & Adams
hierarchical_section_title: Jackson, Robertson & Adams
caption_attribution_description: English: Front view of the John O. Pastore Federal Building
context_page_description: Jackson, Robertson & Adams was an architectural firm out of Providence, Rhode Island. Established in 1912, it was originally made up of architects F. Ellis Jackson, Wayland T. Robertson, and J. Howard Adams.
  Prior to founding this firm, Jackson worked with Providence architect Howard K. Hilton. He was promoted to partner in 1902, the name being Hilton & Jackson. He took a leave of absence in 1905 to study at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in the atelier of Eugene Joseph Armand Duquesne, returning to the United States in 1909 with his diploma. Hilton died but a few months later, and Jackson continued on alone under the Hilton & Jackson name. In 1911, Jackson formed the firm of Jackson & Robertson with Wayland T. Robertson. The next year, they added J. Howard Adams to make Jackson, Robertson & Adams. Both Robertson and Adams had had private practice prior to becoming members of the firm.
  The firm designed numerous Colonial Revival buildings around the state, and rank with Rhode Island's best architecture. Beginning in the 1930s, Jackson, Robertson & Adams became one of the few architects in the state to work in the Art Deco style.
context_section_description: Jackson, Robertson & Adams was an architectural firm out of Providence, Rhode Island.  Established in 1912, it was originally made up of architects F. Ellis Jackson (1879-1950), Wayland T. Robertson (1873-1935), and J. Howard Adams (1876-1924).
  Prior to founding this firm, Jackson worked with Providence architect Howard K. Hilton.  He was promoted to partner in 1902, the name being Hilton & Jackson.  He took a leave of absence in 1905 to study at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in the atelier of Eugene Joseph Armand Duquesne, returning to the United States in 1909 with his diploma. Hilton died but a few months later, and Jackson continued on alone under the Hilton & Jackson name.  In 1911, Jackson formed the firm of Jackson & Robertson with Wayland T. Robertson.  The next year, they added J. Howard Adams to make Jackson, Robertson & Adams.  Both Robertson and Adams had had private practice prior to becoming members of the firm.
  The firm designed numerous Colonial Revival buildings around the state, and rank with Rhode Island's best architecture.  Beginning in the 1930s, Jackson, Robertson & Adams became one of the few architects in the state to work in the Art Deco style.  While they had a specialty in private residences, they also designed notable civic and commercial buildings.
  The Jackson, Robertson & Adams name was retained until 1956, when the then two partners, George Fraser and Raymond J. Henthorne, renamed it Fraser & Henthorne.  This firm was dissolved in 1961.
caption: U. S. Post Office, Providence, 1939.
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