Barker & Nourse | |
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Practice information | |
Founders | Albert A. Barker; Walter B. Nourse |
Founded | 1879 |
Dissolved | 1904 |
Location | Worcester, Massachusetts |
Barker & Nourse was an architectural firm from Worcester, Massachusetts, active from 1879 to 1904.
The principals of the firm were Albert A. Barker (1852-1905) [1] and Walter B. Nourse (1853-1906), and it operated from 1879 to 1904. [1] [2] [3] It was established March 1, 1879, as the successor to the practice of obscure architect John E. Holman, who was briefly a partner of Amos P. Cutting. It was then dissolved January 1, 1904, with each partner continuing their practices individually. [1] In its day, Barker & Nourse was primarily known for its residential and educational designs.
Albert Augustus Barker was born in Guadalajara on November 20, 1852, to John B. Barker. The elder Barker died in 1860, and the family relocated to Bennington, New Hampshire. They went to Worcester in 1865, and thus young Barker completed his education. He entered the office of E. Boyden & Son, where he appears to have remained until 1879, when he established Barker & Nourse with W. B. Nourse. After the firm was dissolved in January 1904, Barker entered private practice. He died June 9, 1905. [1]
Walter B. Nourse was born in Westborough, Massachusetts in 1855. He worked in the office of Amos P. Cutting before establishing Barker & Nourse with A. A. Barker. [2] After the dissolution of Barker & Nourse, he practiced alone until his death in 1906. [4]
A number of its works are listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places, and others contribute to listed historic districts.
Year | Building | Address | City | State | Notes | Image | Reference |
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1880 | House for George A. Bigelow | 3 Loudon St | Worcester | Massachusetts | [5] | ||
1880 | House for Dwight Smith | 29 May St | Worcester | Massachusetts | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as part of the May Street Historic District. [6] | [7] | |
1881 | House for Reuben Boynton | 104 W Main St | Westborough | Massachusetts | Substantially altered in 1954. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 as part of the West Main Street Historic District. [8] | [9] | |
1881 | House for Alpha M. Cheney | 61 Chestnut St | Southbridge | Massachusetts | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [10] | [11] | |
1881 | House for Wade H. Hill | 114 Woodland St | Worcester | Massachusetts | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as part of the Woodland Street Historic District. [12] | [12] | |
1881 | House for Samuel Houghton | 10 Claremont St | Worcester | Massachusetts | [13] | ||
1881 | Valley Falls School | Ludlow St and Bauer Ln | Worcester | Massachusetts | Later known as the Ludlow Street School. Demolished. | [14] | |
1882 | House for Samuel Houghton | 12 Claremont St | Worcester | Massachusetts | [15] | ||
1882 | House for Iver Johnson | 27 Catharine St | Worcester | Massachusetts | [16] | ||
1883 | Founder's Hall, Atlantic Union College | 338 Main St | South Lancaster | Massachusetts | Built as the main building of South Lancaster Academy, becoming the main building of Atlantic Union College when the Academy was divided in 1922. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The College was permanently closed in 2018. | [17] | |
1883 | House for Joseph B. Parker | 57 Lincoln St | Worcester | Massachusetts | Demolished. | [18] | |
1883 | House for David Rolston | 32 Burncoat St | Worcester | Massachusetts | [19] | ||
1883 | House for Erastus W. Woodis | 1200 Main St | Worcester | Massachusetts | [19] | ||
1884 | Chandler Street School | 525 Chandler St | Worcester | Massachusetts | Demolished in 1976. | [20] | |
1884 | Double house for Abbie F. Holman | 18 Lancaster St | Worcester | Massachusetts | [21] | ||
1884 | House for George S. Clough | 1 Merrick St | Worcester | Massachusetts | [21] | ||
1884 | House for Genery Stevens | 20 Loudon St | Worcester | Massachusetts | [21] | ||
1884 | House for Edwin J. Watson | 16 Westminster St | Worcester | Massachusetts | [21] | ||
1884 | House for John C. Woodbury | 84 Park Ave | Worcester | Massachusetts | [21] | ||
1885 | House for Alexander Bigelow | 904 Main St | Worcester | Massachusetts | [22] | ||
1885 | Freeland Street School | 12 Freeland St | Worcester | Massachusetts | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [23] Now known as the University Park Campus School. | [23] | |
1885 | Rebecca Nurse Monument Rebecca Nurse Homestead | 149 Pine St | Danvers | Massachusetts | A memorial to Rebecca Nurse, executed in 1692 as part of the Salem Witch Trials. Walter B. Nourse was a descendant of Nurse. [24] | [25] | |
1886 | Apartment for Jacob Godinsky | 36 Wellington St | Worcester]] | Massachusetts | Demolished. | [26] | |
1886 | House for Edwin H. Wood | 4 King St | Worcester | Massachusetts | [27] | ||
1887 | Boynton and Windsor Apartments | 718-720 Main St | Worcester | Massachusetts | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [28] | [28] | |
1887 | Double house for F. W. Ward | 47-49 Cedar St | Worcester | Massachusetts | [29] | ||
1887 | House for Ellery Crane | 25 Richards St | Worcester | Massachusetts | [30] | ||
1887 | Knowles Maternity Ward Worcester City Hospital | 26 Queen St | Worcester | Massachusetts | Demolished. | [31] | |
1888 | Apartment for Luther Baker | 49 Pleasant St | Worcester | Massachusetts | [32] | ||
1888 | Apartment for Harrison S. Prentice | 191 Pleasant St | Worcester | Massachusetts | At center in the photo. | [33] | |
1888 | Bliss Building | 26 Old Lincoln St | Worcester | Massachusetts | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [34] | [34] | |
1889 | Apartment for E. M. Bliss | 33 Wellington St | Worcester | Massachusetts | [35] | ||
1889 | House for Osgood Bradley | 21 Richards St | Worcester | Massachusetts | [36] | ||
1889 | House for William A. Denholm | 21 Wellington St | Worcester | Massachusetts | Demolished. | [37] | |
1889 | House for Horace Hobbs | 898 Main St | Worcester | Massachusetts | [38] | ||
1889 | House for Joseph Turner | 40 Richards St | Worcester | Massachusetts | [39] | ||
1889 | House for George H. Miller | 44 May St | Worcester | Massachusetts | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the May Street Historic District in 1980. [6] | [40] | |
1889 | Quinsigamond School | 14 Blackstone River Rd | Worcester | Massachusetts | [41] | ||
1889 | Wellington Apartments | 17 Wellington St | Worcester | Massachusetts | Demolished. | [42] | |
1890 | Apartment for J. A. Colvin | 1 Jackson St | Worcester | Massachusetts | [43] | ||
1890 | Odd Fellows' Home of Massachusetts | 40 Randolph Rd | Worcester | Massachusetts | Barker & Nourse designed a significant enlargement of the main building in 1902. [44] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, [45] but was demolished in 2014. | [45] | |
1890 | House for F. E. Williamson | 56 Wachusett St | Worcester | Massachusetts | Demolished. | [46] | |
1890 | Worcester Society of Antiquity (former) | 39 Salisbury St | Worcester | Massachusetts | The constructing organization was later the Worcester Historical Society, and now the Worcester Historical Museum. It has served as offices since the Society moved in 1988. [47] | [48] | |
1891 | English High School (former) | 20 Irving St | Worcester | Massachusetts | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [49] | [50] | |
1892 | House for James Forsstedt | 20 Windsor St | Worcester | Massachusetts | [51] | ||
1892 | House for Willard F. Pond | 117 Vernon St | Worcester | Massachusetts | [52] | ||
1892 | House for Herbert K. Sparrell | 6 Richards St | Worcester | Massachusetts | Demolished. | [53] | |
1892 | House for Bertrand W. Stone | 1 Germain St | Worcester | Massachusetts | [54] | ||
1892 | Frye Building | 342 Lincoln St | Marlborough | Massachusetts | [55] | ||
1893 | House for Thomas B. Hamilton | 29 Germain St | Worcester | Massachusetts | At far right in the photo. | [56] | |
1893 | House for Samuel E. Hildreth | 856 Main St | Worcester | Massachusetts | Demolished in 2009. | [57] | |
1893 | House for Henry K. McClenning | 14 Germain St | Worcester | Massachusetts | [58] | ||
1894 | Apartment for George W. Coombs | 891 Main St | Worcester | Massachusetts | Demolished. | [59] | |
1894 | Hopkinton High School (former) | 85 Main St | Hopkinton | Massachusetts | Now an office building. | [60] | |
1894 | Russell Apartments | 49 Austin St | Worcester | Massachusetts | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [61] | [62] | |
1894 | Troy School | 44 School St | Troy | New Hampshire | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 as part of the Troy Village Historic District. [63] | [63] | |
1894 | Wesson Block | 444 Pleasant St | Worcester | Massachusetts | Demolished. | [64] | |
1895 | Hotel du Nord | 39-43 Summer St | Worcester | Massachusetts | Demolished. | [65] | |
1895 | House for George H. Heywood | 80 Glazier St | Gardner | Massachusetts | Demolished. | [66] | |
1895 | House for Charles F. Marble | 4 Marble St | Worcester | Massachusetts | Demolished. | [67] | |
1896 | Johnsonia Hotel | 510 Main St | Fitchburg | Massachusetts | Built for Iver Johnson. Demolished in 2012 after a severe fire in 2011. | [68] | |
1897 | Aurora Hotel | 660 Main St | Worcester | Massachusetts | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [69] | [69] | |
1897 | Day Building | 300 Main St | Worcester | Massachusetts | [70] | ||
1897 | Gardner High School (former) | 130 Elm St | Gardner | Massachusetts | Now a town office building. | [71] | |
1897 | House for Benjamin A. Barber | 31 Germain St | Worcester | Massachusetts | [72] | ||
1897 | House for Frederick A. Lincoln | 134 Burncoat St | Worcester | Massachusetts | [73] | ||
1897 | House for John E. Sinclair | 134 Burncoat St | Worcester | Massachusetts | [74] | ||
1897 | Kingsley Laboratories, Worcester Academy | 81 Providence St | Worcester | Massachusetts | [75] | ||
1898 | Gage Street School | 51 Gage St | Worcester | Massachusetts | [76] | ||
1898 | House for William Trowbridge Forbes | 23 Trowbridge Rd | Worcester | Massachusetts | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, but demolished in 2003. [77] | [77] | |
1898 | House for Mrs. Henry M. Gabeler | 20 Marble St | Worcester | Massachusetts | [78] | ||
1898 | House for Frank P. Kendall | 45 Kenwood Ave | Worcester | Massachusetts | [79] | ||
1898 | Vendome Apartments | 17 Chandler St | Worcester | Massachusetts | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [80] | [80] | |
1899 | Apartment for Eli Belisle | 19 Portland St | Worcester | Massachusetts | Demolished. | [81] | |
1899 | Post Office Building | 144 Central St | Gardner | Massachusetts | [82] | ||
1900 | House for Thomas F. Dowd | 134 Vernon St | Worcester | Massachusetts | [83] | ||
1900 | Hotel Vernon | 1 Millbury St | Worcester | Massachusetts | [84] | ||
1901 | Denny Block | 139 Highland St | Worcester | Massachusetts | [85] | ||
1901 | Apartment for Simon George | 313-317 Grafton St | Worcester | Massachusetts | Demolished. | [86] | |
1901 | Apartment for J. J. Griffin | 23 Preston St | Worcester | Massachusetts | Demolished. | [85] | |
1901 | Marcy Mausoleum, Hope Cemetery | 119 Webster St | Worcester | Massachusetts | [87] | ||
1901 | Sever Street School | 7 Sever St | Worcester | Massachusetts | Demolished. | [88] | |
1902 | Howe Memorial Library | 214 Main St | Shrewsbury | Massachusetts | Now known as the Shrewsbury Public Library. | [89] | |
1902 | Brattleboro Cabinet Company Factory | 1103 VT-142 | Brattleboro | Vermont | Demolished. | [90] | |
1903 | Boylston Consolidated School | 9 School St | Boylston | Massachusetts | Demolished in 1957. | [91] | |
1903 | School Street School | 53 School St | Gardner | Massachusetts | [92] | ||
1905 | Princeton Center School [lower-alpha 1] | 18 Boylston Ave | Princeton | Massachusetts | Now known as the Princeton Center. | [93] | |
1905 | Racicot Block [lower-alpha 2] | 211-219 Main St | Webster | Massachusetts | [94] | ||
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