Clifton A. Hall

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Clifton Alexander Hall
Born1826 (1826)
Boston, Massachusetts
Died1913 (aged 86–87)
Providence, Rhode Island
OccupationArchitect
Emmanuel Church, Brook Hill, 1859. Emmanuel Church.JPG
Emmanuel Church, Brook Hill, 1859.
Pontiac Mills, Pontiac, 1863. Pontiac Mills RI.jpg
Pontiac Mills, Pontiac, 1863.
Trinity M. E. Church, Providence, 1864. Trinity United Methodist Church, Providence, RI.jpg
Trinity M. E. Church, Providence, 1864.
Benjamin F. Greene House, Central Falls, 1868. Benjamin F. Greene House Central Falls RI.jpg
Benjamin F. Greene House, Central Falls, 1868.
Arnold Building, Providence, 1895. Washington Street at Mathewson Street Providence, Rhode Island.jpg
Arnold Building, Providence, 1895.

Clifton A. Hall (1826-1913) [1] was an American architect from Providence, Rhode Island.

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Biography

Hall was born in Boston to Charles G. Hall, an architect, who had come to Boston in 1820. [2] Hall first appears to have worked with architect George M. Dexter, and was the builder of Dexter's 1847-48 block of houses at 92-99 Beacon Street. [3] Hall afterwards entered the employ of his father's firm, C. G. & J. R. Hall. He first came to Providence in 1850, to supervise the construction of that firm's What Cheer Block. [1]

In 1855, he established a partnership with architect Alpheus C. Morse in the firm of Morse & Hall. Their only known built commission is the Merchants Bank Building in Providence, as the firm only lasted for a few months. He practiced alone until 1884, when he made Charles R. Makepeace partner, in the firm of Hall & Makepeace. That firm was dissolved in 1886. [1] From then until his death, he practiced alone. He was highly regarded in his lifetime as an architect of churches, private residences, and mills.

Architectural works

Morse & Hall, 1855

Clifton A. Hall, 1855-1884

Hall & Makepeace, 1884-1886

Clifton A. Hall, from 1886

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Jordy, William H. and Christopher P. Monkhouse. Buildings on Paper: Rhode Island Architectural Drawings, 1825-1945. 1982.
  2. ↑ Western Architect.1913: xxxiii.
  3. ↑ Bunting, Bainbridge. Houses of Boston's Back Bay: An Architectural History, 1840-1917. Cambridge: Belknap Press, 1967.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Woodward, Wm. McKenzie. Providence: A Citywide Survey of Historic Resources. 1986.
  5. 1 2 3 Historic and Architectural Resources of Barrington, Rhode Island. 1993.
  6. 1 2 Emmanuel Church at Brook Hill NRHP Nomination. 1999.
  7. ↑ Scott, Mary Wingfield. Old Richmond Neighborhoods. 1950.
  8. ↑ Elmwood, Providence: Statewide Historical Preservation Report P-P-3. 1979.
  9. ↑ D'Amato, Donald A. Gilpses From the Past: Warwick's Villages. 2009.
  10. 1 2 Juniper Hill Cemetery NRHP Nomination. 1998.
  11. 1 2 Historic and Architectural Resources of the East Side, Providence: A Preliminary Report. 1989.
  12. 1 2 Central Falls, Rhode Island: Statewide Historical Preservation Report P-CF-1. 1978.
  13. ↑ Annual Report of the Superintendent of Public Buildings, for the Year Ending December 31, 1871. 1872.
  14. ↑ South Providence, Providence: Statewide Historical Preservation Report P-P-2. 1978.
  15. ↑ Annual Report of the School Committee of the City of Providence, June 1875. 1875.
  16. ↑ Annual Report of the School Committee of the City of Providence. 1877.
  17. ↑ American Architect and Building News 10 April 1880: 160. Boston.
  18. ↑ Engineering News 29 Aug. 1895: 68. New York.
  19. ↑ Sanitary News 26 June 1886: 110. Chicago.
  20. ↑ Engineering and Building Record 25 May 1889: xi. New York.
  21. ↑ American Architect and Building News 26 Oct. 1895: xvii. Boston.
  22. ↑ American Architect and Building News 13 Nov. 1897: xv. Boston.
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