Frederick A. Tompson | |
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 Tompson, pictured around 1875 | |
| Born | August 10, 1857 Portland, Maine, U.S. |
| Died | February 2, 1919 (aged 61) Portland, Maine, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Architect |
Frederick Augustus Tompson (August 10, 1857 – February 2, 1919) was an American architect from Portland, Maine.
Tompson was born in Portland in 1857, to John A. Tompson and Mary Elizabeth Libby. [1] In 1876, after graduating Portland High School, [1] he entered the office of Francis H. Fassett, Maine's most prominent architect at the time. He worked his way up through the office until 1886, when he was promoted to partner in the new office of Fassett & Tompson. That association lasted until the end of 1890, and Tompson opened his own office in January 1891. [2] He remained in private practice until his death. [3]
In 1894, he married Harriet Lane Larrabee. The couple lived at 33 Carroll Street in Portland. Harriet died in 1908, three years after which Tompson married for a second time, to Leontine F. Farrington. [1]
He was elected an Associate of the American Institute of Architects on December 2, 1901. [4]
Tompson's practice was succeeded by Charles O. Poor, Tompson's chief assistant. [5] Later that year Poor formed a partnership with John P. Thomas. Poor died in 1922, and Thomas opened an office under his own name in 1923. [6] He became one of Maine's most successful architects.
Tompson died on February 2, 1919, aged 61. He was interred in Portland's Evergreen Cemetery, alongside his first wife. His second wife remarried after Tompson's death, and was buried beside her third husband in Oregon, Illinois, upon her death in 1921. [1]
His mother survived him by three months. After her death, aged 89, she was interred in Black Point Cemetery in Scarborough, Maine.
Tompson was the designer of several of Portland's most prominent turn-of-the-century structures, and his West house of 1911 remains the city's largest private residence. [7] Several of Tompson's works have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places, and several others are contributing properties of listed historic districts.
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Evergreen Cemetery is a garden-style cemetery on Stevens Avenue in the Deering neighborhood of Portland, Maine. With 239 acres (97 ha) of land, it is the largest cemetery in the state. Established in 1855, in what was then Westbrook, the cemetery is home to one of the state's most prominent collections of funerary art. The 140-acre (57 ha) historical portion of the cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
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The Deering Street Historic District is a historic district in the Downtown and Parkside neighborhoods of Portland, Maine. Encompassing all of Deering Street and much of State Street, as well as adjacent portions of Congress and Mellen Streets, it is a cohesive collection of high quality architect-designed buildings from the second half of the 19th century, that were originally predominantly residential in nature. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
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The Western Promenade Historic District encompasses a late 19th-and early 20th-century neighborhood in the West End of Portland, Maine. This area of architecturally distinctive homes was home to three of the city's most prominent architects: Francis H. Fassett, John Calvin Stevens, and Frederick A. Tompson, and was Portland's most fashionable neighborhood in the late 19th century. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
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