Norris Garshom Starkweather

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Norris Garshom Starkweather (1818-1885) was an American architect. [1]

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Early life

He was born in 1818 in Windham County, Vermont, the son of Garsholm Starkweather, a farmer-carpenter and grist-and-saw mill owner, and Sally Starkweather. [1] [2] He was the youngest of six children. [2] From around 1824 to 1834 the family lived in Canaan, Vermont. [2]

He was apprenticed to a builder in 1830 and by 1845 had become a contractor in Massachusetts. [1]

Career

He had established an architectural practise by the mid-1840s and he moved to Philadelphia in the mid-1850s, specialising in church designs. [1] [2] According to the records of the Court of common pleas Starkweather started work with Joseph C. Hoxie in November 1852 and became a full partner in 1854. [2] The partnership with Hoxie broke down and was dissolved by July 1854. [2] The Common Pleas case was to divide the assets of the office but this took until 1858. [2] He appeared in Philadelphia city directories as an architect in 1854. [2]

The First Presbyterian Church, Baltimore was probably why he moved to Baltimore. [1] He also designed Italianate villas in Maryland and Virginia. [1]

In 1860 he opened an office in Washington, D.C. [1] After the Civil War became the partner of Thomas M. Plowman in the architectural and engineering firm of Starkweather & Plowman (1868–1871). [1] Little is known of his career following the Panic of 1873 though he was listed in Washington directories until 1881. [1] George A. Frederick commented that after an erratic career Starkweather had moved to New York. [1]

In the middle of 1880 he moved to New York and became a partner of Robert Napier Anderson in the firm Starkweather and Anderson at 106 Broadway. [1] From 1881 to about 1884 he was the partner of Charles E. Gibbs, with whom he designed the Potter Building, the Second Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church (since demolished) and . [1] In 1881 their offices were in the World Building owned by Orlando B. Potter. [1]

From 1882 until his death he was an associate of the American Institute of Architects. [2]

Death

He died in December 1885 before the Potter building was completed. [1] He was buried in Bridgeport, Connecticut. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "POTTER BUILDING" (PDF). The Official Website of the City of New York. 1996-09-17. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Moss, Roger; Tatman, Sandra. "Starkweather, Norris Garshom (1818 – 1885)". Philadelphia Architects and Buildings. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
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