Peabody and Stearns

Custom House Tower, Boston

Peabody & Stearns was a premier architectural firm in the Eastern United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, the firm consisted of Robert Swain Peabody (1845-1917) and John Goddard Stearns, Jr. (1843-1917).

Works

• Springfield Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Springfield, Massachusetts, 1905
• D'Hauteville Cottage, Newport, Rhode Island, 1871
• Matthews Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1871
• William Gammell Cottage, Newport, Rhode Island, 1872
• Ames-Webster House, Boston, Massachusetts, 1872
• John C. Phillips residence, Boston, Massachusetts 1877-1879, photographed by Albert Levy
• The Breakers, Newport, Rhode Island, 1878, burned in 1892 and replaced with another mansion with the same name by Richard Morris Hunt)
• The Brooks Estate, Medford, Massachusetts, 1880
• The Henry Bradlee Jr. House, Medford, Massachusetts, 1881-1882
• multiple buildings on the campus of The Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, New Jersey, 1882
• Vinland Estate (now McAuley Hall), Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, 1882-1883
• Kragsyde, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, 1883, demolished 1929
• Turner Building, St. Louis, Missouri, 1883
• Bayley House, Newton, Massachusetts, 1883
• Elm Court, Lenox, Massachusetts, 1886-1901
• Rough Point, Newport, Rhode Island, 1887-1892

Edith Memorial Chapel, Lawrenceville School

Public Library, Marlborough, Massachusetts

• Boston Exchange Building, Boston, Massachusetts, 1887-1891
• Security Building, St. Louis, Missouri, 1891
• Rockhurst Estate, Newport, Rhode Island, 1891
• James J. Hill House, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1891
• The Berman Company Building, 184 - 200 South St., Boston, MA 02111, 1891-1892
• The Duluth Depot, Duluth, Minnesota, 1893
• Volta Bureau, Washington, D.C., 1893
• Wheatleigh Estate, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1893
• Harvey Childs house, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1896
• Fiske Building, Boston MA, 1896, razed in 1984 replaced by 75 State Street
• Christ Church, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1897-1898
• Plum Orchard, Cumberland Island, Georgia, 1898
• Worcester City Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1898
• East Liberty Market House (Motor Square Garden), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1898-1900
• Joseph Horne Company Department Store, Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1900 (with additions in 1923)
• Dorchester Heights Monument, Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1902
• Marlborough Public Library, Marlborough, Massachusetts, 1903-1904
• Boston Custom House Tower, Boston, Massachusetts, 1911-1914
• Bangor Public Library, Bangor, Maine, 1913
• Bangor High School, Bangor, Maine, 1913
• Exchange Building, Bangor, Maine
• Ridgemere, Newport, Rhode Island
• Boat houses for Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Beach pavilion at Easton’s Beach, Newport, Rhode Island
• Casino, Elberon, New Jersey

Images

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  Memorial Hall, The Lawrenceville School
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  Harvey Childs house, now the University of Pittsburgh's Chancellor's Residence
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  Plum Orchard, built 1898
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  Dorchester Heights Monument
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  The Henry Bradlee Jr. House in Medford, Massachusetts
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  Worcester Massachusetts City Hall
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  Bangor Public Library
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  East Liberty Market, built in 1898-1900, and located in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh, PA.
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  Joseph Horne Company Department Store in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, built in 1900 (with additions in 1923). Architects: Peabody & Stearns, and William S. Fraser.
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  Christ Church in Waltham, Massachusetts

External links

• Peabody & Stearns
• The Brooks Estate
• East Liberty Market House (Motor Square Garden) and Harvey Childs house
• Laurelawn, Hopedene
• Worcester City Hall
• Fiske Building
• Matthews Hall