Peabody and Stearns

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 and John Goddard Stearns Jr.. The firm worked on a variety of designs but is closely associated with shingle style.
With addition of Pierce P. Furber, presumably as partner, the firm became Peabody, Stearns & Furber. The firm was later succeeded by W. Cornell Appleton, one of the Peabody & Stearns architects, and Frank Stearns, son of Frank, as Appleton & Stearns.

Works

Georgia

Maine

York Hall, 1 Edwards St., Bath
Bangor High School, 185 Harlow St., Bangor
Bangor Public Library, 145 Harlow St., Bangor
Exchange Building, 27 State St., Bangor

Massachusetts

Matthews Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge,
Bussey Institute, Harvard University, Jamaica Plain,
Frederick L. Ames House, 306 Dartmouth St., Boston
College Hall, Smith College, Northampton
R. H. White department store, 518–536 Washington Street, Boston
First Church of Christ, 129 Main St., Northampton
Shepherd Brooks House, 275 Grove St., Medford
Dudley Hall Bradlee House, 21 Ashcroft Road, Medford, Massachusetts
Henry Bradlee Jr. House, Medford
James C. Bayley House, 16 Fairmont Ave., Newton
Kragsyde, 27 Smith's Point Rd., Manchester-by-the-Sea – Demolished 1929.
[Elm Court (Lenox and Stockbridge, Massachusetts|Stockbridge, Massachusetts)|Elm Court], 310 Old Stockbridge Rd., Lenox
Exchange Building, 53 State St., Boston
First Parish Church, 349 Boston Post Rd., Weston
Greystone, 62 Buckminster Rd., Brookline
Charles E. Cotting Buildings, 186–192 South St., Boston
Wheatleigh, Hawthorne Rd., Stockbridge
Fiske Building, 75 State St., Boston – Demolished 1984.
Christ Episcopal Church, 750 Main St., Waltham
Worcester City Hall, 455 Main St., Worcester
Dorchester Heights Monument, Dorchester
Marlborough Public Library, 35 W. Main St., Marlborough
Springfield Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Building, 195 State St., Springfield
U. S. Custom House Tower, Boston
Norfolk County Registry of Deeds, Dedham, Massachusetts

Missouri

St. Louis School and Museum of Fine Arts, 1815 Locust St., St. Louis – Demolished 1919.
Unitarian Church of the Messiah, 508 N. Garrison Ave., St. Louis – Demolished 1987.
Turner Building, 304 N. 8th St., St. Louis – Demolished 1902.
St. Louis Club, T.E. Huntley Ave. & Locust Blvd., St. Louis – Demolished.
George Blackman House, 5843 Bartmer Ave., St. Louis
Alvah Mansur House, 3700 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis
Charles F. Morse House, 200 E. 36th St., Kansas City – Demolished.
Henry L. Newman House, 21 Westmoreland Pl., St. Louis – Demolished.
Security Building, 319 N. 4th St., St. Louis,
Corinne Dyer House, 38 Westmoreland Pl., St. Louis
Edward C. Rowse House, 10 Benton Pl., St. Louis
John T. Davis House, 17 Westmoreland Pl., St. Louis
Dr. George Ashe Bronson House, 3201 Washington Ave., St. Louis

Minnesota

James J. Hill House, 240 Summit Ave., St. Paul – Peabody & Stearns were fired from the project in 1889.
Union Depot, 509 W. Michigan Ave., Duluth

New Jersey

Elberon Casino, Lincoln Ave., Elberon – Demolished.
Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville
Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal, Jersey City

Pennsylvania

George W. Childs-Drexel House, 1726 Locust St., Philadelphia
Nathaniel Holmes House, Morewood & 5th Aves., Pittsburgh – Demolished.
Harvey Childs House, 718 Devonshire St., Pittsburgh
Sarah Drexel Fell House, 1801 Walnut St., Philadelphia
Durbin Horne House, 7418 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh
Joseph Horne & Co. Dept. Store, 501 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh
East Liberty Market, 5900 Baum Blvd., Pittsburgh
Remsen V. Messler House, 651 Morewood Ave., Pittsburgh
Laurento, Darby-Paoli Rd., Villanova – Demolished 1980s.
Penshurst, Conshohocken State Rd., Lower Merion – Demolished.
Krisheim, 7514 McCallum St., Philadelphia
Westview, Westview Rd., Bryn Mawr

Rhode Island

Frederick S. G. D'Hauteville House, 489 Bellevue Ave., Newport – Burned.
Nathan Matthews House, 492 Bellevue Ave., Newport – Burned 1881.
Weetamoe, 2 Rovensky Ave., Newport
Grace W. Rives House, 30 Red Cross Ave., Newport
The Breakers, 44 Ochre Point Ave., Newport – Burned 1892, later replaced.
Hillside, 300 Gibbs Ave., Newport
Vinland, Newport – Now Salve Regina's Mcauley Hall.
Honeysuckle Lodge, 255 Ruggles Ave., Newport
Midcliff, 229 Ruggles Ave., Newport
Pavilion, Easton's Beach, Memorial Blvd., Newport – Destroyed 1938
Ocean Lawn, 51 Cliff Ave., Newport
Rough Point, 680 Bellevue Ave., Newport
Althorpe, Ruggles Ave., Newport – Now Salve Regina's Founders Hall.
Episcopal Church of the Messiah, 1680 Westminster St., Providence
Rockhurst, Bellevue Ave., Newport – Demolished 1955.
Parish House for St. John's Episcopal Church, 275 N. Main St., Providence – Demolished.
Shamrock Cliff, 65 Ridge Rd., Newport
Beechbound, 127 Harrison Ave., Newport
Bleak House, Ocean Ave., Newport – Demolished 1948.
Ridgemere, 11 Leroy Ave., Newport
Hopedene, 43 Cliff Ave., Newport
Providence Journal Building, 60 Eddy St., Providence

Washington, D.C.

Volta Bureau, 3414 Volta Pl. NW, Washington, D.C.

Notable Peabody & Stearns architects

John Scudder Adkins – likely helped design buildings for the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893
Francis Richmond Allen – began career at the firm; partner of Allen & Collens
Robert Day Andrews – was an office boy for the firm in 1874; partner in Andrews, Jaques & Rantoul
Charles L. Bevins – worked for the firm from 1878–1882
Clarence H. Blackall – worked at the firm from 1884 to 1888, was the firm's chief draftsman
Warren R. Briggs – worked for the firm from 1874–1876
Henry Budden – Australian architect who worked at the firm during the mid–1890s; partner of Kent & Budden
John Hutchins Cady – worked at the firm from 1906–1907
Henry Ives Cobb – worked at the firm from 1881–1882; partner of Cobb and Frost
Charles Collens – apprentice for the firm; partner of Allen & Collens
Charles Sumner Frost – worked at the firm from 1876–1881; partner of Cobb and Frost
George A. Fuller – worked at the firm from 1876–1880 and became partner in charge of the New York City office. Left to start the George A. Fuller Company in Chicago. He is often credited as being the "inventor" of modern skyscrapers and the modern contracting system.
Edward T. P. Graham – worked at the firm in 1904
Charles R. Greco – worked at the firm from 1900–1907
S. Wesley Haynes – started his own firm in 1918
Burnham Hoyt – began career at the firm; later became professor at New York University and Dean of the School of Architecture
Charles Wilson Killam – worked at the firm from 1887–1908, was the firm's chief architectural engineer; professor of architecture at Harvard University
Westray Ladd – after working for he firm he practiced in Philadelphia
Ellis F. Lawrence – apprenticed at the firm in 1902; co-founder and first dean of the University of Oregon's School of Architecture.
Ion Lewis – worked at the firm after graduating from MIT until 1882; partner of Whidden & Lewis
Louis Christian Mullgardt – worked at the firm around 1886
Orlando Whitney Norcross – worked for the firm After H. H. Richardson's death; partner of Norcross Brothers
Frederick Lincoln Savage – office boy and apprentice at the firm from 1884–1886
Albert Cicero Schweinfurth – apprentice and draftsman at the firm from 1882–1883. His brothers Henry and Julius also worked at the firm
Julius A. Schweinfurth – chief designer at the firm from 1879–1883 then from 1886–1895
Timothy Francis Walsh – worked at the firm from 1887–1897; partner of Maginnis & Walsh
Joseph Morrill Wells – worked at the firm from 1874–1875
Edmund M. Wheelwright – worked at the firm in the late 1870s; served as City Architect of Boston from 1891–1895
Arthur H. Vinal – apprenticed at the firm before starting his own practice in 1875; served as the first City Architect of Boston from 1884–1887