Fred E. Field

Providence Home for Aged Men, Providence, RI. 1891–95.

Frederick E. Field (January 7, 1864 – December 31, 1931)[1] was an American architect who practiced in Providence, Rhode Island, and Orlando, Florida, in the period between 1883 and 1927.

In 1883, Field opened his practice in the city of Providence. In 1902, he took his head draftsman, Harry A. Slocomb, as partner in Field & Slocomb.[2] This firm was dissolved in January 1904, with both returning to independent practice.[3] In 1907, he joined noted architect Howard Hoppin (1856–1940) in the firm of Hoppin & Field. This, in turn, became Hoppin, Field & Peirce in 1922, when Thomas J. Hill Peirce joined the firm. This firm was soon dissolved, and the partners went their separate ways. By the mid-1920s, Field had moved to Orlando. He had opened his own practice there by 1926.[4] In 1927, Charles E. Choate, who had been in Orlando since 1925, took him as partner in Choate & Field.[5] This firm appears to have dissolved soon afterward, as Choate moved to Birmingham that same year.[6] The 1929-1930 Providence House Directory shows that Field had returned to Providence. By the time of his death in 1931, Field was once again practicing in Providence.[7]

Field was received into the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects in 1889.[8] Field was a member of the Rhode Island Chapter of the AIA from 1888 - 1916,[9] and served as its Vice-President for some period of time circa 1910-1911.[10]

In its online Guide to Providence Architecture, the Providence Preservation Society lists a brief sample of Field's residential architecture. [11]

  1. ^ familysearch.org
  2. ^ American Architect and Building News 18 Jan. 1902: x.
  3. ^ American Architect and Building News 9 Jan. 1904: x.
  4. ^ Orlando City Directories. 1926–1931.
  5. ^ American Architect 1927: 268.
  6. ^ American Architect 1929: 212.
  7. ^ Power 1931: 426.
  8. ^ American Art Directory. R. R. Bowker Company.
  9. ^ https://www.rihs.org/mssinv/Mss154.htm
  10. ^ Year-book of the Rhode Island Chapter, American Institute of Architects, 1910-1911
  11. ^ [1] Guide to Providence Architecture - Frederick E. Field