Peabody and Stearns

Peabody & Stearns
Peabody and Stearns Boston Office (c.1905)
Practice information
PartnersRobert Swain Peabody, John Goddard Stearns Jr., George A. Fuller, Pierce P. Furber
FoundersRobert Swain Peabody, John Goddard Stearns Jr.
Founded1870
Dissolved1917
LocationBoston, Massachusetts
Significant works and honors
Buildings
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). The firm worked on a variety of designs but is closely associated with shingle style.[1]

With addition of Pierce P. Furber, presumably as partner, the firm became Peabody, Stearns & Furber.[2][note 1] The firm was later succeeded by W. Cornell Appleton, one of the Peabody & Stearns architects, and Frank Stearns, son of Frank, as Appleton & Stearns.[3]

  1. ^ Bryan, John (October 16, 2007). Maine Cottages: Fred L. Savage and the Architecture of Mount Desert. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 42. ISBN 9781568986494.
  2. ^ Wheaton A. Holden (May 1973). "The Peabody Touch: Peabody and Stearns of Boston, 1870-1917". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 32 (2): 114–131. doi:10.2307/988826. JSTOR 988826.
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