Stephen Carpenter Earle | |
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| Born | January 4, 1839 |
| Died | December 12, 1913 (aged 74) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Parent(s) | Hannah Carpenter Amos S. Earle |
| Buildings | Slater Memorial Museum Jonas Clark Hall Old Chapel Whitcomb Mansion Union Congregational Church Pilgrim Congregational Church Carroll Building |
| Projects | Grinnell College |
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Stephen Carpenter Earle (January 4, 1839 – December 12, 1913)[1] was an architect who designed a number of buildings in Massachusetts and Connecticut that were built in the late 19th century, with many in Worcester, Massachusetts. He trained in the office of Calvert Vaux in New York City. He worked for a time in partnership with James E. Fuller, under the firm "Earle & Fuller". In 1891, he formed a partnership with Vermont architect Clellan W. Fisher under the name "Earle & Fisher".[2]
Earle's most noted work is the Richardsonian Romanesque Slater Memorial Museum on the campus of the Norwich Free Academy in Norwich, Connecticut, where he had a generous budget and a sympathetic patron.[3] In 2015, the Hartford Courant called the Slater Museum the "crown jewel among Norwich's cultural treasures" and "a masterpiece of Romanesque revival design."[4]
In December 1913, Earle died at Memorial Hospital in Worcester after becoming ill with pneumonia.[5] He is buried in the Quaker Cemetery, Leicester, Massachusetts.[6]
- ^ UMass people:Stephen C Earle
- ^ "An Architect Co-Partnership". The Burlington Free Press and Times. June 30, 1891. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Norwich Free Academy: Slater Memorial Museum: History.
- ^ "Daycation". Hartford Courant. September 6, 2015. p. F5 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Old Worcester Architect Dead". Fitchburg Daily Sentinel. December 13, 1913. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bankers at services". Boston Globe. December 15, 1913. p. 14.