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EMORY ALEXANDER ELLSWORTH (Holyoke)

Emory Alexander Ellsworth
Born	(1852-08-03)August 3, 1852 Hardwick, Massachusetts
Died	December 8, 1915(1915-12-08) (aged 63) Holyoke, Massachusetts
Nationality	United States
Occupation	Architect

Emory A. Ellsworth (1852-1915) was an American architect and civil engineer practicing in Holyoke, Massachusetts from 1883 to 1915.

Life and career

Emory Alexander Ellsworth was born August 3, 1852 in Hardwick, Massachusetts to John Thayer Ellsworth and Hannah Maria (Lawrence) Ellsworth. He was educated in the public schools of Hardwick and Barre before enrolling in the Massachusetts Agricultural College at Amherst as a member of the Class of 1871, the first graduating class. After a year as a clerk for a Troy, New York provisions dealer, In 1872 he joined the office of Northampton civil engineer Emory C. Davis, who was then engaged on the new Holyoke Water Works. In 1873 he formed a partnership with Eugene E. Davis, nephew of his employer, as Davis & Ellsworth. This firm completed the construction of the water works, but was dissolved in 1876. For the next three years he was engaged in farming in Barre, and im 1879 returned to engineering as a civil engineer for the New Haven and Northampton Company. In 1880 he joined D. H. & A. B. Tower, then the leading architects and engineers of Holyoke. In 1883 he left the Tower brothers and extablished his own practice as an architect and civil engineer.

Ellsworth was a sole practitioner until 1899, when he formed a partnership with engineer John J. Kirkpatrick, as Ellsworth & Kirkpatrick. When Kirkpatrick returned to city service in 1907, this was suceeded by Ellsworth & Howes, a partnership of Ellsworth and Lyman R. Howes. Ellsworth & Howes practiced together until Ellsworth's death in 1915.

Ellsworth was elected City Engineer of Holyoke five times, in 1884, 1885, 1887, 1888 and 1889. His projects as City Engineer included the construction of the Whiting Street Reservoir.

Personal life

Ellsworth was married twice. His first wife was Lucy Josephine Bradford of Florence, who he married in 1874. They had two sons and one daughter. After her death in 1900, in 1902 he married second, to Carrie Meach of Holyoke. They had no children.

The Ellsworth family lived in an apartment building at the corner of Essex and Walnut Street, which Ellsworth designed and owned.

Ellsworth died December 8, 1915 at home in Holyoke.

Architectural works

• Whiting Street Building, Holyoke, Massachusetts (1885, demolished)
• West Experiment Station, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts (1886-87)
• The Essex, Holyoke, Massachusetts (1888)
• Holyoke Envelope Company Mill, Holyoke, Massachusetts (1888-89, demolished)
• East Experiment Station, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts (1889-90)
• Taft Hall, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island (1889)
• Chemical Laboratory, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York (1891, demolished)
• Phoenix Building, Springfield, Massachusetts (1894, demolished)
• House for J. Wells Loomis, Westfield, Massachusetts (1895)
• Migeon Avenue School (former), Torrington, Connecticut (1897)
• Williamstown High School (former), Williamstown, Massachusetts (1897)
• Cheshire Town Hall, Cheshire, Massachusetts (1898, NRHP 2017)
• Munson Hall, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts (1899)
• South Infirmary, Northampton State Hospital, Northampton, Massachusetts (1901-03, NRHP 1994, demolished 2006)
• South Street School, Ware, Massachusetts (1901, demolished 2018)
• Draper Hall, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts (1903-05)
• North Infirmary, Northampton State Hospital, Northampton, Massachusetts (1903-05, NRHP 1994, demolished 2006)
• Welker Apartments, South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts (1910)
• Richmond Apartments, South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts (1910)
• House for John K. Judd, Holyoke, Massachusetts (1912)
• Griffin Apartments, South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts (1913)

• Holyoke Sanitorium, Holyoke, Massachusetts (1911-12, demolished)

Gallery of architectural works

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  Whiting Street Building, Holyoke, Massachusetts, 1885.
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  West Experiment Station, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1886-87.
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  Holyoke Envelope Company Mill, Holyoke, Massachusetts, 1888-89.
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  East Experiment Station, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1889-90.
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  Taft Hall, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, 1889.
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  Phoenix Building, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1894.
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  Cheshire Town Hall, Cheshire, Massachusetts, 1898.
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  Draper Hall, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1903-05.

THURSTON MUNSON

Thurston Munson (1906-1998) was an American artist and architect practicing in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Life and career

Thurston Wells Munson was born April 24, 1906 in Greenfield, Massachusetts to Frank Manuel Munson and Dollie Jane (Wells) Munson. He attended the local schools before attending what is now the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. A prize for his work enabled his to travel in Europe, Africa and Asia, continuing to pay his way by painting portraits, including one for . He eventually returned to Paris, where he opened a studio, but returned to the United States in 1929 for a commission. He soon began painting large murals for hotels, restaurants and nightclubs, and in 1935 opened an office for the practice of interior design. This led to larger architectural work. He returned to Massachusetts in 1940, settling in Springfield. He began formally practicing architecture in 1952, when he formed a partnership with engineer A. George Mallis as Munson & Mallis. In the late 1950s they were associated with Alfred E. Reinhardt in the firm of Munson, Mallis & Reinhardt, but otherwise remained associated as Munson & Mallis until 1970. Throughout much of this period they simultaneously operated the firm of Munson, Mallis, Bradley, Patterson & Burgener, engineers, which gradually developed into Mallis's own practice. After separating Munson formed the new firm of Thurston Munson and Associates Inc., which operated until its dissolution in 1983, when Munson retired from architecture.

Trained in fine arts, Munson often provided murals and mosaics for the buildings designed by his firm. Exterior mosaics survive at two of his churches, at Holy Cross R. C. Church in South Portland(1957-58), which depicts the life of Christ, and at Bethesda Lutheran Church in Springfield (1959-60), which depicts Martin Luther. A set of murals which survives was created in 1947 for Adajian's, a Hartford restaurant. He created a series of fourteen murals depicting scenes from One Thousand and One Nights of which thirteen survive. When the restaurant closed in 1986 they were acquired and restored by Munson. They have been in storage since his death.

Personal life

Marriage

After retiring, Munson returned to his hometown where he continued painting.

A president of the Society of American Registered Architects.

Murals and mosaics.

Architectural works

• House for Thurston Munson, Springfield, Massachusetts (1954)
• American Pad and Paper Company Plant, Holyoke, Massachusetts (1957)
• Holy Cross R. C. Church, South Portland, Maine (1957-58)
• Parish building of Bethesda Lutheran Church, Springfield, Massachusetts (1959-60)
• School of St. Mary R. C. Church, Ware, Massachusetts (1959)
• Addition to the East Street School, Ludlow, Massachusetts (1960)
• Lakeside Hall, Springfield College, Springfield, Massachusetts (1960-61)
• Schoo-Bemis Science Center, Springfield College, Springfield, Massachusetts (1960-61)
• Easthampton High School (former), Easthampton, Massachusetts (1961, demolished 2019)
• Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Springfield, Massachusetts (1961-68, altered 1987-89)
• Ludlow High School, Ludlow, Massachusetts (1962)
• Addition to the Clifford M. Granger School, Agawam, Massachusetts (1963-64)
• Security National Bank Building, Springfield, Massachusetts (1963)
• Springfield Gas Light Company Plant, Springfield, Massachusetts (1964, demolished 2015)
• Colonial Haven Apartments, Agawam, Massachusetts (1965-66)
• Art Linkletter Natatorium, Springfield College, Springfield, Massachusetts (1966-67)
• United States Post Office, Springfield, Massachusetts (1967)
• Learning Resource Center, Worcester State University, Worcester, Massachusetts (1968-71)
• Meadowbrook Manor, Agawam, Massachusetts (1976-77)

Gallery of architectural works

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  Holy Cross R. C. Church, South Portland, Maine, 1957-58.
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  Learning Resource Center, Worcester State University, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1968-71.

O. E. NAULT

architect of Worcester, Massachusetts.

Life and career

Onesime E. Nault was born April 29, 1864 in Wotton, Quebec. He attended the Wotton schools and the academy at Coaticook, followed by a year at the Séminaire de Sherbrooke. He worked for architect David Ouellet in Quebec City for several years before establishing his own practice in Nicolet. He immigrated to the United States in 1887, settling in Worcester. He worked as an architect for the Norcross Brothers before reestablishing his practice in Worcester in 1898.

Personal life

Norman Dollard Nault was born October 11, 1901. He attended Assumption College and Harvard University, graduating from the latter in 1928 with a Master of Architecture degree.

Albert George Nault was born May 8, 1904. He also attended Assumption College, before attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from which he graduated in 1930 with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture degree.

Churches

• Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, Gardner, Massachusetts (completed 1915)
• Holy Name of Jesus, Worcester, Massachusetts (completed 1916)
• St. Joseph, Worcester, Massachusetts (1926)
• St. Francis of Assisi, Fitchburg, Massachusetts (1926-28)
• Immaculate Conception, Fitchburg, Massachusetts (completed 1929)

Parish buildings

• Parochial school, Sacred Heart of Jesus, Webster, Massachusetts (1913)
• Parochial school, St. Joseph, Worcester, Massachusetts (1914)
• Parochial school, Immaculate Conception, Holyoke, Massachusetts (1916-17)
• Parochial school, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Chicopee, Massachusetts (1921)
• Convent, Immaculate Conception, Holyoke, Massachusetts (1924-25)
• Parochial school, Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, Gardner, Massachusetts (1924)
• Parochial school, St. John the Baptist, Ludlow, Massachusetts (1926)
• Rectory, St. Joseph, Worcester, Massachusetts (1926)
• Parochial school, Notre Dame du Bon Conseil, Easthampton, Massachusetts (1932)
• Parochial school, Our Lady of Notre Dame, Pittsfield, Massachusetts (1937)
• Parochial school, Our Lady of the Assumption, Millbury, Massachusetts (1925)

Institutions

• Assumption College buildings, Worcester, Massachusetts (no date)
• St. Francis Home, Worcester, Massachusetts (no date)

Secular

• Naquag Elementary School, Rutland, Massachusetts (1965)
• George C. Gordon Library, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts (1966-67)
• Westborough Public Library addition, Westborough, Massachusetts (1980)

Gallery of architectural works

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  Holy Name of Jesus R. C. Church, Worcester, Massachusetts
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  George C. Gordon Library, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1966-67.

BENJAMIN HAMMETT SEABURY

Benjamin Hammett Seabury
Born	(1856-04-08)April 8, 1856 Newport, Rhode Island
Died	April 21, 1945(1945-04-21) (aged 89) Springfield, Massachusetts
Nationality	United States
Occupation	Architect

B. Hammett Seabury (1856-1945) was an American architect practicing in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Life and career

Benjamin Hammett Seabury was born April 8, 1856 in Newport, Rhode Island to Thomas Mumford Seabury and Caroline A. (Lovie) Seabury. He attended the public schools, after which he worked for Newport architect James Fludder. In 1877 he entered the architectural school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating in 1879. He then moved to Springfield, joining the office of Eugene C. Gardner. In 1882 he formed a partnership with Francis R. Richmond, a senior architect with Gardner's firm, practicing as Richmond & Seabury. They worked together until 1890, when the partnership was dissolved and each opened an independent office. On January 1, 1920 the office was reorganized as the B. Hammett Seabury Company with the addition of his son, Harry Mumford Seabury, and J. Lewis Kelley. Seabury continued to practice architecture until at least the late 1930s.

Personal life

Seabury married in 1883 to Anna Caroline Kelley of Warren, Rhode Island. They had two sons. The Seabury family home was at 188 Florida Street in the McKnight neighborhood, which Seabury had built in 1888.

In 1893 Seabury became a member of the Architectural League of New York.

Seabury died April 21, 1945.

Architectural works

• Y. M. C. A. Building, Southbridge, Massachusetts (1891-92, demolished 1975)
• House for Don H. Woodward, Keene, New Hampshire (1892)
• House for Samuel W. Comstock, Greenfield, Massachusetts (1893)
• Judd Gymnasia, Springfield College, Springfield, Massachusetts (1894)
• Y. M. C. A. Building, Springfield, Massachusetts (1894, demolished)
• Mill Street Fire Station (former), Springfield, Massachusetts (1894-95)
• Oakland Street Fire Station (former), Springfield, Massachusetts (1894-95)
• Administration Building, Springfield College, Springfield, Massachusetts (1895-96, altered)
• House for Charles M. Woodward, West Springfield, Massachusetts (1895)
• Forest Park School, Springfield, Massachusetts (1896-98 et seq., altered)
• Hammond Block, Northampton, Massachusetts (1896)
• Besse Building, Springfield, Massachusetts (1897-98, demolished)
• Brightwood School, Springfield, Massachusetts (1898-99 et seq.)
• Valley View Memorial Chapel, Ticonderoga, New York (1900-01)
• Fuller Building, Amesbury, Massachusetts (1901)
• Armory Street Fire Station, Springfield, Massachusetts (1902, demolished)
• Kensington Avenue School, Springfield, Massachusetts (1908)
• Patton Building, Springfield, Massachusetts (1909, NRHP 1983)
• Central Fire Station, Springfield, Massachusetts (1910-11, demolished)
• Margaret Street Fire Station (former), Springfield, Massachusetts (1910-11)
• St. John's Congregational Church (former), Springfield, Massachusetts (1911, NRHP 2016)
• Van der Hayden Apartments, Springfield, Massachusetts (1914)
• Third National Bank Building, Springfield, Massachusetts (1915)
• Rogers High School annex, Newport, Rhode Island (1921-22, demolished)
• Thomas H. Clarke School, Jamestown, Rhode Island (1922, demolished)
• Chatham Court Apartments, Springfield, Massachusetts (1923)
• Shean Block, Springfield, Massachusetts (1927)
• Massreco Street Fire Station, Springfield, Massachusetts (1930)
• Hope Congregational Church (former), Springfield, Massachusetts (1937-38)
• Bethel A. M. E. Church, Springfield, Massachusetts (1939)

Gallery of architectural works

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  House for Don H. Woodward, Keene, New Hampshire, 1892.
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  Y. M. C. A. Building, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1894.
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  Administration Building, Springfield College, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1895-96.
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  Forest Park School, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1896-98 et seq.
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  Besse Building, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1897-98.
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  Brightwood School, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1898 et seq.
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  Patton Building, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1909.
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  St. John's Congregational Church, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1911.

HENRY ALEXANDER SYKES

Henry Alexander Sykes
Born	(1810-01-31)January 31, 1810 Suffield, Connecticut
Died	December 13, 1860(1860-12-13) (aged 50) Suffield, Connecticut
Nationality	United States
Occupation	Architect

Henry A. Sykes (1810-1860) was an American master builder and architect who lived and worked in Suffield, Connecticut and Springfield, Massachusetts.

Life and career

Henry Alexander Sikes, later Sykes, was born January 31, 1810 in Suffield, Connecticut to Alexander Sikes and Lois (Bliss) Sikes. He was orphaned at a young age and was raised by his grandfather, Victory Sikes Jr. He was educated in the Suffield public schools before being apprenticed to the Springfield master builder Chauncey Shepard. He is also believed to have been educated in architecture by the New Haven architect Ithiel Town. Sykes was working on his own by 1835, when he designed and built a meeting house for the First Church of Christ, Congregational of Suffield. By 1841 he opened an architect's office in Springfield, though he continued to live in Suffield. He worked as an architect and builder throughout the Connecticut River Valley until his death in 1860, though declining health caused him to reduce his activity in the 1850s.

Personal life

Sykes married in 1836, to Julia Ann Fowler of Suffield. They had six children.

Sykes was active in the Congregational church, and became a deacon of the church in Suffield in 1857.

Architectural works

• First Church of Christ, Congregational, Suffield, Connecticut (1835, demolished)
• New Marlborough Meeting House, New Marlborough, Massachusetts (1837-39)
• Second Baptist Church, Suffield, Connecticut (1839)
• First Congregational Church, Chester, Massachusetts (1840)
• Union House, Springfield, Massachusetts (1846, demolished 2019)
• Episcopal Church of St. James and St. Andrew, Greenfield, Massachusetts (1847)
• Woods Cabinet and Lawrence Observatory, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts (1847-48)
• House for John Mills, Springfield, Massachusetts (1849-50, NRHP 1973)
• Extension of the Hampden County Courthouse, Springfield, Massachusetts (1851-52, demolished)
• Morgan Hall, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts (1852-53)
• House for Francis Tiffany, Springfield, Massachusetts (1853, demolished 1980)
• Appleton Hall, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts (1855, altered)
• House for Julius Fowler, Suffield, Connecticut (1858-59)
• Monument to Benjamin Ruggles, Old Center Cemetery, Suffield, Connecticut (1858)

Gallery of architectural works

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  New Marlborough Meeting House, New Marlborough, Massachusetts, 1837-39.
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  Second Baptist Church, Suffield, Connecticut, 1839.
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  First Congregational Church, Chester, Massachusetts, 1840.
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  Episcopal Church of St. James and St. Andrew, Greenfield, Massachusetts, 1847-48.
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  Woods Cabinet and Lawrence Observatory, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1847.
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  House for John Mills, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1849-51.
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  Morgan Hall, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1852-53.
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  Appleton Hall, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1855.

GEORGE WOOD TAYLOR

George Wood Taylor
Born	(1868-07-14)July 14, 1868 Morristown, New Jersey
Died	July 15, 1921(1921-07-15) (aged 53) Hyannis Port, Massachusetts
Nationality	United States
Occupation	Architect

G. Wood Taylor (1868-1921) was an American architect based in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Life and career

George Wood Taylor was born July 14, 1868 in Morristown, New Jersey to Henry Taylor and Louisa (Wood) Taylor. He was educated at the Trinity School in Tivoli, New York before attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating in 1890. He worked for William Ralph Emerson and Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge in Boston before moving to Springfield in 1895, where he established his own practice. He specialized in the design of houses, and was responsible for many large suburban homes in Springfield as well as cottages on the Massachusetts coast, especially in Hyannis Port. He practiced until 1913, when declining health caused him to retire.

Personal life

Taylor married in 1895 to Lillian James McKnight of Springfield. Her father, William H. McKnight, was a developer of Springfield's suburban neighborhoods and would become an important client. They had one child, a daughter.

Taylor's home, which he designed in 1910, is located at 41 Ridgewood Place in Springfield.

Taylor died July 15, 1921 at his summer home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. He had built this house, "Stonehurst," about 1912, and it was destroyed by fire shortly after his death. His widow had it rebuilt to the original design, and it still stands at 11 Maywood Avenue.

Architectural works

• House for Col. Stanhope E. Blunt, 83 Ridgewood Ter, Springfield, Massachusetts (1911)

MAX HAROLD WESTHOFF

Max Harold Westhoff
Born	(1874-10-13)October 13, 1874 Brooklyn, New York
Died	1951 Pass-a-Grille, Florida
Nationality	United States
Occupation	Architect

Max H. Westhoff (1874-1951) was an American architect practicing in Saranac Lake, New York and Springfield, Massachusetts.

Life and career

Max Harold Westhoff was born October 13, 1874 in Brooklyn, New York. He was educated as a member of the first class of the Pratt Institute, and worked in the office of Eidlitz & McKenzie. In 1902 he relocated to Saranac Lake, New York, probably for tuberculosis treatment. There he joined the office of William L. Coulter, an architect known for many of the Adirondack Great Camps. In 1905 they formed a partnership, known as Coulter & Westhoff. Coulter died in 1907, and Westhoff practiced under the partnership's name until 1912. In 1916, Westhoff established a second office at Springfield, and soon moved his residence there as well. When his assistant William G. Distin returned from service in World War I, the offices were divided, Distin in Saranac Lake and Westhoff in Springfield. Westhoff continued to practice in Springfield until 1935, when economic pressures caused him to retire.

In Springfield, Westhoff was best known for his designs for large suburban houses.

Personal life

Westhoff was married.

Westhoff died in 1951 in Pass-a-Grille, Florida.

Architectural works

• Adirondack National Bank Building, Saranac Lake, New York (1906-07, altered)
• "Heatherdell" for Adolph Lewisohn, Ardsley-on-Hudson, New York (1907-08)
• Additions to the Essex County Municipal Complex, Elizabethtown, New York (1910-11, NRHP 2016)
• St. Bernard R. C. Church, Saranac Lake, New York (1910-12, burned 1967)
• House for George Hamlin, Lake Placid, New York (1916)
• Hampden Savings Bank Building, Springfield, Massachusetts (1918, NRHP 1983)
• Shriners Hospital for Children, Springfield, Massachusetts (1924, demolished)
• Hancock House, Ticonderoga, New York (1925-26, NRHP 1988)
• William Pynchon Memorial Building, Springfield, Massachusetts (1927)
• Ticonderoga Community Building, Ticonderoga, New York (1927, NRHP 1988)
• Liberty Branch of the Springfield City Library (former), Springfield, Massachusetts (1930)
• East Springfield Branch of the Springfield City Library, Springfield, Massachusetts (1931-32)

Gallery of architectural works

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  Hampden Savings Bank Building, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1918.
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  Shriners Hospital for Children, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1924.
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  Hancock House, Ticonderoga, New York, 1925-26.
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  William Pynchon Memorial Building, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1927.
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  Ticonderoga Community Building, Ticonderoga, New York, 1927.

BRUNO WOZŃY

Bruno Wozńy
Born	1872
Died	December 20, 1923 Springfield, Massachusetts
Nationality	United States
Occupation	Architect

Bruno Wozńy (1872-1923) was a Polish-American architect practicing in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Life and career

born in 1872. Wozny was educated at the Maryland Institute in Baltimore, graduating in 1896 from the architectural division of the night school. Prior to this, he was a bricklayer.

Personal life

Wozny died December 20, 1923 in Springfield at the age of 50.

Architectural works

• Laurel Hall, Springfield, Massachusetts (1914, NRHP 1987)
• St. Stanislaus R. C. Church, West Warren, Massachusetts (1917)
• Polish National Home, Enfield, Connecticut (1923)
• School of St. Stanislaus R. C. Church, New Haven, Connecticut (1923)

Gallery of architectural works

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  Laurel Hall, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1914.
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  St. Stanislaus R. C. Church, West Warren, Massachusetts, 1917.

SOME OTHERS

• Wallace E. Dibble AIA
• George P. Dion
• Samuel M. Greene Company
• William J. Howes (Holyoke and Springfield)
• McClintock & Craig
• Raymond M. Mowry
• George R. Pyne
• William B. Reid (Holyoke)
• Harry L. Sprague