right|thumb|[[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.

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.

Maine

  • York Hall (William D. Sewall House), 1 Edwards St., Bath (1896–98)
  • Bangor High School, 185 Harlow St., Bangor (1912)
  • Bangor Public Library, 145 Harlow St., Bangor (1912)

Massachusetts

thumb|Bussey Institute, [[Harvard University]]

  • Matthews Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, (1871)
  • Bussey Institute, Harvard University, Jamaica Plain, (1871)
  • Frederick L. Ames House, 306 Dartmouth St., Boston (1872)
  • College Hall, Smith College, Northampton (1875)
  • R. H. White department store, 518–536 Washington Street, Boston (1876)
  • First Church of Christ, 129 Main St., Northampton (1878)
  • Shepherd Brooks House, 275 Grove St., Medford (1881)
  • Dudley Hall Bradlee House, 21 Ashcroft Road, Medford, Massachusetts (1878)
  • Henry Bradlee Jr. House, Medford (1881–82)
  • James C. Bayley House, 16 Fairmont Ave., Newton (1883–84)
  • Kragsyde (George N. Black Jr. House), 27 Smith's Point Rd., Manchester-by-the-Sea (1883) – Demolished 1929.
  • Elm Court (William D. Sloane House), 310 Old Stockbridge Rd., Lenox (1886)
  • Exchange Building, 53 State St., Boston (1887–91)
  • First Parish Church, 349 Boston Post Rd., Weston (1888)
  • Greystone (Jonathan H. White House), 62 Buckminster Rd., Brookline (1888)
  • Charles E. Cotting Buildings, 186–192 South St., Boston (1891)
  • Wheatleigh (Henry H. Cook House), Hawthorne Rd., Stockbridge (1893)
  • Fiske Building, 75 State St., Boston (1896) – Demolished 1984.
  • Christ Episcopal Church, 750 Main St., Waltham (1897–1902)
  • Worcester City Hall, 455 Main St., Worcester (1898)
  • Dorchester Heights Monument, Dorchester (1902)
  • Marlborough Public Library, 35 W. Main St., Marlborough (1903–04)
  • Springfield Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Building, 195 State St., Springfield (1905)
  • U. S. Custom House Tower, Boston (1913–15)
  • Norfolk County Registry of Deeds, Dedham, Massachusetts (1905)thumb|right|250px|Public Library, [[Marlborough, Massachusetts]]

Missouri

  • St. Louis School and Museum of Fine Arts, 1815 Locust St., St. Louis (1879–81) – Demolished 1919.
  • Unitarian Church of the Messiah, 508 N. Garrison Ave., St. Louis (1880–82) – Demolished 1987.
  • Turner Building, 304 N. 8th St., St. Louis (1882–83) – Demolished 1902.
  • Alvah Mansur House, 3700 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis (1885–86)
  • Charles F. Morse House, 200 E. 36th St., Kansas City (1887) – Demolished.
  • Henry L. Newman House, 21 Westmoreland Pl., St. Louis (1889) – Demolished.
  • Security Building, 319 N. 4th St., St. Louis (1890–92), (Peabody, Stearns & Furber)
  • John T. Davis House, 17 Westmoreland Pl., St. Louis (1893–94)

New Jersey

right|250px|thumb|Edith Memorial Chapel, [[Lawrenceville School]]

  • Elberon Casino, Lincoln Ave., Elberon (1882–83) – Demolished.
  • Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville (1884–95)
  • Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal, Jersey City (1888–89)

Pennsylvania

  • George W. Childs-Drexel House, 1726 Locust St., Philadelphia (1893)
  • Nathaniel Holmes House, Morewood & 5th Aves., Pittsburgh (1895) – Demolished.
  • Harvey Childs House, 718 Devonshire St., Pittsburgh (1896)
  • Sarah Drexel Fell House, 1801 Walnut St., Philadelphia (1896–98)
  • Durbin Horne House, 7418 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh (1897)
  • Joseph Horne & Co. Dept. Store, 501 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh (1897–98)
  • East Liberty Market, 5900 Baum Blvd., Pittsburgh (1898–1900)
  • Remsen V. Messler House, 651 Morewood Ave., Pittsburgh (1900–01)
  • Laurento (E. Craig Biddle House), Darby-Paoli Rd., Villanova (1901) – Demolished 1980s.
  • Penshurst (Percival Roberts House), Conshohocken State Rd., Lower Merion (1901) – Demolished.
  • Westview (Livingston L. Biddle House), Westview Rd., Bryn Mawr (1917)
  • Nathan Matthews House, 492 Bellevue Ave., Newport (1871–72) – Burned 1881.
  • Weetamoe (Nathaniel Thayer House), 2 Rovensky Ave., Newport (1872)
  • Vinland (Catharine Lorillard Wolfe House), Newport (1882–83) – Now Salve Regina's Mcauley Hall.
  • Ocean Lawn (Elizabeth Gammell House), 51 Cliff Ave., Newport (1888–89)
  • Rockhurst (H. Mortimer Brooks House), Bellevue Ave., Newport (1891) – Demolished 1955.
  • Shamrock Cliff (G. M. Gaun McRobert Hutton House), 65 Ridge Rd., Newport (1894)
  • 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
  • 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

Images

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File:010 Elm St College Hall Smith College.jpg|College Hall, Smith College, Northampton, MA, 1875

File:Memorial Hall, Lawrenceville School (Lawrenceville, NJ).JPG|Memorial Hall, The Lawrenceville School

File:Chancellor'sResidencePitt.jpg|Harvey Childs house, now the University of Pittsburgh's Chancellor's Residence

File:Plum-orchard.jpg|Plum Orchard, built 1898

File:Dorchester Heights Monument (Boston, MA) - general view.jpg|Dorchester Heights Monument

File:FrontView.JPG|The Henry Bradlee Jr. House in Medford, Massachusetts

File:City Hall - Worcester, Massachusetts USA.JPG|Worcester City Hall

File:BangorPublicLibraryMainEntrance.jpg|Bangor Public Library

File:EastLibertyMarket2.jpg|East Liberty Market, built in 1898–1900, and located in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh, PA.

File:Joseph Horne Department Store, Pittsburgh, 2015-05-10.jpg|Joseph Horne Company Department Store in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, built in 1900 (with additions in 1923). Architects: Peabody & Stearns, and William S. Fraser.

File:Christ Church Waltham Mass Western Facade.JPG|Christ Church in Waltham, Massachusetts

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Notes

References

Further reading

  • Wheaton A. Holden. "The Peabody Touch: Peabody and Stearns of Boston, 1870–1917." Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Vol. 32, No. 2 (May, 1973)
  • The Architecture of Peabody & Stearns
  • The Brooks Estate
  • East Liberty Market House (Motor Square Garden) and Harvey Childs house
  • Laurelawn, Hopedene
  • Fiske Building
  • Matthews Hall