Charles F. Wilcox
American architect
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Charles F. Wilcox (1845–1905) was an American architect practicing in Providence, Rhode Island.
BornJanuary 8, 1845
DiedJuly 12, 1905 (aged 60)
OccupationArchitect
PracticeHartshorn & Wilcox, C. F. Wilcox, Wilcox & Congdon
Charles Field Wilcox[1] | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 8, 1845 |
| Died | July 12, 1905 (aged 60) |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Practice | Hartshorn & Wilcox, C. F. Wilcox, Wilcox & Congdon |
| Buildings | Congdon Street Baptist Church, Union Baptist Church, Burrows Block, Conant Memorial Church |
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Life
Wilcox was born in 1845 in Georgia, to a family that relocated to Providence in his infancy.[2] He trained with local architect Charles P. Hartshorn, becoming his partner in 1873. Their firm, Hartshorn & Wilcox, lasted until the end of 1879, briefly before Hartshorn's death in 1880.[3] Wilcox continued practicing alone until 1895, when he made draftsman Gideon Gardner Congdon partner in Wilcox & Congdon. This firm was dissolved in 1899 and Wilcox again continued alone.[4] He died in Providence in 1905.
Architectural works
Hartshorn & Wilcox, 1873-1879
- 1874 - Congdon Street Baptist Church, 15 Congdon St, Providence, Rhode Island[5]
- 1874 - Wayland Building, 128 N Main St, Providence, Rhode Island[5]
- Also home to the offices of church architect James Murphy[6]
- 1875 - Fourth Baptist Church (Remodeling), Howell St, Providence, Rhode Island[7]
- Demolished
- 1876 - Union Baptist Church, 10 East St, Providence, Rhode Island[5]
- Commissioned by the Third Baptist Church
- 1877 - Charles Ackerman Duplex, 61-63 Chapin Ave, Providence, Rhode Island[8]
C. F. Wilcox, 1880-1895
- 1880 - Burrows Block, 741 Westminster St, Providence, Rhode Island[9]
- 1883 - First Baptist Church, 30 Peirce St, East Greenwich, Rhode Island[10]
- 1883 - South Baptist Church, 185-187 Ocean St, Providence, Rhode Island[11]
- Demolished
- 1884 - Charles Matteson House, 112 Prospect St, Providence, Rhode Island[12]
- 1886 - Cyrus E. Lapham House, 64 Harrison St, Pawtucket, Rhode Island[13]
- 1890 - Conant Memorial Church, 135 Center Rd, Dudley, Massachusetts[14]
- 1893 - Dudley Hill School, Center Rd, Dudley, Massachusetts[15]
- Now owned by Nichols College
- 1895 - Aldrich Free Public Library, 299 Main St, Moosup, Connecticut
Wilcox & Congdon, 1895-1899
- 1896 - George M. Snow House, 24 Alumni Ave, Providence, Rhode Island[16]
C. F. Wilcox, 1899-1905
- 1902 - Narragansett Baptist Church (Old), 20 Ferry Rd, Saunderstown, Rhode Island[17]
- Now serves as the local post office[18]