Charles Sumner Sedgwick

Sedgwick was born in 1856, in New York.^[3] His wife, Mary D., was born in the 1850s and died in 1920.^[4]

He started his career as an architect in Binghamton, New York and moved to Minneapolis in 1884^[5] and completed several projects in the city^{[6][citation needed]} and surrounding areas and states. Several of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[7] Sedgwick is a designated Minneapolis master architect by the city's heritage preservation authority.

He died on March 12, 1922, aged 65 or 66, at St. Barnabas Hospital in Minnesota, from Bright's disease.^[8] He was buried in Lakewood Cemetery.^[9]

Sedgwick was most known for his residential commissions, but also designed churches, school buildings, and commercial structures.^[3]

• George W. Baird House (1886), Edina, Minnesota, NRHP-listed
• Como Congregational Church (1886), Minneapolis, Minnesota
• George R. Newell House (1888), 1818 LaSalle Ave., Minneapolis, MN (Sedgwick, Charles), NRHP-listed^[7]
• First National Bank (1889), 501 St. Germain St., St. Cloud, MN (Sedgwick, Charles), NRHP-listed^[7]
• Old Arkansas City High School (1890), Arkansas City, Kansas, formerly the Arkansas City High School building and now Ireland Hall at Cowley Community College; NRHP-listed^[7]
• Andrew Presbyterian Church (1890), at Fourth Street and Eighth Avenue, Minneapolis,^[3] patterned after St. Giles in Scotland. Demolished c.2002.^[10]
• Nehemiah P. Clarke House (1892–93), 356 3rd Ave., S., St. Cloud, MN (Sedgwick, Charles S.), NRHP-listed^[7][11]
• Westminster Presbyterian Church (1897), 1201–1213 Nicollet Mall with Warren H. Hayes,^[3] NRHP-listed
• Dayton's (1902) at 700 Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis (later converted to a Macy's before closing down)
• Burton Hall (University of Minnesota) interior at the University of Minnesota (1895) with Leroy Buffington designing the exterior. The building was formerly used as a library^[12]

• Budge Hall (1899 – demolished 1981) and Science Hall (renamed Minard Hall in honor of Dean A. E. Minard) at North Dakota State University^[13] Minard Hall has been added on to and extensively renovated over the years.^[14]
• William F. Bruell House (1902), Address Restricted, Redfield, South Dakota (Sedgwick & Saxton), NRHP-listed^[7][15]
• Four story commercial building at 256 1st Avenue North (1902) in Minneapolis
• Morris Carnegie Library (1905), Nevada and 6th Sts., Morris, MN (Sedgwick & Saxton), NRHP-listed^[7]
• Old Waconia City Hall (1909), 9 W. 1st St. in Waconia, Minnesota, NRHP-listed^[7][16]
• First Lutheran Church (1916) 434 First Street Southwest in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota^[17]
• Park Avenue Covenant Church, Minneapolis
• Park Avenue Congregational Church, at Park and Franklin Avenues, Minneapolis^[3]
• Lowry Hill Congregational Church, at Dupont and Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis^[3]
• Fourth Baptist Church, at 2105 Fremont Avenue North, Minneapolis^[3]

As part of a popular trend, Sedgwick published his plans through newspapers and as several books. His popular Sedgwick's Best House Plans included 120 house plans in a variety of styles and costs. It went through many editions from 1905 to 2021, and customers ordered full plan sets from Sedgwick by mail order.^[18]