Peabody and Stearns Facts for Kids

The Custom House Tower in Boston, a famous building designed by Peabody & Stearns.

Peabody & Stearns was a very important architecture company in the eastern part of the United States during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, the company was started by two talented architects: Robert Swain Peabody (1845–1917) and John Goddard Stearns Jr. (1843–1917).

They designed many different types of buildings. Their work is especially known for a style called "shingle style", which uses wooden shingles on the outside of buildings.

Later, another architect named Pierce P. Furber joined them, and the company's name changed to Peabody, Stearns & Furber. After Robert Peabody and John Stearns passed away, the company was taken over by W. Cornell Appleton (who was also an architect there) and Frank Stearns (John Stearns' son). They renamed it Appleton & Stearns.

Famous Buildings They Designed
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Famous Buildings They Designed

Peabody & Stearns created many beautiful and important buildings across several states. Here are some examples of their work:

Buildings in Georgia

Plum Orchard: A large house on Cumberland Island (built in 1898).
Stafford Place: Another house on Cumberland Island (built in 1901).

Buildings in Maine

York Hall: A house in Bath (built between 1896 and 1898).
Bangor High School: A school building in Bangor (built in 1912).
Bangor Public Library: The public library in Bangor (built in 1912).

Buildings in Massachusetts

The Bussey Institute at Harvard University.

Matthews Hall: A building at Harvard University in Cambridge (built in 1871).
Bussey Institute: Also at Harvard University in Cambridge (built in 1871).
College Hall: A building at Smith College in Northampton (built in 1875).
Shepherd Brooks House: A historic house in Medford (built in 1881).
Kragsyde: A famous house in Manchester-by-the-Sea (built in 1883). This house was later taken down in 1929.
Elm Court: A large estate in Lenox (built in 1886).
Exchange Building: A significant building in Boston (built between 1887 and 1891).
Wheatleigh: A grand house in Stockbridge (built in 1893).
Christ Episcopal Church: A church in Waltham (built between 1897 and 1902).
Worcester City Hall: The city hall in Worcester (built in 1898).
Dorchester Heights Monument: A monument in Dorchester (built in 1902).
Marlborough Public Library: The public library in Marlborough (built between 1903 and 1904).
U. S. Custom House Tower: A very tall and famous building in Boston (built between 1913 and 1915).

Buildings in Missouri

St. Louis School and Museum of Fine Arts: A school and museum in St. Louis (built between 1879 and 1881). This building was later taken down in 1919.
Unitarian Church of the Messiah: A church in St. Louis (built between 1880 and 1882). This building was later taken down in 1987.
Security Building: A building in St. Louis (built between 1890 and 1892) by Peabody, Stearns & Furber.

Buildings in Minnesota

James J. Hill House: A large house in St. Paul (built between 1887 and 1891).
Union Depot: A train station in Duluth (built between 1890 and 1892).

Buildings in New Jersey

Lawrenceville School: Many buildings for this school in Lawrenceville (built between 1884 and 1895).
Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal: A train terminal in Jersey City (built between 1888 and 1889).

Buildings in Pennsylvania

George W. Childs-Drexel House: A house in Philadelphia (built in 1893).
Harvey Childs House: A house in Pittsburgh (built in 1896), which is now the University of Pittsburgh's Chancellor's Residence.
Joseph Horne & Co. Dept. Store: A department store in Pittsburgh (built between 1897 and 1898).
East Liberty Market: A market building in Pittsburgh (built between 1898 and 1900).

Buildings in Rhode Island

The Providence Journal Building in Providence.

The Breakers: A large house in Newport (built between 1877 and 1878). This house later burned down in 1892 and was replaced by a different building.
Vinland: A house in Newport (built between 1882 and 1883). It is now called Mcauley Hall and is part of Salve Regina University.
Rough Point: A grand house in Newport (built between 1888 and 1891).
Providence Journal Building: A building in Providence (built in 1906).

Buildings in Washington, D.C.

Volta Bureau: A historic building in Washington, D.C. (built in 1893).

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College Hall, Smith College, Northampton, MA, 1875
Memorial Hall, The Lawrenceville School
Harvey Childs house, now the University of Pittsburgh's Chancellor's Residence
Plum Orchard, built 1898
Dorchester Heights Monument
The Henry Bradlee Jr. House in Medford, Massachusetts
Worcester City Hall
Bangor Public Library
East Liberty Market, built in 1898-1900, and located in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh, PA.
Joseph Horne Company Department Store in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, built in 1900 (with additions in 1923). Architects: Peabody & Stearns, and William S. Fraser.
Christ Church in Waltham, Massachusetts
Edith Memorial Chapel, Lawrenceville School
Public Library, Marlborough, Massachusetts