[MassHistPres] Architect Stephen C. Earle files

[SCeccacci at aol.com]

Dr. Larson,
I am unaware of any collection of plans from the office of Stephen Earle,  
having tried myself in the past to find one.  Some individual plans can be  
found in the collections of different libraries, but I believe that the 
contents  of Earle's office did not survive.      

It may or may not be of interest to you that Professor Curtis  Dahl, 
deceased, formerly of Wheaton College, did a lot of research on  Stephen Earle and 
produced a never-published manuscript on Earle and his work, a  copy of 
which I own.  I was in touch with him when he was doing that  research, back in 
the 1980s.  At that time no collection of plans from  Earle's office was 
known to exist.  Earle's grandson, Albert  Southwick, who lives in Worcester 
and who is himself a historian, was not  aware of any comprehensive 
collection of Earle's drawings.
 

The Massachusetts Office of Public Safety records at the Massachusetts  
Archives might have some plans for the building you are interested in.  You  
might also check with the Worcester Historical Museum library (Robyn Conroy,  
librarian) to see if they have acquired drawings of interest to you since I 
last  looked at their holdings.  The Worcester Historical Museum did a show 
on  the work of Stephen Earle back in the 1980s and there is a catalogue for 
the  show, but that is not what you are looking for. Other possible 
locations to  check for plans are the Worcester Public Library (Joy Hennig, local 
history room  librarian) and the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester 
(Lauren Hewes,  graphics archivist).
 
I hope this helps,
 
Susan McDaniel Ceccacci
Architectural Historian
home phone:  508-829-6640
also
Education Director
Preservation Worcester
 
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 11/18/2013 9:02:02 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
Ellen.Lipsey at cityofboston.gov writes:

 
If you  haven’t checked MassCOPAR you can google them and get a link via 
Open Source  to listings of architects, drawings etc. that MassCOPAR  
catalogued. 
 
 
From:  masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu 
[mailto:masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu] On  Behalf Of Joseph Larson
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 11:45  AM
To: Mass Hist Preservation
Cc: RICHARD NATHHORST;  jlarson at tei.umass.edu; James Edward Mulcahy; 
arnoldf at art.umass.edu; Elaine C.  Barker
Subject: [MassHistPres] Architect Stephen C. Earle  files

Preserve UMass is interested  in learning where the files and plans of 
architect Stephen C. Earle  (1839-1913) of Worcester may have been archived.  He 
designed over 70  public buildings and residences in the Worcester area and 
in other parts of  Massachusetts. We are specifically interested to learn 
if the original plans  of the 1885 Old Chapel on the UMass Amherst campus 
have survived. Any help or  suggestions would be most appreciated. 
Joseph S. Larson, Ph.D. '56  G58 
Corresponding  Secretary 
Preserve UMass 
27 Arnold  Road 
Pelham, Massachusetts  01002-9757 
413-256-8256 



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