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Thomas Waldron Sumner (1768–1849) was an architect and government representative in Boston, Massachusetts, in the early 19th century.[1][2] He designed East India Marine Hall and the Independent Congregational Church in Salem;[3][4] and the South Congregational Society church in Boston.[5] He was also involved with the Exchange Coffee House, Boston.[6]
In Boston he lived on Cambridge Street[7] and Chamber Street,[8] and later moved to Brookline.[9] He belonged to the Boston Associated Housewrights Society[10] and the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanick Association.[11] Sumner married Elizabeth Hubbard (1770–1839); children included Caroline Sumner (born 1796) and Thomas Hubbard Sumner. His parents were engineer James Sumner (1740–1814) and Alice Waldron (died 1773).[12][13] The artist John Christian Rauschner created portraits of Sumner and his wife.[14]
Sumner's home in Brookline, Mass. (photo Historic New England)
Independent Congregational Church, Salem; built in 1825 (photo 1890s). Designed by Sumner.
East India Marine Hall, Salem; built 1825. Designed by Sumner.
Pierce Hall, Brookline, Mass., built 1825. Designed by Sumner (photo Boston Public Library)
Divinity Hall, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, Mass.; built 1826. Designed by Sumner and Solomon Willard.[15]
South Congregational Church, Boston; built in 1828. Designed by Sumner.
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