William Washburn (architect)

William Washburn (1808–1890) was an architect and city councilor in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, in the mid-19th century. He designed Boston's National Theatre (1836), Revere House hotel (1847), Tremont Temple (1853) and Parker House hotel (1854).^[1] He served on the Boston Common Council from ward 6 in 1854 and 1855.^[2][3] He was chairman of the Boston Board of Aldermen in 1855.^[2]

William Washburn
Chairman of the Boston Board of Aldermen
In office 1855
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Phelham Bonney
Member of the Boston Common Council
In office 1854–1855
Personal details
Born	(1868-09-12)September 12, 1868 Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	June 22, 1943(1943-06-22) (aged 74) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting place	Mount Olivet Cemetery
Political party	Democratic
Profession	Architect

Revere House, Bowdoin Square, Boston, designed by Washburn, 1847; engraving by S.S. Kilburn

Designed by Washburn

• Renovation of Old State House, Boston (with Isaiah Rogers, 1830)^[4]
• Grace Church, Temple Street, Boston (c. 1835)^[5]
• National Theatre, West End, Boston (1836)
• Revere House hotel, Boston (1847)^[6]
• American House, Hanover St., Boston (rebuilt 1851)^[7]
• Tremont Temple, Tremont St., Boston (1853)
• Remodelling of interior of Massachusetts State House (1853)^[8]
• Parker House hotel, School St., Boston (1854)
• Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York (1859)
• Victoria Hotel, New York
• Charlestown City Hall, Massachusetts^[9]
• Young's Hotel, Boston (1860)^[7]
• Adams House, Washington St., Boston^[7]

Image gallery

Buildings designed by Washburn

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  Grace Church, Temple St., Boston, 1836
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  National Theatre, Boston, c. 1838
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  Tremont Temple, Boston, c. 1857
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  City Hall, Charlestown, Mass., 19th century
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  Parker House, Boston, 19th century

References

1. Kidder, The architect's and builder's pocket-book: A handbook for architects, structural engineers, builders, and draughtsmen, 15th ed. London: J. Wiley, 1908; p.1545
   - Boston Directory, 1851, 1862
2. "A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown, 1847-1873 and of the Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822: Also of Various Other Town and Municipal Officers". City of Boston Printing Department. 1909. pp. 45 and 92. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
3. Roberts, History of the Military Company of the Massachusetts, now called, the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts: 1637-1888, Volume 3. Boston: A. Mudge & Son, 1898
4. Bostonian Society
5. American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge, v.10, no.2, June 1836
   -Catalogue of the valuable private library of the late William H. Whitmore, of Boston, genealogist and historian, and for many years registrar of the city of Boston: Part I, comprising a collection of about 1300 genealogies, part II, historical and miscellaneous books, including a large number of books relating to the local history of Boston ... to be sold by auction Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Nov. 11 to 14, 1902
6. "Twelve missing in Boston fire", New York Times, January 16, 1912. p.1.
7. Bacon's dictionary of Boston, 1886
8. William Rotch Ware, The Georgian period: a series of measured drawings of colonial work, Part 12. U.P.C. Book company inc., The American architect book dept., 1902
9. Jane Holtz Kay. Lost Boston. Univ of Massachusetts Press, 2006