J._Williams_Beal

J. Williams Beal

J. Williams Beal

American architect (1855–1919)

John Williams Beal (May 9, 1855 - July 7, 1919) was an architect in Boston, Massachusetts.[1]

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Biography

He was born on 19 May 1855 in Scituate, Massachusetts, to John Beal and Lucy Ann Beal.

He married Mary Washburn.

He trained at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and then worked for McKim, Mead & White before opening his own business.[2] His sons, John and Horatio Beal founded J. Williams Beal, Sons, which designed the Masonic Temple (Quincy, Massachusetts) in 1926, and other area buildings.

He died on 7 July 1919 in Hanover, Massachusetts.

Designed by Beal

References

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    Boston almanac. 1884, 1887, 1891, 1894
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    Technology Review, Volume 21, 1919
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    National Register of Historic Places |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/AssetDetail/9115278e-a2fc-4658-9217-946031ecc853
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    The Unitarian, May 1892
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    Massachusetts Historical Commission, Building Inventory Form #12781 (2008)
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    "Roxbury Crossing Historical Trust".
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    Catalogue of the first annual exhibition of the Boston Architectural Club: held at Horticultural Hall, from Tuesday, May 13, to Saturday, May 31, 1890
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    The Unitarian, May 1892
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    Charles Hudson. History of the Town of Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: History. Houghton Mifflin, 1913
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    "History - First Baptist Church".
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    Church building quarterly, April 1895
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    Brookline Preservation Commission, Cottage Farm Historic District Report, December 2015
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    "Walnut Avenue, Its Memorable Persons and Places, Its History" By Richard Heath
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    Christian Art, v.2, 1908
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    "First Baptist Church, Brockton, MA". 30 January 2015.
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    Good Housekeeping Magazine, v.50, pp.364-369, 1910
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    New Insights on the History of Castle in the Clouds
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    Architectural Plan
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