Densmore and LeClear
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Densmore and LeClear was an architecture firm based in Boston, active from 1897 through 1942.
The founding principals were Edward Dana Densmore (1871 - 1926) and Gifford LeClear (1874 - 1931) in 1897, organizing as an engineering firm. Both were engineering graduates of Harvard University
, and LeClear returned to Harvard as a lecturer and professor. With the addition of Henry C. Robbins in July 1914, another Harvard-trained architect, the firm was known as Densmore, LeClear and Robbins.
Their designs include:
The founding principals were Edward Dana Densmore (1871 - 1926) and Gifford LeClear (1874 - 1931) in 1897, organizing as an engineering firm. Both were engineering graduates of Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, and LeClear returned to Harvard as a lecturer and professor. With the addition of Henry C. Robbins in July 1914, another Harvard-trained architect, the firm was known as Densmore, LeClear and Robbins.
Their designs include:
- Paine Furniture BuildingPaine Furniture BuildingPaine Furniture Building is an historic building at 75-81 Arlington Street in Boston, Massachusetts.The building was constructed in 1914 and added to the National Historic Register in 2002....
, 75-81 Arlington Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 1914 - Vose & Sons Piano Company Building, Wooley Avenue, Watertown, MassachusettsWatertown, MassachusettsThe Town of Watertown is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 31,915 at the 2010 census.- History :Archeological evidence suggests that Watertown was inhabited for thousands of years before the arrival of settlers from England...
, 1922, later converted to Watertown ArsenalWatertown ArsenalThe Watertown Arsenal was a major American arsenal located on the northern shore of the Charles River in Watertown, Massachusetts. Its site is now registered on the ASCE's List of Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks and on the U.S.'s National Register of Historic Places, and it is home to the...
Building #39 - Egleston Theatre, 3091 Washington Street, Jamaica Plain, MassachusettsJamaica Plain, MassachusettsJamaica Plain is a historic neighborhood of in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded by Boston Puritans seeking farm land to the south, it was originally part of the city of Roxbury...
, 1926 (razed 2003) - Salada Tea CompanySalada teaSalada tea is a product sold by Salada Foods, a division of Redco Foods, Inc., a United States company.- History :Salada tea was founded in 1892 by Montreal businessman Peter C. Larkin...
Building, 330 Stuart Street, Boston, 1927 - Waban Branch LibraryWaban Branch LibraryWaban Branch Library is a historic library at 1608 Beacon Street in Newton, Massachusetts.It was built in 1929 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. In early 2009, it closed due to budgetary constraints, but re-opened in September 2009 as the Waban Library Center, a...
, 1608 Beacon Street, Newton, MassachusettsNewton, MassachusettsNewton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States bordered to the east by Boston. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the population of Newton was 85,146, making it the eleventh largest city in the state.-Villages:...
, 1929 - New England Telephone and Telegraph, 6 Bowdoin SquareBowdoin Square (Boston)Bowdoin Square in Boston, Massachusetts was located in the West End. In the 18th-19th centuries it featured residential houses, leafy trees, a church, hotel, theatre and other buildings. Among the notables who have lived in the square: physician Thomas Bulfinch; merchant Kirk Boott; and mayor...
, Boston, 1930 - Metropolitan District Commission Headquarters, 20 Somerset Street, Boston, 1930
- Bangor Telephone Exchange Building, Bangor, MaineBangor, MaineBangor is a city in and the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine, United States, and the major commercial and cultural center for eastern and northern Maine...
, 1931 - First Church of Christ, ScientistFirst Church of Christ, Scientist (Newton, Massachusetts)The former First Church of Christ, Scientist, built in 1940, is an historic Christian Science church building located at 391 Walnut Street on the corner of Otis Street in the village of Newtonville, in Newton, Massachusetts. It was designed in the redbrick Colonial Revival style by Densmore,...
, Newton, MassachusettsNewton, MassachusettsNewton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States bordered to the east by Boston. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the population of Newton was 85,146, making it the eleventh largest city in the state.-Villages:...
, 1940