Edward Clarke Cabot was an American architect and artist.

Early life

Cabot's father was Samuel Cabot Jr., a shipping businessman. His mother was Eliza Perkins Cabot. He had two siblings: Dr. Samuel Cabot III (b. 1815), an eminent surgeon, and Walter Channing Cabot (b. 1829).

Career

Cabot designed the Gibson House

Gibson House Museum

The Gibson House Museum is a historic house museum located at 137 Beacon Street in the Back Bay, Boston, Massachusetts. It preserves the 1860 building occupied by three generations of the Gibson family.-History:...

 for widow Catherine Hammond Gibson and her son Charles Hammond Gibson, as well as the new building for the Boston Athenaeum between 1847 and 1849. After the opening of the Boston Athenaeum, he became a leading figure in Boston architectural circles. The Athenaeum was influenced by Charles Barry

Charles Barry

Sir Charles Barry FRS was an English architect, best known for his role in the rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster in London during the mid-19th century, but also responsible for numerous other buildings and gardens.- Background and training :Born on 23 May 1795 in Bridge Street, Westminster...

's Italianate club house in London. He is also noted for producing several distinguished Queen Anne Style houses in the 1870s.

Personal life

In 1842, Cabot married Martha Eunice Robinson. In 1873, he married Louisa Winslow Sewall.