Barker & Nourse

Barker & Nourse was an architectural firm from Worcester, Massachusetts.

Barker & Nourse
Practice information
FoundersAlbert A. Barker; Walter B. Nourse
Founded1879
Dissolved1904
LocationWorcester, Massachusetts
English High School, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1891.

History

The principals of the firm were Albert A. Barker (1852-1905)[1] and Walter B. Nourse (1853-1906), and it operated from 1879 to 1904.[1][2][3] It was established March 1, 1879, as the successor to the practice of obscure architect John E. Holman, who was briefly a partner of Amos P. Cutting. It was then dissolved January 1, 1904, with each partner continuing their practices individually.[1] In its day, Barker & Nourse was primarily known for its residential and educational designs.

Legacy

A number of its works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, and others contribute to listed historic districts.

Partner biographies

Albert Augustus Barker was born in Guadalajara on November 20, 1852, to John B. Barker. The elder Barker died in 1860, and the family relocated to Bennington, New Hampshire. They went to Worcester in 1865, and thus young Barker completed his education. He entered the office of E. Boyden & Son, where he appears to have remained until 1879, when he established Barker & Nourse with W. B. Nourse. After the firm was dissolved in January 1904, Barker entered private practice. He died June 9, 1905.[1]

Walter B. Nourse was born in Westborough, Massachusetts in 1855. He worked in the office of Amos P. Cutting before establishing Barker & Nourse with A. A. Barker.[2] After the dissolution of Barker & Nourse, he practiced alone until his death in 1906.[4]

Works
YearBuildingAddressCityStateNotesFirmImageReference
1880George A. Bigelow House3 Loudon StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[5]
1880G. Walton Goss House276 Chestnut StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[6]
c.1880Dwight Smith House29 May StWorcesterMassachusettsListed on the NRHP as part of the May Street Historic District in 1980.[7]Barker & Nourse[8]
1881Reuben Boynton House104 W Main StWestboroughMassachusettsSubstantially altered in 1954. Listed on the NRHP as part of the West Main Street Historic District in 1990.[9]Barker & Nourse[10]
1881Alpha M. Cheney House61 Chestnut StSouthbridgeMassachusettsListed on the NRHP in 1989.[11]Barker & Nourse[12]
1881Wade H. Hill House114 Woodland StWorcesterMassachusettsListed on the NRHP as part of the Woodland Street Historic District in 1980.[13]Barker & Nourse[13]
1881Samuel Houghton House10 Claremont StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[14]
1881Valley Falls SchoolLudlow St and Bauer LnWorcesterMassachusettsLater known as the Ludlow Street School. Demolished.Barker & Nourse[15]
1882Samuel Houghton House12 Claremont StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[16]
1882Iver Johnson House27 Catharine StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[17]
1883Founder's Hall
Atlantic Union College		338 Main StSouth LancasterMassachusettsBuilt as the main building of South Lancaster Academy, becoming the main building of Atlantic Union College when the Academy was divided in 1922. Listed on the NRHP in 1980. The College was permanently closed in 2018.Barker & Nourse[18]
1883Joseph B. Parker House57 Lincoln StWorcesterMassachusettsDemolished.Barker & Nourse[19]
1883Charles F. Pierce Tenement7 Goulding StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[20]
1883David Rolston House32 Burncoat StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[21]
1883Erastus W. Woodis House1200 Main StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[21]
1884Chandler Street School525 Chandler StWorcesterMassachusettsDemolished in 1976.Barker & Nourse[22]
1884George S. Clough House1 Merrick StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[23]
1884Abbie F. Holman Duplex18 Lancaster StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[23]
1884John L. Parker Tenement27 Newbury StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[23]
1884Genery Stevens House20 Loudon StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[23]
1884Edwin J. Watson House16 Westminster StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[23]
1884John C. Woodbury House84 Park AveWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[23]
1885Alexander Bigelow House904 Main StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[24]
1885Freeland Street School12 Freeland StWorcesterMassachusettsListed on the NRHP in 1980.[25] Now known as the University Park Campus School.Barker & Nourse[25]
1885Rebecca Nurse Monument
Rebecca Nurse Homestead		149 Pine StDanversMassachusettsA memorial to Rebecca Nurse, executed in 1692 as part of the Salem Witch Trials. Walter B. Nourse was a descendant of Nurse.[26]Barker & Nourse[27]
1886Jacob Godinsky Apartment House36 Wellington StWorcesterMassachusettsDemolished.Barker & Nourse[28]
1886Edwin H. Wood House4 King StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[29]
1887Boynton and Windsor Apartments718-720 Main StWorcesterMassachusettsListed on the NRHP in 1980.[30]Barker & Nourse[30]
1887Ellery Crane House25 Richards StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[31]
1887Knowles Maternity Ward
Worcester City Hospital		26 Queen StWorcesterMassachusettsDemolished.Barker & Nourse[32]
1887F. W. Ward Duplex47-49 Cedar StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[33]
1888Luther Baker Apartment House49 Pleasant StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[34]
1888Bliss Building26 Old Lincoln StWorcesterMassachusettsListed on the NRHP in 1980.[35]Barker & Nourse[35]
1888Harrison S. Prentice Apartment House191 Pleasant StWorcesterMassachusettsAt center in the photo.Barker & Nourse[36]
1889E. M. Bliss Apartment House33 Wellington StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[37]
1889Osgood Bradley House21 Richards StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[38]
1889William A. Denholm House21 Wellington StWorcesterMassachusettsDemolished.Barker & Nourse[39]
1889M. Eaton Fitzgibbon Tenement15 Jaques AveWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[40]
1889Horace Hobbs House898 Main StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[41]
1889Thomas J. Maney Tenement554 Cambridge StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[42]
1889George H. Miller House44 May StWorcesterMassachusettsListed on the NRHP as part of the May Street Historic District in 1980.[7]Barker & Nourse[43]
1889T. H. Murphy Tenement11 Jaques AveWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[42]
1889Quinsigamond School14 Blackstone River RdWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[44]
c.1889Joseph Turner House40 Richards StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[45]
1889Wellington Apartments17 Wellington StWorcesterMassachusettsDemolished.Barker & Nourse[46]
1890J. A. Colvin Apartment House1 Jackson StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[47]
1890Odd Fellows' Home of Massachusetts40 Randolph RdWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse designed a significant enlargement of the main building in 1902.[48] The building was listed on the NRHP in 1980,[49] but was demolished in 2014.Barker & Nourse[49]
1890F. E. Williamson House56 Wachusett StWorcesterMassachusettsDemolished.Barker & Nourse[50]
1890Worcester Society of Antiquity Building39 Salisbury StWorcesterMassachusettsThe constructing organization was later the Worcester Historical Society, and now the Worcester Historical Museum. It has served as offices since the Society moved in 1988.[51]Barker & Nourse[52]
1891English High School20 Irving StWorcesterMassachusettsListed on the NRHP in 1980.[53]Barker & Nourse[54]
1892James Forsstedt House20 Windsor StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[55]
1892Frye Building342 Lincoln StMarlboroughMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[56]
c.1892Willard F. Pond House117 Vernon StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[57]
1892Herbert K. Sparrell House6 Richards StWorcesterMassachusettsDemolished.Barker & Nourse[58]
c.1892Bertrand W. Stone House1 Germain StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[59]
1893Thomas B. Hamilton House29 Germain StWorcesterMassachusettsAt far right in the photo.Barker & Nourse[60]
1893Samuel E. Hildreth House856 Main StWorcesterMassachusettsDemolished in 2009.Barker & Nourse[61]
1893James Jackson Tenement17 Lewis StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[62]
1893Henry K. McClenning House14 Germain StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[62]
1894George W. Coombs Apartment House891 Main StWorcesterMassachusettsDemolished.Barker & Nourse[63]
1894Hopkinton High School85 Main StHopkintonMassachusettsNow an office building.Barker & Nourse[64]
1894Russell Apartments49 Austin StWorcesterMassachusettsListed on the NRHP in 1985.[65]Barker & Nourse[66]
1894Troy School44 School StTroyNew HampshireListed on the NRHP as part of the Troy Village Historic District in 2002.[67]Barker & Nourse[67]
1894Wesson Block444 Pleasant StWorcesterMassachusettsDemolished.Barker & Nourse[68]
1895John Bowler Tenement16-18 Crystal StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[69]
1895George H. Heywood House80 Glazier StGardnerMassachusettsDemolished.Barker & Nourse[70]
1895Hotel du Nord39-43 Summer StWorcesterMassachusettsDemolished.Barker & Nourse[71]
1895Charles F. Marble House4 Marble StWorcesterMassachusettsDemolished.Barker & Nourse[72]
1895Aaron F. Whittemore Tenement8-12 High StWorcesterMassachusettsDemolished.Barker & Nourse[73]
1896Johnsonia Hotel510 Main StFitchburgMassachusettsDemolished in 2012 after a severe fire in 2011.Barker & Nourse[74]
1897Aurora Hotel660 Main StWorcesterMassachusettsListed on the NRHP in 1989.[75]Barker & Nourse[75]
1897Benjamin A. Barber House31 Germain StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[76]
1897Day Building300 Main StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[77]
1897Gardner High School130 Elm StGardnerMassachusettsNow a town office building.Barker & Nourse[78]
1897Kingsley Laboratories
Worcester Academy		81 Providence StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[79]
1897Frederick A. Lincoln House134 Burncoat StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[80]
1897John E. Sinclair House134 Burncoat StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[81]
1898Gage Street School51 Gage StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[82]
1898William Trowbridge Forbes House23 Trowbridge RdWorcesterMassachusettsListed on the NRHP in 1980, but demolished in 2003.[83]Barker & Nourse[83]
1898Mrs. Henry M. Gabeler House20 Marble StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[84]
1898Frank P. Kendall House45 Kenwood AveWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[85]
1898Vendome Apartments17 Chandler StWorcesterMassachusettsListed on the NRHP in 1990.[86]Barker & Nourse[86]
1899Eli Belisle Apartment House19 Portland StWorcesterMassachusettsDemolished.Barker & Nourse[87]
1899Post Office Building144 Central StGardnerMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[88]
1900Thomas F. Dowd House134 Vernon StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[89]
1900Hotel Vernon1 Millbury StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[90]
1901Denny Block139 Highland StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[91]
1901Simon George Apartment House313-317 Grafton StWorcesterMassachusettsDemolished.Barker & Nourse[92]
1901J. J. Griffin Apartment House23 Preston StWorcesterMassachusettsDemolished.Barker & Nourse[91]
1901Marcy Mausoleum
Hope Cemetery		119 Webster StWorcesterMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[93]
1901Sever Street School7 Sever StWorcesterMassachusettsDemolished.Barker & Nourse[94]
1902Howe Memorial Library214 Main StShrewsburyMassachusettsNow known as the Shrewsbury Public Library.Barker & Nourse[95]
1902Brattleboro Cabinet Company Factory1103 VT-142BrattleboroVermontDemolished.Barker & Nourse[96]
1903Boylston Consolidated School9 School StBoylstonMassachusettsDemolished in 1957.Barker & Nourse[97]
1903School Street School53 School StGardnerMassachusettsBarker & Nourse[98]
1905Princeton Center School18 Boylston AvePrincetonMassachusettsNow known as the Princeton Center.Barker, Albert A.[99]
1905Racicot Block211-219 Main StWebsterMassachusettsNourse, Walter B.[100]

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