Edward B. Stratton

Edward B. Stratton, often known as E.B. Stratton, was an American architect based in Boston. Several of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.[1] He was born in Chelsea, Boston Chelsea, Massachusetts and went to Chelsea and Boston schools. He studied at least briefly at MIT and "at an atelier in Paris".[2] Works include:

  • Hotel Puritan[2]
  • Hotel Somerset[2]
  • Hotel Lenox[2]
  • Swampscott Country Club[2]
  • Police Annex, West Newton[2]
  • Casa De Josefina, 2 mi. SE of Lake Wales off U.S. 27 Lake Wales, FL (Stratton, Edward B.), NRHP-listed[1]
  • Edward B. Stratton House, 25 Kenmore St. Newton, MA (Stratton, Edward B.), NRHP-listed[1]
  • Vermont Building (1904), 6-12 Thacher St. Boston, MA, Chicago school/Early Commercial architecture. (Arthur H. Bowditch and Edward B. Stratton), NRHP-listed[1][2]
  • 90 Commonwealth Avenue (designed by Edward B. Stratton and George Nelson Jacobs), a nine-story 24-unit apartment building[3]
  • Gurley Building (1924), Stamford, Connecticut, also known as Valeur Building, an eight-story tall, narrow building. "Sullivanesque"; designed by Edward B. Stratton and built by Clinton Cruikshank. Included in the NRHP-listed Downtown Stamford Historic District, (see photo #4).[4]:7-2 (PDF p.5)
Vermont Building, Boston

He designed numerous buildings in the Longwood, Fisher Hill, and Chestnut Hill areas of Boston.[2]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Brookline Preservation Commission Demolition Application Report: 198 Dean Road". Brookline. Archived from the original on 2013-07-22. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  3. "90 Commonwealth". at BOSarchitecture.
  4. Nils Kerschus and John Herzan (January 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Downtown Stamford Historic District". National Park Service. and Accompanying 21 photos, from 1982 and 1983


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.