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'''Thomas Marriott James''' (May 18, 1875 – July 8, 1942) was an American architect, active in the [[Boston]] area, best known for his bank buildings in styles ranging from [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]] to [[Spanish Renaissance]] to [[Art Deco]]. |
'''Thomas Marriott James''' (May 18, 1875 – July 8, 1942) was an American architect, active in the [[Boston]] area, best known for his bank buildings in styles ranging from [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]] to [[Spanish Renaissance]] to [[Art Deco]]. |
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James was born in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]] to Joseph K. and Elizabeth Troy James, and married on June 9, 1897, in Everett, to Ruth Lyra Dodge. He trained under Samuel J. Brown, in 1898 he began practice, and in 1920 incorporated as the Thomas M. James Company. His designs include his parents' house in Somerville, 1894; [[Sanborn House (Winchester, Massachusetts)|Oren Sanborn House]], Winchester 1906–1907, in partnership with Clinton M. Hill from 1905 to 1908; Boston's [[Shubert Theatre (Boston)|Shubert Theatre]], Boston 1910; the [[United Electric Co. Building]], Springfield 1910; Eliot Five Cents Savings Bank, Roxbury 1916; the [[Rockland Trust Company (building)|Rockland Trust Company building]], 1917; Warren Institution for Savings Building, Boston 1920; National Bank at Springfield, 1920; State Street Trust Building at 75 Federal Street, 1929; the [[East Cambridge Savings Bank]], 1931; and the Arlington Co-operative Bank, 1935. Other works include the Chatham Phenix National Bank and Trust Company, New York, and the Commonwealth Atlantic National Bank Building in [[Post Office Square, Boston]]. |
James was born in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], to Joseph K. and Elizabeth Troy James, and married on June 9, 1897, in Everett, to Ruth Lyra Dodge. He trained under Samuel J. Brown, in 1898 he began practice, and in 1920 incorporated as the Thomas M. James Company. His designs include his parents' house in Somerville, 1894; [[Sanborn House (Winchester, Massachusetts)|Oren Sanborn House]], Winchester 1906–1907, in partnership with Clinton M. Hill from 1905 to 1908; Boston's [[Shubert Theatre (Boston)|Shubert Theatre]], Boston 1910; the [[United Electric Co. Building]], Springfield 1910; Eliot Five Cents Savings Bank, Roxbury 1916; the [[Rockland Trust Company (building)|Rockland Trust Company building]], 1917; Warren Institution for Savings Building, Boston 1920; National Bank at Springfield, 1920; State Street Trust Building at 75 Federal Street, 1929; the [[East Cambridge Savings Bank]], 1931; and the Arlington Co-operative Bank, 1935. Other works include the Chatham Phenix National Bank and Trust Company, New York, and the Commonwealth Atlantic National Bank Building in [[Post Office Square, Boston]]. |
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Revision as of 19:15, 17 March 2024
Thomas Marriott James (May 18, 1875 – July 8, 1942) was an American architect, active in the Boston area, best known for his bank buildings in styles ranging from Neoclassical to Spanish Renaissance to Art Deco.
James was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Joseph K. and Elizabeth Troy James, and married on June 9, 1897, in Everett, to Ruth Lyra Dodge. He trained under Samuel J. Brown, in 1898 he began practice, and in 1920 incorporated as the Thomas M. James Company. His designs include his parents' house in Somerville, 1894; Oren Sanborn House, Winchester 1906–1907, in partnership with Clinton M. Hill from 1905 to 1908; Boston's Shubert Theatre, Boston 1910; the United Electric Co. Building, Springfield 1910; Eliot Five Cents Savings Bank, Roxbury 1916; the Rockland Trust Company building, 1917; Warren Institution for Savings Building, Boston 1920; National Bank at Springfield, 1920; State Street Trust Building at 75 Federal Street, 1929; the East Cambridge Savings Bank, 1931; and the Arlington Co-operative Bank, 1935. Other works include the Chatham Phenix National Bank and Trust Company, New York, and the Commonwealth Atlantic National Bank Building in Post Office Square, Boston.