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'''Stone, Carpenter & Willson''' was a [[Providence, Rhode Island]] based–based [[architecture|architectural]] firm in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. It was named for the partners [[Alfred E.Stone (architect)|Alfred Stone]] (1834–1908),<ref name="stone">{{cite web|url=http://www.sah.org/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=BiographiesArchitectsS&category=Resources|title=American Architect's Biographies S|publisher=Society of Architectural Historians|accessdate=2008-09-05}}</ref> '''Charles E. Carpenter''' (1845–1923).<ref name="carpenter">{{cite web|url=http://www.sah.org/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=BiographiesArchitectsC&category=Resources|title=American Architect's Biographies C|publisher=Society of Architectural Historians|accessdate=2008-09-05}}</ref> and '''Edmund R. Willson''' (1856–1906).<ref name="willson">{{cite web|url=http://www.sah.org/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=BiographiesArchitectsW&category=Resources|title=American Architect's Biographies W|publisher=Society of Architectural Historians|accessdate=2008-09-05}}</ref> The firm was one of the state's most prominent.

It was established about 1885 when Willson became a full partner in the Providence architectural firm of [[Alfred E. Stone|Stone & Carpenter]].

'''[[Alfred E. Stone (architect)|Alfred Stone]]''' was born in [[East Machias, Maine]], in 1834. He attended the [[Washington Academy (Maine)|Washington Academy]] in that town. His family later moved to [[Salem, Massachusetts]]. After graduating high school, he began his architectural training. He worked for [[Towle & Foster]], [[Shepard S. Woodcock]],<ref>''Proceedings of the Rhode Island Historical Society, 1908-1909''. Providence: Standard Printing Co., 1910.</ref> [[William Washburn (architect)|Washburn & Brown]], and [[Arthur Gilman]]. In 1859 he began working for Providence architect [[Alpheus C. Morse]]. He studied there until the outbreak of the Civil War. He went to enlist, but a knee injury prevented him from doing so. He then worked for various business interests, also traveling in the British Isles. He opened an architural office in Providence in 1864. From 1866 to 1871 '''William H. Emmerton''', another Salem man, was Stone's partner. Emmerton was killed in the [[Great Revere Train Wreck of 1871]]. He practiced alone until 1873, when Charles E. Carpenter became partner. This association remained unchanged for a decade, when Willson was added. Stone died December 4th4, 1908, in [[Peterborough, New Hampshire]].<ref>"Alfred Stone, F. A. I. A." ''American Institute of Architects Quarterly Bulletin'' April 1908: 200.</ref>

'''Charles Edmund Carpenter''' was born in [[Pawtucket, Rhode Island]], on May 1st1, 1845. He attended the public schools until the age of 17, when he enlisted in the [[Union Army]]. He was discharged three months later, and returned to school. He began to work under Providence civil engineer William S. Haines, learning the business. He became interested in architecture, deciding to study it instead. He entered the office of Alfred Stone in 1867, and was made a partner in 1873. He retired from the firm's affairs in 1908, after the death of Stone. He died in 1923.<ref name="Carpenter">''History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Biographical''. New York: American Historical Society, 1920.</ref>

'''Edmund Russell Willson''' was born inon April 21, 1856,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r4xAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA199&lpg=PA199&dq=Edmund+R.+Willson+(1856%281856%E2%80%931906)#v=onepage&q=Edmund%20R.%20Willson%20(1856%E2%80%931906)29&fpg=falsePA199|title=Quarterly Bulletin Containing an Index of Literature from the Publications of Architectural Societies and Periodicals on Architecture and Allied Subjects|lastlast1=Architects|firstfirst1=American Institute of|last2=Brown|first2=Glenn|date=1906|language=en}}</ref> in [[West Roxbury, Massachusetts]], now part of [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. He was the son of Edmund B. Willson, a pastor, and Martha Anne (Buttrick) Willson. In 1859 Willson removed his family to [[Salem, Massachusetts|Salem]], where he took charge of the North Church, now the [[First Church in Salem]]. Edmund R. Willson attended [[Salem High School (Massachusetts)|Salem High School]], graduating at the young age of 15 in 1871. He then entered [[Harvard University]]. He was there four years, graduating in 1875. After his graduation, he found a position in the office of [[Peabody & Stearns]], Boston's leading architects. He also took an additional 9-month course in architecture at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]. After a year he left Peabody & Stearns and moved to [[John Hubbard Sturgis|Sturgis & Brigham]]. After a year and a half there he left Boston and relocated to [[New York City]], where he worked under [[Charles F.Follen McKim]] in [[McKim, Mead & Bigelow]]. McKim, recognizing Willson's talent and potential, convinced him to study abroad. He departed in May 1879, with a friend, [[William E. Chamberlin]]. Not long after histheir arrival in [[Paris]], Willson and Chamberlin both gained admission to the [[École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts]], asand wouldboth Chamberlinentered the atelier of [[Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer]].<ref>Alice Thomine-Berrada, ''Emile Vaudremer, 1829-1914: la rigueur de l'architecture publique'' (Picard, 2004)</ref> He returned to the United States in December 1881. In early 1882 he secured a position in the Providence firm of Stone & Carpenter. He was soon given a position of high responsibility, taking the firm's designs in a new direction. Recognizing this, in 1883 Alfred Stone and Charles E. Carpenter decided to admit him as a junior partner. He was given a full partnership in about 1885, and the firm officially became Stone, Carpenter & Willson. He remained with them until his death. On December 14 of 1882 Willson married Anne Lemoine (Frost) Willson, whom he had known in Salem. He died September 9th9, 1906, in [[Petersham, Massachusetts]].<ref name="Two">"Two Rhode Island Architects". ''American Architect and Building News'' 9 Feb. 1907: 67.</ref> In 1884 Willson joined the American Institute of Architects, and became a Fellow in 1889 when the AIA merged with the [[Western Association of Architects]] and all members became Fellows.<ref>[https://aiahistoricaldirectory.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AHDAA/pages/38020274/ahd1048833 Edmund R. Willson], AIA Historical Directory of American Architects.</ref>

In 1901, a fourth partner, '''Walter G. Sheldon''', was added.<ref name="Two"/> Sheldon had worked at the firm for at least a decade. Despite the new partner, Sheldon's was not added to the firm's name. After Willson's death, however, the firm was renamed [[Stone, Carpenter & Sheldon]], which it retained until its end in the 1920s. Other, later, partners included Sheldon's son, '''Gilbert Sheldon''', and '''William C. Mustard'''. Sheldon was born in 1855, and died in 1931.<ref>{{Find a Grave|93644396|"Walter Gilbert Sheldon"}}. 15 July 2012. Web.</ref> His son was born in 1882, dying in 1972.<ref>{{Find a Grave|125333894|"Gilbert Sheldon"}}. 19 Feb. 2014. Web.</ref>

* Zechariah Chaffee, Jr. House, 169 Hope St., Providence, RI (1886) - This house was moved from 129 Hope in 1977.

* James Bartlett, Jr. House, 254 Knight St., Providence, RI (1888)

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* [[Petersham Memorial Library]],<ref> http://www.petershamlibrary.net/ Ptersham Library website</ref> 23 Common St., Petersham, MA (1889)

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* [[Walter F. Fontaine]] <ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.woonsocket.org/fontaine.html | title=Walter F. Fontaine}}</ref>

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