Peabody and Stearns
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Peabody & Stearns was a premier architectural firm in the Eastern United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, the firm consisted of Robert Swain Peab
Peabody and Stearns Boston Office (c.1905)
Custom House Tower, Boston
Bussey Institute, Harvard University
Public Library, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Shingle style architecture
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The shingle style is an American architectural style made popular by the rise of the New England school of architecture, which eschewed the highly ornamented patterns of the Eastlake style in Queen An
Peabody and Stearns
…of Robert Swain Peabody (1845–1917) and John Goddard Stearns Jr. (1843–1917). The firm worked on a variety of designs but is closely associated with shingle style. With addition of Pierce P. Furber, presumably as partner, the firm became Peabody, Stearns & Furber. The firm was later succeeded by W. Cornell Appleton…
"Kragsyde," Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts (1883–1885, demolished 1929), Peabody and Stearns, architects
William G. Low House, Bristol, Rhode Island (1886–87, demolished 1962), McKim, Mead & White, architects. Now an icon of American architecture, the Low House was relatively obscure at the time of its 1962 demolition.
William Watts Sherman House, Newport, Rhode Island (1875–76), Henry Hobson Richardson, architect
Newport Casino, Newport, Rhode Island (1879), McKim, Mead & White, architects