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{{Short description|American architectural firm}}
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[[File:Shadyside_Presbyterian_Church.jpg|thumb|[[Shadyside Presbyterian Church]], [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]] (1890)]]
'''Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge''' was a successful [[architecture]] firm based in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], operating between 1886 and 1915, with extensive commissions in monumental civic, religious, and collegiate architecture in the spirit and style of [[Henry Hobson Richardson]].
'''Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge''' was a successful [[architecture]] firm based in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], United States, operating between 1886 and 1915, with extensive commissions in monumental civic, religious, and collegiate architecture in the spirit and style of [[Henry Hobson Richardson]].


==History==
==History==
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The firm grew out of Richardson's architectural practice. After Richardson's death at age 47 in 1886, a trio consisting of '''[[George Foster Shepley (architect)|George Foster Shepley]]''' (1860–1903), '''Charles Hercules Rutan''' (1851–1914), and '''Charles Allerton Coolidge''' (1858–1936) gained control of the firm and completed all of its nearly two dozen pending projects, including the [[John J. Glessner House]] in [[Chicago]]. Many of Richardson's projects were completed and modified in stages over years, making exact attribution difficult for such buildings as the [[Ames Gate Lodge]] in North [[Easton, Massachusetts]], and even Richardson's masterwork [[Trinity Church, Boston]].
| image1 = George Foster Shepley (architect).png
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| caption2 = [[Charles Hercules Rutan]]
| image3 = Charles Allerton Coolidge.png
| caption3 = [[Charles Allerton Coolidge]]
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The firm grew out of Richardson's architectural practice. After Richardson's death at age 47 in 1886, a trio consisting of [[George Foster Shepley (architect)|George Foster Shepley]] (1860–1903), [[Charles Hercules Rutan]] (1851–1914), and [[Charles Allerton Coolidge]] (1858–1936) gained control of the firm and completed all of its nearly two dozen pending projects, including the [[John J. Glessner House]] in [[Chicago]]. Many of Richardson's projects were completed and modified in stages over years, making exact attribution difficult for such buildings as the [[Ames Gate Lodge]] in North [[Easton, Massachusetts]], and even Richardson's masterwork [[Trinity Church, Boston]].


Two of the principals had been educated at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]: Shepley (class of 1882) and Coolidge (class of 1883). Shepley married Richardson's daughter; and Coolidge later married Shepley's sister.
Two of the principals had been educated at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]: Shepley (class of 1882) and Coolidge (class of 1883). Shepley married Richardson's daughter; and Coolidge later married Shepley's sister.


In 1888, the firm was commissioned by Senator and Mrs. [[Leland Stanford]] to join landscape architect [[Frederick Law Olmsted]] in planning the campus for [[Stanford University]]. For major commissions in Chicago and the [[World's Columbian Exposition]], Coolidge moved to Chicago and the firm opened its branch office there in 1893, in which many [[Prairie School]] architects received their early professional training, notably [[Hermann V. von Holst]] who was head draughtsman. A St. Louis branch office began the career of [[John Mauran]]; a [[Pittsburgh]] branch office developed into several firms, including '''[[Rutan & Russell]]''' formed by Frank Rutan, the younger brother of Charles. Other Pittsburgh firms developed by branch office employees include Longfellow, Alden & Harlow and Frank I. Cooper; [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]] architect [[Myron Hunt]] spent three years with them in Boston as draftsman.
In 1888, the firm was commissioned by Senator and Mrs. [[Leland Stanford]] to join landscape architect [[Frederick Law Olmsted]] in planning the campus for [[Stanford University]]. For major commissions in Chicago and the [[World's Columbian Exposition]], Coolidge moved to Chicago and the firm opened its branch office there in 1893, in which many [[Prairie School]] architects received their early professional training, notably [[Hermann V. von Holst]] who was head draughtsman. A St. Louis branch office began the career of [[John Mauran]]; a [[Pittsburgh]] branch office developed into several firms, including '''[[Rutan & Russell]]''' formed by [[Frank E. Rutan]], the younger brother of Charles. Other Pittsburgh firms developed by branch office employees include [[Longfellow, Alden & Harlow]] and [[Frank Irving Cooper]]; [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]] architect [[Myron Hunt]] spent three years with them in Boston as draftsman.


Stylistically, the firm continued to work mainly in the architectural vocabulary of [[Richardsonian Romanesque]], although with less imagination—for instance, Richardson's asymmetry disappears. The firm continued as '''Shepley Rutan and Coolidge''' through 1915, then became '''Coolidge and Shattuck''' (Boston) and '''Coolidge and Hodgdon''' (Chicago) concurrently from 1915 through 1924, then '''Coolidge Shepley Bulfinch and Abbott''' from 1924 through 1952, '''Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott''' from 1952, and is still in operation as [[Shepley Bulfinch]].
Stylistically, the firm continued to work mainly in the architectural vocabulary of [[Richardsonian Romanesque]], although with less imagination—for instance, Richardson's asymmetry disappears. The firm continued as '''Shepley Rutan and Coolidge''' through 1915, then became '''Coolidge and Shattuck''' (Boston) and '''Coolidge and Hodgdon''' (Chicago) concurrently from 1915 through 1924, then '''Coolidge Shepley Bulfinch and Abbott''' from 1924 through 1952, '''Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott''' from 1952, and is still in operation as [[Shepley Bulfinch]].


==Work==
==Work==
{| class="wikitable"
[[File:South_Station_from_Dewey_Square,_September_2011.jpg|thumb|[[South Station|South Station, Boston]]]]
!Image
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!Building
South Station, Boston
!Location
* completion of the [[Franklin MacVeagh]] Residence, Chicago (1885–1887), razed 1922
!Year
* 23 stations for the [[Boston & Albany Railroad]] (1886 through 1894):<ref name=b&aarch>{{cite journal |jstor=990324 |title=Architecture for the Boston & Albany Railroad: 1881-1894 |journal=Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians |first=Jeffrey Karl |last=Ochsner |volume=47 |issue=2 |date=June 1988 |doi=10.2307/990324 |pages=109–131}}</ref>
!Notes
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
!Ref
* [[Newton Highlands station|Newton Highlands]] (still standing)
|-
* Chatham, NY (still standing)
|
* [[Boston Landing station#History|Allston]] (still standing)
|[[Franklin MacVeagh]] Residence
* Newton Lower Falls (located in Wellesley)
|[[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]]
* [[Ashland station (MBTA)#History|Ashland]] (still standing)
|1885–1887
* [[Reservoir station (MBTA)#History|Reservoir]]
|Completed work started by Richardson. Razed in 1922.
* Dalton (still standing)
|
* [[Springfield Union Station (Massachusetts)#History|Springfield]]
|-
* [[Wellesley Square station#History|Wellesley]]
|[[File:Stanford University Main Quad - 7 June 2009.jpg|125x125px]]
* [[Newton Centre station|Newton Centre]] (still standing)<ref name=":0" />
|[[Main Quad (Stanford University)|Stanford University Main Quad]]
* Huntington
|[[Stanford, California]]
* Warren (still standing)<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Great American Railroad Stations|last=Potter|first=Janet Greenstein|publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Inc.|year=1996|isbn=9780471143895|location=New York|pages=66, 81, 85, 92, 97, 190, 396}}</ref>
|1887–1906
* Charlton
|Also designed Encina Hall and the Leland Stanford Residence.
* [[Brookline Hills station#History|Brookline Hills]]
|
* Hinsdale
|-
* Canaan, NY
|[[File:Bell Telephone Building in 1889 (St. Louis, Missouri).jpg|145x145px]]
* Millbury
|[[Bell Telephone Building (St. Louis, Missouri)|Bell Telephone Building]]
* [[Riverside station (MBTA)#History|Riverside]]
|[[St. Louis|St. Louis, Missouri]]
* [[Longwood station (MBTA)#History|Longwood]]
|1889
* East Brookfield
|
* [[Wellesley Farms station|Wellesley Farms]] (still standing)
|
* Saxonville
|-
* East Chatham
|[[File:Hartford Union Station 1913 postcard.jpg|125x125px]]
* Freemason's Hall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (destroyed)
|[[Hartford Union Station]]
{{div col end}}
|[[Hartford, Connecticut]]
* [[Bell Telephone Building (St. Louis, Missouri)|Bell Telephone Building]], [[St. Louis, Missouri]] (1889)
|
* [[Main Quad (Stanford University)|Main Quad]], Encina Hall, Leland Stanford Residence, [[Stanford University]], [[Stanford, California]] (1886-1906)
|Executed a design by [[George Keller (architect)|George Keller]]
* [[New London Public Library]], [[New London, Connecticut]] (1889)
|<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Potter |first=Janet Greenstein |title=Great American Railroad Stations |publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |year=1996 |isbn=9780471143895 |location=New York |pages=66, 81, 85, 92, 97, 190, 396}}</ref>
* [[Hartford Union Station]], [[Hartford, Connecticut]] (1889), executed a design by [[George Keller (architect)|George Keller]]<ref name=":0" />
|-
* [[Shadyside Presbyterian Church]], [[Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] (1890)
|[[File:New London Public Library, December 2018.JPG|125x125px]]
* [[Bell Telephone Building (St. Louis, Missouri)]] (1890)
* [[Williams Memorial Institute]], New London, Connecticut (1891)
|[[New London Public Library]]
|[[New London, Connecticut]]
* [[Old Toronto Board of Trade Building]], [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]] (1892), razed 1958
|1889
* Montreal Board of Trade Building, [[Montreal|Montreal, Quebec]] (1892), destroyed 1902
|
* [[Chicago Public Library]] (1892), now the [[Chicago Cultural Center]]
|
* [[Medfield State Hospital]], [[Medfield, Massachusetts]] (1892)
|-
* [[Flour and Grain Exchange Building]], Boston, Massachusetts (1892)
|[[File:ShadysidePresbyterianChurchPHLF.jpg|125x125px]]
* [[Sandusky station|Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Station]], [[Sandusky, Ohio]] (1892)<ref name=":0" />
|[[Shadyside Presbyterian Church]]
* [[North Union Station]] (1893), razed 1927
|[[Shadyside (Pittsburgh)|Shadyside]], [[Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]
* [[Ames Building]], Boston, Massachusetts (1893)
|1890

|
* [[Art Institute of Chicago]] (1893), built as the "World's Congress Auxiliary Building" for the [[World's Columbian Exposition]]
|
*Completion of [[Trinity Church, Boston]] (1894–1897)
|-
* [[File:Conant Hall, Harvard University.jpg|thumb|[[Conant Hall]] at Harvard University (1894)]][[Conant Hall]], [[Harvard University]] (1894)
|[[File:Williams Memorial Institute, New London CT.jpg|125x125px]]
* [[Coraopolis Railroad Station|Coraopolis Train Station]], [[Coraopolis, Pennsylvania]] (1896)<ref name=":0" />
|[[Williams Memorial Institute]]
* Glassport P&LE Railroad Station, [[Glassport, Pennsylvania]] (ca. 1895-1896)
|[[New London, Connecticut]]
* New Castle Junction P&LE Railroad Station, New Castle, Pennsylvania (ca. 1895-1896), destroyed
|1891
* [[Guardian Bank Building]], [[Cleveland, Ohio]] (1896)
|
* Medill/McCormick Residence, [[Cantigny Park|Cantigny Park, Illinois]] (1896)
|
* [[Glenbard West High School]], [[Glen Ellyn, Illinois]] (1922)
|-
* chapel at the Second Presbyterian Church, [[St. Louis, Missouri]] (1896)
|[[File:Chicago Cultural Center (51574888388).jpg|125x125px]]
* [[Third St. Joseph County Courthouse]], [[South Bend, Indiana]] (1897)
|[[Chicago Cultural Center|Chicago Public Library]]
* [[Congregational Library & Archives]], Boston (1898)
|[[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]]
* [[South Station (Boston)]] (1898)<ref name=":0" />
|1892
* [[Albany Union Station]], Albany, New York (1899)<ref name="nrhptextAlbany">{{cite web |last=Liebs |first=Chester H. |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Albany Union Station |url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=348 |date=July 1970 |access-date=2009-04-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914100549/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=348 |archive-date=2011-09-14 }} and [http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=346 ''Accompanying two photos, exterior, from 1905 and undated'']</ref><ref name=":0" />
|Now the [[Chicago Cultural Center]]
* [[George Westinghouse Jones House]], [[Niskayuna, New York]] (ca. 1900)
|
* [[Sedalia Public Library]], [[Sedalia, Missouri]] (1900)
|-
* Metropolitan Water Board, Chestnut Hill Pump Station, Boston (1900)
|[[File:2017 Flour and Grain Exchange Building.jpg|125x125px]]

|[[Flour and Grain Exchange Building]]
* Master plan and more than fifteen buildings for the [[University of Chicago]] (1901–1915)
|[[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]]
* Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building and Agriculture Building for the [[Pan-American Exposition]], [[Buffalo, New York]] (1901)
|1892
* [[Bartlett Gymnasium]], [[University of Chicago]], (1904)
|
* [[John Carter Brown Library]], [[Brown University]], [[Providence, Rhode Island]] (1904)
|
* [[Hildene]], the [[Robert Todd Lincoln]] mansion, [[Manchester, Vermont]] (1905)
|-
* [[All Saints Episcopal Church (Appleton, Wisconsin)]] (1905)
|[[File:LS&MRR SANDUSKY.jpg|125x125px]]
* [[File:2009_HarvardMedicalSchool_Boston_3801149763.jpg|thumb|Harvard Medical School, Boston]][[Harvard Medical School]] campus (1906)
|[[Sandusky station|Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Station]]
* [[Langdell Hall]], [[Harvard Law School]] (1907)
|[[Sandusky, Ohio]]
* Corn Exchange Bank Building, also known as National Republican Bank, Chicago, Illinois (1908), razed circa 1985
|1892
* additions to Richardson's [[Hampden County Courthouse]], [[Springfield, Massachusetts]] (1908–1912)
|
* Boston Safe Deposit Building, Boston, Massachusetts (1908–1911)
|<ref name=":0" />
* [[Union Station (Springfield, Massachusetts)|Union Station]] in [[Springfield, Massachusetts]] (1910)
|-
* [[Harper Memorial Library]], [[University of Chicago]] (1910-1912)
|[[File:Medfield State Hospital, buildings (cropped).jpg|125x125px]]
* [[Boston YMCA]], Boston, Massachusetts (1911)
|[[Medfield State Hospital]]
* First Congregational Church of Fall River, [[Fall River, Massachusetts|Fall River Massachusetts]] (1912)
|[[Medfield, Massachusetts]]
* Multiple buildings at the [[University of Nebraska]] (1914–1925)
|1892
* [[Temple Sholom]] of Chicago (assisting students at the [[Illinois Institute of Technology|School of Architecture at Armor Institute]]).
|
* Dallas Hall, [[Southern Methodist University]], [[University Park, Texas]] (Dallas) (1915)
|
*[[Ida Noyes Hall]], [[University of Chicago]], Chicago, Illinois (1916)
|-
*[[Rockland Railroad Station]], [[Rockland, Maine]] (1917) (as Coolidge and Shattuck)<ref name=":0" />
|
*[[John Hay Library]], [[Brown University]], Providence, Rhode Island (1910)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JEzHAwAAQBAJ&q=Shepley%2C+Rutan%2C+and+Coolidge+john+hay+library&pg=PT375|title=The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories|last=Lovecraft|first=H. P.|date=2013-10-01|publisher=Penguin|isbn=9781101663035|language=en}}</ref>
|Montreal Board of Trade Building
|[[Montreal|Montreal, Quebec]]
|1892
|Destroyed in 1902.
|
|-
|[[File:"Ames Building" (13623776063).jpg|160x160px]]
|[[Ames Building]]
|[[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]]
|1893
|
|
|-
|[[File:Art Institute of Chicago from south.jpg|125x125px]]
|[[Art Institute of Chicago]]
|
|
|Built as the "World's Congress Auxiliary Building" for the [[World's Columbian Exposition]].
|
|-
|[[File:North Union Station, 1897.png|125x125px]]
|[[North Station#North Union Station|North Union Station]]
|
|1893
|Razed in 1927.
|
|-
|[[File:Conant Hall, Harvard University.jpg|125x125px]]
|[[Conant Hall]]
|[[Cambridge, Massachusetts]]
|1894
|Built on the [[Harvard University]] campus
|
|-
|[[File:Trinity Church, Boston, Massachusetts LCCN2011630431.jpg|138x138px]]
|[[Trinity Church, Boston|Trinity Church]]
|[[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]]
|1894–1897
|Completed work started by Richardson.
|
|-
|[[File:Tilden-Thurber building, Providence, Rhode Island.jpg|152x152px]]
|Tilden-Thurber Building
|[[Providence, Rhode Island]]
|1895
|
|
|-
|[[File:Train-Station-Post-Card-early20th.jpg|125x125px]]
|[[Coraopolis station|Coraopolis Station]]
|[[Coraopolis, Pennsylvania]]
|1896
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[File:Euclid Avenue, the North Side, Looking West Toward E. 6th Street - DPLA - fc8f53ab4a9c3bdd7be39ce9ba6800d4.jpg|155x155px]]
|[[Guardian Bank Building]]
|[[Cleveland, Ohio]]
|1896
|
|
|-
|
|Glassport P&LE Railroad Station
|[[Glassport, Pennsylvania]]
|{{Circa|1896}}
|
|
|-
|
|Medill/McCormick Residence
|[[Cantigny Park|Cantigny Park, Illinois]]
|1896
|
|
|-
|
|New Castle Junction P&LE Railroad Station
|[[New Castle, Pennsylvania]]
|{{Circa|1896}}
|Destroyed
|
|-
|[[File:South-bend-indiana-courthouse.jpg|125x125px]]
|[[Third St. Joseph County Courthouse]]
|[[South Bend, Indiana]]
|1897
|
|
|-
|[[File:14 Beacon Street (Fish, Cage, & McBeal) (7183315650).jpg|188x188px]]
|[[Congregational Library & Archives]]
|[[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]]
|1898
|
|
|-
|[[File:South Station from Dewey Square, September 2011.jpg|125x125px]]
|[[South Station]]
|[[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]]
|1898
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[File:Albany Union Station Postcard.png|125x125px]]
|[[Union Station (Albany, New York)|Albany Union Station]]
|[[Albany, New York]]
|1899
|
|<ref name=":0" /><ref name="nrhptextAlbany">{{cite web |last=Liebs |first=Chester H. |date=July 1970 |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Albany Union Station |url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=348 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914100549/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=348 |archive-date=2011-09-14 |access-date=2009-04-18}} and [http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=346 ''Accompanying two photos, exterior, from 1905 and undated'']</ref>
|-
|
|Chestnut Hill Pump Station
|[[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]]
|1900
|Built for the Metropolitan Water Board.
|
|-
|[[File:CarnegiePublicLibrarySedaliaMissouri.jpg|125x125px]]
|[[Sedalia Public Library]]
|[[Sedalia, Missouri]]
|1900
|
|
|-
|
|Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building and Agriculture Building
|[[Buffalo, New York]]
|1901
|For the [[Pan-American Exposition]],
|
|-
|
|[[University of Chicago]]
|[[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]]
|1901–1915
|Master plan and designs for more than fifteen buildings.
|
|-
|[[File:Bartlett Gymnasium.jpg|125x125px]]
|[[Bartlett Gymnasium]]
|[[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]]
|1904
|Built for the [[University of Chicago]].
|
|-
|[[File:Brown university john carter brown lib.JPG|125x125px]]
|[[John Carter Brown Library]]
|[[Providence, Rhode Island]]
|1904
|Built for [[Brown University]].
|
|-
|[[File:AllSaintsChurchAppletonLeStreet(StephenHorncastle)May2006.jpg|125x125px]]
|[[All Saints Episcopal Church (Appleton, Wisconsin)|All Saints Episcopal Church]]
|[[Appleton, Wisconsin]]
|1905
|
|
|-
|[[File:Hildene manchester vermont 2006.jpg|125x125px]]
|[[Hildene]]
|[[Manchester Center, Vermont]]
|1905
|Mansion built for [[Robert Todd Lincoln]].
|
|-
|[[File:Harvard Medical School HDR (cropped).jpg|125x125px]]
|[[Harvard Medical School]]
|
|1906
|
|
|-
|[[File:Langdell Hall, Harvard Law School.jpg|125x125px]]
|[[Langdell Hall]]
|
|1907
|Commissioned by [[James Barr Ames]] of the [[Harvard Law School]].
|
|-
|
|Corn Exchange Bank Building
|[[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]]
|1908
|Also known as National Republican Bank. Razed {{Circa|1985}}.
|
|-
|
|Boston Safe Deposit Building
|[[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]]
|1908–1911
|
|
|-
|[[File:Hampden County Courthouse MA.jpg|168x168px]]
|[[Hampden County Courthouse]]
|[[Springfield, Massachusetts]]
|1908–1912
|Additions to building designed by Richardson.
|
|-
|[[File:John Hay Library (Brown).jpg|125x125px]]
|[[John Hay Library]]
|[[Providence, Rhode Island]]
|1910
|[[Brown University]] library.
|<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lovecraft |first=H. P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JEzHAwAAQBAJ&q=Shepley%2C+Rutan%2C+and+Coolidge+john+hay+library&pg=PT375 |title=The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories |date=2013-10-01 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=9781101663035 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Union Station, Springfield, Mass. - 1.jpg|125x125px]]
|[[Springfield Union Station (Massachusetts)|Union Station]]
|[[Springfield, Massachusetts]]
|1910
|
|
|-
|[[File:Harper Memorial Library, University of Chicago (NBY 2946).jpg|125x125px]]
|Harper Memorial Library
|[[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]]
|1910–1912
|[[University of Chicago]] library.
|
|-
|[[File:YMCABoshq.JPG|125x125px]]
|[[YMCA Boston]]
|[[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]]
|1911
|
|
|-
|[[File:First Congregational Church, Fall River, Mass (61471).jpg|125x125px]]
|First Congregational Church of Fall River
|[[Fall River, Massachusetts]]
|1912
|
|
|-
|[[File:Dallas Hall on the campus of Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas LCCN2015630915.jpg|125x125px]]
|[[Dallas Hall]]
|[[University Park, Texas]]
|1915
|On the campus of [[Southern Methodist University]].
|
|-
|[[File:Ida Noyes Hall Courtyard.JPG|125x125px]]
|[[Ida Noyes Hall]]
|[[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]]
|1916
|Located on the [[University of Chicago]] campus.
|
|-
|[[File:Rockland Railroad Station.jpg|125x125px]]
|[[Rockland station|Rockland Station]]
|[[Rockland, Maine]]
|1917
|As Coolidge and Shattuck.
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|
|Freemason's Hall
|[[Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]
|
|Destroyed
|
|-
|[[File:Washington Building - Washington, D.C.jpg|125x125px]]
|Washington Building
|[[Washington, D.C.]]
|1927
|Contributing property to the [[Financial Historic District (Washington, D.C.)|Financial Historic District]]
|
|}


=== Boston & Albany Railroad stations ===
==Gallery==
Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge also designed 23 stations for the [[Boston & Albany Railroad]] (1886 through 1894):<ref name="b&aarch">{{cite journal |last=Ochsner |first=Jeffrey Karl |date=June 1988 |title=Architecture for the Boston & Albany Railroad: 1881-1894 |journal=Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians |volume=47 |issue=2 |pages=109–131 |doi=10.2307/990324 |jstor=990324}}</ref>
<gallery>
{{Div col|colwidth=25em}}
File:Stanford University Main Quad - 7 June 2009.jpg|[[Main Quad (Stanford University)|Main Quad]], [[Stanford University]], [[Stanford, California|Stanford]], CA (1887-1906)
* [[Newton Highlands station]], [[Newton, Massachusetts]] (still standing)
File:New London Public Library, December 2018.JPG|[[New London Public Library]], New London, CT (1889)
* [[Union Station (Chatham, New York)|Union Station]], [[Chatham, New York]] (still standing)
File:Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, Estados Unidos, 2012-10-20, DD 02.jpg|[[Art Institute of Chicago]], Chicago, IL (1893)
* [[Boston Landing station#History|Brighton station]], [[Brighton, Boston|Brighton, Massachusetts]] (still standing)
File:Board of Trade Building Front Street.jpg
* Newton Lower Falls station, [[Wellesley, Massachusetts]]
File:ROLINSON 20151112 7399-2.jpg|[[Coraopolis Railroad Station]], [[Coraopolis, Pennsylvania|Coraopolis, PA]] (1895)
* [[Ashland station (MBTA)#History|Ashland station]], [[Ashland, Massachusetts]] (still standing)
File:Tilden-Thurber building, Providence, Rhode Island.jpg|Tilden-Thurber Building in [[Providence, Rhode Island]] (1895)<ref>{{cite web |title=Tilden-Thurber memories |url=https://architecturehereandthere.com/2016/05/21/tilden-thurber-building-sold/ |website=Architecture Here and There |access-date=13 June 2018 |quote=The Tilden-Thurber Building, erected in 1895, designed by Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, of Boston, was sold last week}}</ref>
* [[Reservoir station (MBTA)#History|Reservoir station]], [[Brookline, Massachusetts]]
File:14 Beacon Street (Fish, Cage, & McBeal) (7183315650).jpg|[[Congregational Library & Archives|Congregational House,]] Boston, MA (1898)
* Dalton station, [[Dalton, Massachusetts]] (still standing)
File:Albany Union Station.jpg|[[Albany Union Station]], Albany, NY (1899)
* [[Springfield Union Station (Massachusetts)#History|Springfield Union Station]], [[Springfield, Massachusetts]]
File:John Carter Brown Library dusk.jpg|[[John Carter Brown Library]], [[Brown University]], Providence, RI (1904)
* [[Wellesley Square station#History|Wellesley Square station]], [[Wellesley, Massachusetts]]
File:University of Chicago, Harper Library.jpg|Harper Library, [[University of Chicago]], Chicago, IL (1912)
* [[Newton Centre station]], [[Newton, Massachusetts]] (still standing)
File:Dallas Hall on the campus of Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas LCCN2015630915.tif|[[Dallas Hall]], [[Southern Methodist University]], [[University Park, Texas|University Park]], TX (1915)
* Huntington station, [[Huntington, Massachusetts]]
File:John Hay Library (Brown).jpg|[[John Hay Library]], [[Brown University]], Providence, RI (1910)
* Warren station, [[Warren, Massachusetts]] (still standing)
File:Saint Joseph County Courthouse Indiana (South Bend).jpg|[[Third St. Joseph County Courthouse]], [[South Bend, Indiana|South Bend]], IN (1897)
* Charlton station, [[Charlton, Massachusetts]]
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* [[Brookline Hills station#History|Brookline Hills station]], [[Brookline, Massachusetts]]
* Hinsdale station, [[Hinsdale, Massachusetts]]
* Canaan station, [[Canaan, New York]]
* Millbury station, [[Millbury, Massachusetts]]
* [[Riverside station (MBTA)#History|Riverside station]], [[Auburndale, Massachusetts]]
* [[Longwood station (MBTA)#History|Longwood station]], [[Brookline, Massachusetts]]
* East Brookfield station, [[East Brookfield, Massachusetts]]
* [[Wellesley Farms station]], [[Wellesley, Massachusetts]] (still standing)
* Saxonville station, [[Framingham, Massachusetts]]
* East Chatham station, [[Chatham, New York]]{{div col end}}


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Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge was a successful architecture firm based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, operating between 1886 and 1915, with extensive commissions in monumental civic, religious, and collegiate architecture in the spirit and style of Henry Hobson Richardson.

History

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George Foster Shepley
Charles Hercules Rutan
Charles Allerton Coolidge

The firm grew out of Richardson's architectural practice. After Richardson's death at age 47 in 1886, a trio consisting of George Foster Shepley (1860–1903), Charles Hercules Rutan (1851–1914), and Charles Allerton Coolidge (1858–1936) gained control of the firm and completed all of its nearly two dozen pending projects, including the John J. Glessner House in Chicago. Many of Richardson's projects were completed and modified in stages over years, making exact attribution difficult for such buildings as the Ames Gate Lodge in North Easton, Massachusetts, and even Richardson's masterwork Trinity Church, Boston.

Two of the principals had been educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Shepley (class of 1882) and Coolidge (class of 1883). Shepley married Richardson's daughter; and Coolidge later married Shepley's sister.

In 1888, the firm was commissioned by Senator and Mrs. Leland Stanford to join landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted in planning the campus for Stanford University. For major commissions in Chicago and the World's Columbian Exposition, Coolidge moved to Chicago and the firm opened its branch office there in 1893, in which many Prairie School architects received their early professional training, notably Hermann V. von Holst who was head draughtsman. A St. Louis branch office began the career of John Mauran; a Pittsburgh branch office developed into several firms, including Rutan & Russell formed by Frank E. Rutan, the younger brother of Charles. Other Pittsburgh firms developed by branch office employees include Longfellow, Alden & Harlow and Frank Irving Cooper; Pasadena architect Myron Hunt spent three years with them in Boston as draftsman.

Stylistically, the firm continued to work mainly in the architectural vocabulary of Richardsonian Romanesque, although with less imagination—for instance, Richardson's asymmetry disappears. The firm continued as Shepley Rutan and Coolidge through 1915, then became Coolidge and Shattuck (Boston) and Coolidge and Hodgdon (Chicago) concurrently from 1915 through 1924, then Coolidge Shepley Bulfinch and Abbott from 1924 through 1952, Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott from 1952, and is still in operation as Shepley Bulfinch.

Work

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Image Building Location Year Notes Ref
Franklin MacVeagh Residence Chicago, Illinois 1885–1887 Completed work started by Richardson. Razed in 1922.
Stanford University Main Quad Stanford, California 1887–1906 Also designed Encina Hall and the Leland Stanford Residence.
Bell Telephone Building St. Louis, Missouri 1889
Hartford Union Station Hartford, Connecticut Executed a design by George Keller [1]
New London Public Library New London, Connecticut 1889
Shadyside Presbyterian Church Shadyside, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1890
Williams Memorial Institute New London, Connecticut 1891
Chicago Public Library Chicago, Illinois 1892 Now the Chicago Cultural Center
Flour and Grain Exchange Building Boston, Massachusetts 1892
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Station Sandusky, Ohio 1892 [1]
Medfield State Hospital Medfield, Massachusetts 1892
Montreal Board of Trade Building Montreal, Quebec 1892 Destroyed in 1902.
Ames Building Boston, Massachusetts 1893
Art Institute of Chicago Built as the "World's Congress Auxiliary Building" for the World's Columbian Exposition.
North Union Station 1893 Razed in 1927.
Conant Hall Cambridge, Massachusetts 1894 Built on the Harvard University campus
Trinity Church Boston, Massachusetts 1894–1897 Completed work started by Richardson.
Tilden-Thurber Building Providence, Rhode Island 1895
Coraopolis Station Coraopolis, Pennsylvania 1896 [1]
Guardian Bank Building Cleveland, Ohio 1896
Glassport P&LE Railroad Station Glassport, Pennsylvania c. 1896
Medill/McCormick Residence Cantigny Park, Illinois 1896
New Castle Junction P&LE Railroad Station New Castle, Pennsylvania c. 1896 Destroyed
Third St. Joseph County Courthouse South Bend, Indiana 1897
Congregational Library & Archives Boston, Massachusetts 1898
South Station Boston, Massachusetts 1898 [1]
Albany Union Station Albany, New York 1899 [1][2]
Chestnut Hill Pump Station Boston, Massachusetts 1900 Built for the Metropolitan Water Board.
Sedalia Public Library Sedalia, Missouri 1900
Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building and Agriculture Building Buffalo, New York 1901 For the Pan-American Exposition,
University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois 1901–1915 Master plan and designs for more than fifteen buildings.
Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, Illinois 1904 Built for the University of Chicago.
John Carter Brown Library Providence, Rhode Island 1904 Built for Brown University.
All Saints Episcopal Church Appleton, Wisconsin 1905
Hildene Manchester Center, Vermont 1905 Mansion built for Robert Todd Lincoln.
Harvard Medical School 1906
Langdell Hall 1907 Commissioned by James Barr Ames of the Harvard Law School.
Corn Exchange Bank Building Chicago, Illinois 1908 Also known as National Republican Bank. Razed c. 1985.
Boston Safe Deposit Building Boston, Massachusetts 1908–1911
Hampden County Courthouse Springfield, Massachusetts 1908–1912 Additions to building designed by Richardson.
John Hay Library Providence, Rhode Island 1910 Brown University library. [3]
Union Station Springfield, Massachusetts 1910
Harper Memorial Library Chicago, Illinois 1910–1912 University of Chicago library.
YMCA Boston Boston, Massachusetts 1911
First Congregational Church of Fall River Fall River, Massachusetts 1912
Dallas Hall University Park, Texas 1915 On the campus of Southern Methodist University.
Ida Noyes Hall Chicago, Illinois 1916 Located on the University of Chicago campus.
Rockland Station Rockland, Maine 1917 As Coolidge and Shattuck. [1]
Freemason's Hall Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Destroyed
Washington Building Washington, D.C. 1927 Contributing property to the Financial Historic District

Boston & Albany Railroad stations

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Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge also designed 23 stations for the Boston & Albany Railroad (1886 through 1894):[4]

Sources

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Potter, Janet Greenstein (1996). Great American Railroad Stations. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. pp. 66, 81, 85, 92, 97, 190, 396. ISBN 9780471143895.
  2. ^ Liebs, Chester H. (July 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Albany Union Station". Archived from the original on September 14, 2011. Retrieved April 18, 2009. and Accompanying two photos, exterior, from 1905 and undated
  3. ^ Lovecraft, H. P. (October 1, 2013). The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories. Penguin. ISBN 9781101663035.
  4. ^ Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl (June 1988). "Architecture for the Boston & Albany Railroad: 1881-1894". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 47 (2): 109–131. doi:10.2307/990324. JSTOR 990324.
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