Charles F. Wilcox

Charles F. Wilcox (1845–1905) was an American architect practicing in Providence, Rhode Island.

Charles Field Wilcox[1]
BornJanuary 8, 1845
Georgia
DiedJuly 12, 1905
Providence, Rhode Island
NationalityUnited States
OccupationArchitect
PracticeHartshorn & Wilcox, C. F. Wilcox, Wilcox & Congdon
BuildingsCongdon Street Baptist Church, Union Baptist Church, Burrows Block, Conant Memorial Church
Congdon Street Church, Providence, 1874.
Burrows Block, Providence, 1880.
Conant Memorial Church, Dudley, 1890.
Aldrich Free Public Library, Moosup, 1894.

Life

Wilcox was born in 1845 in Georgia, to a family that relocated to Providence in his infancy.[2] He trained with local architect Charles P. Hartshorn, becoming his partner in 1873. Their firm, Hartshorn & Wilcox, lasted until the end of 1879, briefly before Hartshorn's death in 1880.[3] Wilcox continued practicing alone until 1895, when he made draftsman Gideon Gardner Congdon partner in Wilcox & Congdon. This firm was dissolved in 1899 and Wilcox again continued alone.[4] He died in Providence in 1905.

Architectural works

Hartshorn & Wilcox, 1873-1879
  • 1874 - Congdon Street Baptist Church, 15 Congdon St, Providence, Rhode Island[5]
  • 1874 - Wayland Building, 128 N Main St, Providence, Rhode Island[5]
  • 1875 - Fourth Baptist Church (Remodeling), Howell St, Providence, Rhode Island[7]
    • Demolished
  • 1876 - Union Baptist Church, 10 East St, Providence, Rhode Island[5]
    • Commissioned by the Third Baptist Church
  • 1877 - Charles Ackerman Duplex, 61-63 Chapin Ave, Providence, Rhode Island[8]

C. F. Wilcox, 1880-1895

Wilcox & Congdon, 1895-1899
  • 1896 - George M. Snow House, 24 Alumni Ave, Providence, Rhode Island[16]

C. F. Wilcox, 1899-1905
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References
  1. Building Age Aug. 1905: 202.
  2. Industries and Wealth of the Principal Points in Rhode Island. 1892.
  3. New England Families: Genealogical and Memorial. Ed. William Richard Cutter. Vol. 3. 1914.
  4. "Gideon Gardner Congdon". Congdon Chronicle Jan. 1927: 148.
  5. Woodward, Wm. McKenzie. Providence: A Citywide Survey of Historic Resources. 1986.
  6. The Providence Directory and Rhode Island Business Directory. 1889.
  7. Cady, John Hutchins. The Civic and Architectural Development of Providence, 1636-1950. 1957.
  8. PPS Records for 61-63 Chapin Avenue. 2007.
  9. American Architect and Building News 10 April 1880: 160.
  10. American Architect and Building News 7 July 1883: 3.
  11. Sanitary Engineer 4 Oct. 1883: 426.
  12. Engineering Record 5 Feb. 1885: 217.
  13. American Architect and Building News 1886: 243.
  14. A Souvineer of the Conant Memorial Church. 1893.
  15. "Currier Center". http://hcap.artstor.org/%5B%5D. Council of Independent Colleges. 2006. Web.
  16. Olney Street-Alumni Avenue Historic District NRHP Nomination. 1989.
  17. Minutes of the Rhode Island Baptist Anniversaries. 1902.
  18. Saunderstown Historic District NRHP Nomination. 1985.
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