Henry Bailey Alden

Henry Bailey Alden (June 24, 1862 – August 20, 1939) was an American architect.

Henry Bailey Alden
Born	(1862-06-24)June 24, 1862 Somerville, Massachusetts
Died	August 20, 1939(1939-08-20) (aged 77)
Occupation	Architect
Years active	1880s–1939[1]
Notable work	Endicott Estate, Chatham Bars Inn, United Shoe Machinery Corporation Building[1]

Career

Among Alden's notable works are the 1904 Endicott Estate, the 1914 Chatham Bars Inn in Chatham, Massachusetts, and the 1928 United Shoe Machinery Corporation Building at 138-164 Federal Street in Boston, among others.[1] He also designed the gardener's cottage on the Enditcott Estate[2] and the Gate Lodge Chapel at Brookdale Cemetery,[3] both in Dedham, Massachusetts. Alden also was the architect for several home remodelings in the Back Bay of Boston.[1] For a time, he worked in the City of Boston's Architect's Office.[4]

He had offices at various times at 6 Beacon St.[1] and 23 Court St.[2] in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a member of the American Institute of Architects.[5]

Personal life

Alden was born June 24, 1862, in Somerville, Massachusetts to Henry C. and Emma F. (née Bailey) Alden.[1] He died, unmarried, on August 20, 1939.[1] His ashes are interred in Brookdale Cemetery.[6]

He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[7]

References

1. "Henry Bailey Alden". Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
2. Building Age. 29. David Willaims Company. 1907. p. 309. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
3. Smith 1936, p. 149.
4. De Witt, Dennis J. (August 12, 2016). Arthur H. Vinal / Edmund March Wheelwright and the Chestnut Hill Pumping Station: Fifth expanded edition. Metropolitan Waterworks Museum. p. 55. ISBN 978-1-5193-1023-1. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
5. "Henry Bailey Alden". International Architecture Database. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
6. "Grave Record 0215N". Town of Dedham. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
7. Register of Former Students with an Account of the Alumni Associations. 50 (3 ed.). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. May 1915. p. 11. Retrieved October 30, 2018.

Works cited

• Smith, Frank (1936). A History of Dedham, Massachusetts. Transcript Press, Incorporated. Retrieved July 18, 2019.