Lucius W. Briggs

Lucius W. Briggs (1866-1940)[1][2] was an architect from Worcester, Massachusetts.

Lucius Wallace Briggs
Born1866
Worcester, Massachusetts
DiedSeptember 10, 1940
Worcester, Massachusetts
NationalityUnited States
OccupationArchitect
PracticeL. W. Briggs; Frost, Briggs & Chamberlain; L. W. Briggs Company
BuildingsGreendale Branch Library; Worcester Memorial Auditorium
Greendale Library, Worcester. 1912.
Katz and Leavitt Apartment House, Worcester, 1926.
Memorial Auditorium, Worcester, 1931
Leicester Town Hall, Leicester, 1939.
Burncoat High School, Worcester, 1959.

Life and career

Lucius Wallace Briggs was born in Worcester in 1866. He studied as a draftsman in the local architectural firms of Barker & Nourse and Fuller & Delano, among others. In 1896 Briggs entered private practice.[3]

In 1899 he became a partner in Frost, Briggs & Chamberlain with Howard Frost and C. Leslie Chamberlain.[4] With that firm, he contributed to the design of such landmarks as the Slater Building and Worcester Technical High School. He left in 1912 to form his own firm, the L. W. Briggs Company. He died in 1940.[3] The firm continued in business past Briggs' death, and was run by his son, Stuart Wallace Briggs. In 1949 the younger Briggs changed the name to L. W. Briggs Associates.[5]

Works

L. W. Briggs Company, 1912-1949
  • 1912 - Greendale Branch Library, 470 West Boylston St, Worcester, Massachusetts[6]
    • Now the Frances Perkins Branch Library.
  • 1913 - Clubhouse, Worcester Country Club, 2 Rice St, Worcester, Massachusetts[7]
  • 1913 - Mrs. Irving H. Verry House, 4 Military Rd, Worcester, Massachusetts[8]
    • An Italian Renaissance-style house, published in House Beautiful in 1917.[9]
  • 1916 - Worcester Technical High School (additions), 34 Grove St, Worcester, Massachusetts[10][11]
    • A major expansion.
  • 1920 - Crompton & Knowles Warehouse, 21 Illinois St, Worcester, Massachusetts[12]
  • 1925 - Worcester Fire Alarm Station, 230 Park Ave, Worcester, Massachusetts[13]
  • 1926 - Katz and Leavitt Apartment House, 53 Elm St, Worcester, Massachusetts[14]
  • 1928 - Center School, 11 Ash St, Hopkinton, Massachusetts[15]
  • 1930 - South High School Annex, 14 Richards St, Worcester, Massachusetts[16]
  • 1931 - Worcester Memorial Auditorium, 1 Lincoln Sq, Worcester, Massachusetts[17]
  • 1935 - Auburn High School, 99 Auburn St, Auburn, Massachusetts[18]
    • Demolished.
  • 1939 - Leicester Town Hall, 3 Washburn Sq, Leicester, Massachusetts[19]

L. W. Briggs Associates, from 1949
gollark: 2020s kids will exist in... 11 days.
gollark: Though if you throw in terrorist keywords and stuff, they might be nice and visit you *in person* to talk!
gollark: They might not respond, though.
gollark: You can chat with it *and* talk to the NSA and every other three-letter agency at the same time!
gollark: I tell my friends to use Signal, but they ignore me like dodecahedra.

References
  1. Progressive Architecture - Volume 21 - Page 712
  2. "Lucius W. Briggs" Archived 2015-07-13 at the Wayback Machine. http://public.aia.org/. n.d.
  3. Withey, Henry F. and Elsie Rathburn Withey. "Briggs, Lucius W". Biographical Dictionary of American Architects. Los Angeles: New Age Publishing Co., 1956.
  4. History of Worcester and its People. Vol. 4. Ed. Charles Nutt. 1919.
  5. American Architects Directory. New York: R. R. Bowker, 1962.
  6. "The Carnegie Libraries". Worcester Magazine Dec. 1912: 357. Worcester.
  7. "Worcester Country Club". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission. n.d. Web.
  8. American Contractor 15 Feb. 1913: 55. Chicago.
  9. "In the Italian Villa Style". House Beautiful Sept. 1917: 103. Boston.
  10. "Worcester Industrial Technical Institute". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission. n.d. Web.
  11. Brickbuilder July 1916: 166.
  12. American Contractor 29 May 1920: 48.
  13. "Fire Alarm and Telegraph Headquarters Building". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission. n.d. Web.
  14. "Katz and Leavitt Apartment House". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission. n.d. Web.
  15. "Center School". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission. n.d. Web.
  16. Engineering News-Record 26 June 1930: 74. New York.
  17. "Worcester War Memorial Auditorium". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission. n.d. Web.
  18. Bridgemen's Magazine Jan. 1935: 33.
  19. "Leicester Town Hall". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission. n.d. Web.
  20. Engineering News-Record 23 March 1950: 289. New York.
  21. Engineering News-Record 12 Aug. 1954: 76. New York.
  22. Engineering News-Record 1954: 132. New York.
  23. Engineering News-Record 1956: 258. New York.
  24. Engineering News-Record 1957: 148. New York.
  25. Engineering News-Record 1957: 72. New York.
  26. Engineering News-Record 29 Oct. 1959: 74. New York.
  27. Fitchburg [MA] Sentinel 12 Juny 1963: 9.
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