American architect
Clifton Alexander Hall
Born 1826 Died 1913 Nationality American Occupation Architect
Emmanuel Church, Brook Hill , 1859.Pontiac Mills , Pontiac , 1863.Trinity M. E. Church, Providence , 1864. Benjamin F. Greene House , Central Falls , 1868.Arnold Building, Providence , 1895. Clifton A. Hall (1826-1913)[ 1] architect from Providence, Rhode Island .
Biography
Hall was born in Boston to Charles G. Hall, an architect, who had come to Boston in 1820.[ 2] George M. Dexter , and was the builder of Dexter's 1847-48 block of houses at 92-99 Beacon Street.[ 3] [ 1]
In 1855, he established a partnership with architect Alpheus C. Morse in the firm of Morse & Hall . Their only known built commission is the Merchants Bank Building in Providence, as the firm only lasted for a few months. He practiced alone until 1884, when he made Charles R. Makepeace partner, in the firm of Hall & Makepeace . That firm was dissolved in 1886.[ 1]
Architectural works
1856 - Clifton A. Hall Duplex, 369-371 Broad St, Providence, Rhode Island[ 4] Hall occupied 371 Broad until his death.
1858 - St. John's Episcopal Church, 191 County Rd, Barrington, Rhode Island[ 5]
1859 - Emmanuel Episcopal Church at Brook Hill , 1214 Wilmer Ave, Richmond, Virginia [ 6]
1862 - Robert W. Haxall House, 513 E Grace St, Richmond, Virginia[ 6] [ 7]
1863 - Atlantic Mills , 118 Manton Ave, Olneyville, Rhode Island [ 4]
1863 - Elmwood Congregational Church, 353 Elmwood Ave, Providence, Rhode Island[ 4]
1863 - Robert Knight House, 297 Elmwood Ave, Providence, Rhode Island[ 8]
1863 - Pontiac Mills , Knight St, Pontiac, Rhode Island [ 9]
1864 - Gatehouse, Juniper Hill Cemetery , 24 Sherry Ave, Bristol, Rhode Island [ 10]
1864 - Trinity M. E. Church, 375 Broad St, Providence, Rhode Island[ 4]
1866 - St. John's Episcopal Church (Transepts), 271 N Main St, Providence, Rhode Island[ 4]
1866 - Charles A. Nichols House, Morris & Hazard Aves, Providence, Rhode Island[ 11] Demolished in 1927, but the carriage house at 45 Hazard still stands.
1866 - Thomas Goff House, 415 Angell St, Providence, Rhode Island[ 11]
1866 - William P. Vaughan Duplex, 182-184 Waterman St, Providence, Rhode Island[ 4]
1867 - Christ Episcopal Church, 909 Eddy St, Providence, Rhode Island[ 4] Moved across Eddy in 1888 for the construction of the later church , and ultimately demolished.
1867 - David G. Fales House (Remodeling), 476 High St, Central Falls, Rhode Island [ 12]
1867 - William R. Huston House, 309 Benefit St, Providence, Rhode Island[ 4]
1868 - Benjamin F. Greene House , 85 Cross St, Central Falls, Rhode Island[ 12]
1868 - Curry & Richards Building, 170 Westminster St, Providence, Rhode Island[ 4]
1870 - Thurbers Avenue Primary School, 179 Thurbers Ave, Providence, Rhode Island[ 13]
1872 - Providence Gas Co. Gasometer , Crary & Hospital Sts, Providence, Rhode Island[ 14]
1873 - Point Street Grammar School, Plain, Point, & Grove Sts, Providence, Rhode Island[ 15] Demolished for the construction of the interstate.
1875 - Oxford Street Grammar School, 166 Oxford St, Providence, Rhode Island[ 16]
1876 - Gate, Juniper Hill Cemetery, 24 Sherry Ave, Bristol, Rhode Island[ 10]
1880 - Slade Building, 44 Washington St, Providence, Rhode Island[ 17] In an 1895 remodeling, Hall added the building's prominent tower.[ 18]
1885 - St. John's Episcopal Church (Chapel), 191 County Rd, Barrington, Rhode Island [ 5]
1886 - Sanitary Gymnasium, 18 Aborn St, Providence, Rhode Island[ 19]
1888 - St. John's Episcopal Church (Tower), 191 County Rd, Barrington, Rhode Island [ 5]
1889 - Deutsche Hall, 155 Niagara St, Providence, Rhode Island[ 20]
1895 - Arnold Building, 126 Washington St, Providence, Rhode Island[ 21]
1897 - Charles R. Makepeace House, 275 Wayland Ave, Providence, Rhode Island[ 22] A house for Hall's former business partner, mill architect and engineer Charles R. Makepeace . Demolished c.2000.
References
^ a b c d Jordy, William H. and Christopher P. Monkhouse. Buildings on Paper: Rhode Island Architectural Drawings, 1825-1945 . 1982.
^ Western Architect .1913: xxxiii.^ Bunting, Bainbridge. Houses of Boston's Back Bay: An Architectural History, 1840-1917 . Cambridge: Belknap Press, 1967.
^ a b c d e f g h i j Woodward, Wm. McKenzie. Providence: A Citywide Survey of Historic Resources . 1986.
^ a b c Historic and Architectural Resources of Barrington, Rhode Island . 1993.^ a b Emmanuel Church at Brook Hill NRHP Nomination . 1999.^ Scott, Mary Wingfield. Old Richmond Neighborhoods . 1950.
^ Elmwood, Providence: Statewide Historical Preservation Report P-P-3 . 1979.^ D'Amato, Donald A. Gilpses From the Past: Warwick's Villages . 2009.
^ a b Juniper Hill Cemetery NRHP Nomination . 1998.^ a b Historic and Architectural Resources of the East Side, Providence: A Preliminary Report . 1989.^ a b Central Falls, Rhode Island: Statewide Historical Preservation Report P-CF-1 . 1978.^ Annual Report of the Superintendent of Public Buildings, for the Year Ending December 31, 1871 . 1872.^ South Providence, Providence: Statewide Historical Preservation Report P-P-2 . 1978.^ Annual Report of the School Committee of the City of Providence, June 1875 . 1875.^ Annual Report of the School Committee of the City of Providence . 1877.^ American Architect and Building News 10 April 1880: 160. Boston.^ Engineering News 29 Aug. 1895: 68. New York.^ Sanitary News 26 June 1886: 110. Chicago.^ Engineering and Building Record 25 May 1889: xi. New York.^ American Architect and Building News 26 Oct. 1895: xvii. Boston.^ American Architect and Building News 13 Nov. 1897: xv. Boston.
