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Benjamin F. Dwight was an American architect practicing in Boston, Massachusetts.
Life and career
Benjamin Franklin Dwight was born September 5, 1824, in Boston to John Dwight, a physician, and Mary Dwight, née Corey.[1]: 1012–1013 He was educated at the Boston Latin School and after stint in the mercantile trade entered the office of architect George Snell as a student.[2] Later, as Snell's assistant, he was involved in the planning of Boston Music Hall (1852). He supervised the early stages of construction, Snell having left for a research trip to England shortly after contracts were signed.[3] After the Music Hall was completed Dwight left Snell to establish his own practice.[3] Dwight's experience with Music Hall contributed to his later career, which included the design of many theaters and public halls. With the exception of a brief partnership with Arthur Gilman in 1854–55 he practiced as a sole practitioner for his entire career.[4]
Personal life
Dwight was in ill health for much of his life, and in his later career this required him to scale back his practice.[4] His eldest brother was John Sullivan Dwight, an influential music critic and the publisher of Dwight's Journal of Music. Dwight and his family were descendants of John Dwight, who immigrated to Massachusetts in 1635.[1]: 1012–1013
Dwight was elected to fellowship in the Boston Society of Architects in 1867, which became affiliated with the American Institute of Architects in 1870. He retired from the organization in 1879.[5]
Legacy
Before 1862 and from 1865 to 1870, John A. Fox was employed in Dwight's office.[6]
Architectural works
- 1855: Exeter Town Hall, Exeter, New Hampshire
- Credited to the short-lived partnership of Gilman & Dwight; contributes to the NRHP-listed Front Street Historic District[7]
- 1859: Fred Holland Day House, Norwood, Massachusetts[8]
- Originally built for Day's father, Lewis Day, and remodeled by him in 1892; NRHP-listed
- 1860: Allston Hall, Boston[9]
- Converted into the Tremont Theatre in 1863; demolished in 1922
- 1867: Gloucester Town Hall, Gloucester, Massachusetts[10]
- Burned in 1869 and replaced by the present Gloucester City Hall
- 1867: Selwyn's Theatre, Boston[11][12]
- Burned in 1873
- 1867: Soldiers' Monument, Allen Park, Dorchester, Boston[13]
- 1868: Oak View, Norwood, Massachusetts[14]
- 1869: National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, eastern branch, Togus, Maine[15]
- Demolished; only the Governor's House, NRHP-listed, is extant
- 1869: Worcester Theatre, Worcester, Massachusetts[16]
- Destroyed by fire in 1889
- 1874: Globe Theatre, Boston[4]
- Burned in 1894
References
- ^ a b Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight, The History of the Descendants of John Dwight, of Dedham, Mass., vol. 2 (Clinton, NY: Benjamin W. Dwight, 1874)
- ^ Catalogue of the Boston Public Latin School. With an Historical Sketch (Boston: Boston Latin School Association, 1886)
- ^ a b "The Boston Music Hall. Its favorable site. Execution of the design" in Dwight's Journal of Music 2, no. 7 (November 20, 1852): 53-54.
- ^ a b c "Death of B. F. Dwight, architect," American Architect and Building News 42, no. 929 (October 14, 1893): 13.
- ^ H. Langford Warren, "Annual Report of the Boston Chamber A. I. A.," Proceedings of the Twenty-seventh Annual Convention of the American Institute of Architects, ed. Alfred Stone (Chicago: Inland Architect Press, 1893): 49-57.
- ^ "Fox, John A.," Boston of To-day: A Glance at its History and Characteristics (Boston: Post Publishing Company, 1892): 230.
- ^ Roger G. Reed, Building Victorian Boston: The Architecture of Gridley J. F. Bryant (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2006)
- ^ John M. Grove, Norwood (Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2000)
- ^ "The artists' receptions," Dwight's Journal of Music 16, no. 20 (February 11, 1860): 367.
- ^ James F. O'Gorman, "Two Granite Tents at Bay View on Cape Ann" in Essex Institute Historical Collections 118, no. x (October 1982): 241-247.
- ^ "Theatre improvements," Boston Daily Advertiser, January 30 1867, 1.
- ^ Boston Illustrated, ed. Edwin M. Bacon (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Company, 1886)
- ^ "Dorchester," Boston Daily Advertiser, September 17 1867, 1.
- ^ Historic Building Detail: NRD.186
- ^ James W. North, The History of Augusta (Augusta, ME: Clapp and North, 1870)
- ^ "The Worcester Music Hall," Boston Daily Advertiser, March 10 1869, 1.
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