Robert Swain Peabody

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Robert Swain Peabody Born 1845 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Died September 23, 1917 in Marblehead, Massachusetts.

Prominent Boston architect, was the cofounder of the firm; Peabody & Stearns. He was an early supporter of the Colonial Revival style and had an affection for English styles and the Picturesque Movement and Beaux-Arts architecture He attended Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusettsand the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He was elected an Associate of the American Institute of Architects in 1874 and a Fellow in 1889. He was president of the Institute from 1900 to 1901. He was also a member of the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects and the Boston Architectural Club. He was chairman of the Boston Park Commission^[1] He married Annie P. Putnam in 1871, and the couple had three children; Ellen (1872), Arthur John Peabody (1875) and Catherine Putnam (1877). ^[2]

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2. ^ http://www.angelfire.com/mn/thursdaynighthikes/summiteast1.html