Arthur Gilman

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Arthur Delevan Gilman (November 5, 1821 – July 11, 1882) was an American architect, designer of many Boston neighborhoods, and member of the American Institute of Architects. Gilman was a descendant of Edward Gilman, one of the first settlers of Exeter, New Hampshire.

Gilman was educated at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut. In 1844 he published a paper on "American Architecture" in the North American Review. He was then invited to deliver twelve lectures before the Lowell Institute, Boston, after which he went to Europe on a tour of professional observation.

On his return to Boston, he advocated filling in the Back Bay district, urging this plan for years before his views were carried out by the State. Here Gridley James Fox Bryant was his colleague. Commonwealth Avenue, now one of the finest streets in the world, is due almost entirely to his persistent efforts, along with Frederick Law Olmsted.

Mr. Gilman designed and built the Old City Hall with Gridley James Fox Bryant. In 1865 he moved to New York City, where he designed The Equitable Insurance Company's building; St. John's Church and parsonage at Clifton, Staten Island; and much of the capitol at Albany, New York.