Barker & Nourse
Barker & Nourse was an architectural firm from Worcester, Massachusetts. The principals of the firm were Albert A. Barker (1852-1905)[1] and Walter B. Nourse, and it operated from 1879 to 1904.[1][2][3] In its day, Barker & Nourse was primarily known for its designs for multi-family housing.
Nourse worked in the office of Amos P. Cutting before forming his own firm.[2]
A number of its works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Works
- Founders Hall, Atlantic Union College, South Lancaster, Massachusetts (1883)
- Freeland Street School, Worcester, Massachusetts (1885)
- Boynton and Windsor Apartments, Worcester, Massachusetts (c.1887)
- Bliss Building, Worcester, Massachusetts (1888)
- Odd Fellow's Home, Worcester, Massachusetts (1890)
- Worcester Historical Society, Worcester, Massachusetts (1890)[4]
- English High School, Worcester, Massachusetts (1891)
- Russell Apartments, Worcester, Massachusetts (1894)
- Day Building, Worcester, Massachusetts (1897)
- Aurora Hotel, Worcester, Massachusetts (1898)
- Vendome Apartments, Worcester, Massachusetts (1898)
- William Trowbridge Forbes House, Worcester, Massachusetts (1898) - This house was demolished in 2003.
- One or more works in the May Street Historic District, Worcester, Massachusetts[3]
- One or more works in the Oxford-Crown Extension District, Worcester, Massachusetts[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ellery Bicknell Crane (1907). Nourse -wikipedia&f=false Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Ellery Bicknell Crane. Worcester Historical Museum.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Worcester MRA
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
- ↑ Massachusetts Cultural Reference Information System