C. Willis Damon

Winnekenni Hall, Haverhill, MA. 1873-75.

First Universalist Church, Kingston, NH. 1879.

Grey Court, Methuen, MA. 1890-93. Destroyed.

Blanchard's Block, Concord, NH. 1894.

Peabody School, Bradford (Haverhill), MA. 1895.

Haverhill Building Association Building, Haverhill, MA. 1906-08.

Merrimack Associates Building, Haverhill, MA. 1913.

C. Willis Damon (1850-1916) was an American architect, working in the city of Haverhill, Massachusetts.

Damon was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island in 1850. He was the son of Calvin Damon, a Universalist minister. Around 1856 the family moved to Haverhill.^[1] Damon graduated from the architectural program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, then only a few years old.^[2] Beginning in 1873 he was practicing architecture in Haverhill. He was the city's first college-trained architect. By 1877 he had taken his brother, Charles P. Damon (d.1919), as a partner. The firm, Damon Brothers, lasted until 1915, at which point Damon appears to have retired. His brother continued the practice for a few more years, doing only minor work.

Works

• Winnekenni Hall, 347 Kenoza Ave., Haverhill, MA (1873-75) - The estate of James R. Nichols.^[3]
• James A. Hale House, 65 Cedar St., Haverhill, MA (c.1875)^[4]
• William B. Thom House, 284 Washington St., Haverhill, MA (1877)^[5]
• Jane P. Chase House, 148 Main St., Haverhill, MA (1878-79)^[6]
• William J. Edwards House, 52 Park St., Haverhill, MA (c.1878)^[7]
• Leonard V. Spaulding House, 17 Beacon St., Haverhill, MA (1878)^[8]
• First Universalist Church, 151 Main St., Kingston, NH (1879)^[9]
• Holley Hall, 1 South St., Bristol, VT (1884)^[10]
• Herbert O. Delano House, 23 W. Main St., Merrimac, MA (1885)^[11]
• Joel Butler House, 75 Auburn St., Haverhill, MA (1886) - Altered.^[12]
• Addison B. Jaques Duplex, 24-26 Cedar St., Haverhill, MA (1887)^[13]
• Daggett Building, 91 Merrimack St., Haverhill, MA (1887) - Demolished.^[14]
• Remodeling of City Hall, Main St., Haverhill, MA (1888) - Demolished. Built as the Town Hall in 1861 by John Stevens, architect.^[15]
• Grafton County Courthouse, 35 S. Court St., Woodsville, NH (1889-91)^[16]
• Grey Court, Methuen, MA (1890-93) - The estate of Charles H. Tenney. Burned 1970s.^[17]
• Opera Block, 65 Central St., Woodsville, NH (1890)^[18]
• C. Willis Damon House, 289 Mill St., Haverhill, MA (1891) - The home of the architect.^[19]
• Rockingham County Courthouse, State St. near Penhallow, Portsmouth, NH (1891-93) - Demolished.^[20]
• Blanchard's Block, 1-3 S. Main St., Concord, NH (1894)^[21]
• Peabody School, 170 Salem St., Haverhill, MA (1895) - The last building built for the former town of Bradford.
• Arthur B. Sumner House, 295 Mill St., Haverhill, MA (1898)^[22]
• Walnut Square School, 645 Main St., Haverhill, MA (1899)^[23]
• Wilman Block, 105 Main St., Amesbury, MA (1899)^[24]
• Monument Street School, 170 Monument St., Haverhill, MA (1900) - Demolished.^[25]
• St. Gregory's R. C. School, 108 Harrison St., Haverhill, MA (1901)^[26]
• Haverhill Building Association Building, 16-38 Walnut St., Haverhill, MA (1906-08) - Also known as the Board of Trade Building.^[27]
• R. L. Wood School, 255 S. Spring St., Haverhill, MA (1906)^[28]
• Merrimack Associates Building, 25 Locust Ave., Haverhill, MA (1913)^[29]
• Essex Associates Building, 109 Essex St., Haverhill, MA (1915)^[30]
• William A. Knipe School, 97 Oxford Ave., Haverhill, MA (1915)^[31]

Damon was selected as the architect of the 1909 High School (now City Hall), but was ultimately made supervising architect for Kilham & Hopkins of Boston.^[32]

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