Patrick W. Ford
Patrick W. Ford (1847–1900) was an Irish-American architect who, along with Patrick C. Keely of Brooklyn and James Murphy of Providence, Rhode Island designed many Roman Catholic churches built in the eastern part of United States through the latter half of the 19th century.
He was born in Ballincollig, Ireland, and educated at Queen's College Cork, Ford emigrated to the United States in the late 1860s. He lived for a time in New York City where he may have worked in the office of Patrick C. Keeley and then went to work for architect Elbridge Boyden in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Ford opened his own practice in Boston in 1872. He was widely recognized as an authority on church architecture and his practice focused primarily on designing churches and institutional buildings for the Roman Catholic Church in New England. Ford died suddenly at age 52 in August 1900.
Works
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- Sacred Heart Church, Roslindale, Massachusetts
- St. Gregory Church, Dorchester, Massachusetts (1895 redesign of original church by James Murphy)
- Sacred Heart Church, Rectory, School and Convent, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- St. Mary's Church, Dedham, Massachusetts
- St. James Church, Haverhill, Massachusetts
- Gate of Heaven Church, South Boston, Massachusetts
- St. Peter Church, South Boston, Massachusetts
- St. Patrick's Church, Watertown, Massachusetts
- St. Mary Church, Everett, Massachusetts
- St. Brendan Church, Bellingham, Massachusetts
- St. John the Baptist Church, Lowell, Massachusetts
- St. Augustine Church, Andover, Massachusetts
- St. Mary Church, Winchester, Massachusetts
- St. John the Evangelist Church, Clinton, Massachusetts
- St. Peter's Church, Worcester, MA [1]
- Saint Anselm College, Goffstown, NH
- St. Dominic Church, Portland, ME
- St. Mary of the Assumption Church Northampton, Massachusetts
- St. James Church, New Bedford, MA (altered by Maginnis and Walsh)
- 1875 alteration to Fenwick Hall, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts
- Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Worcester, Massachusetts
- Sacred Heart Church, Holyoke, Massachusetts
- Notre Dame Church, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
- All Saints Church, Ware, Massachusetts
No longer extant
- St. Philip's Church, Boston, Massachusetts (burned)
- St. Brigid's Church, Lexington, Massachusetts (burned)
- Immaculate Conception Church, Revere, Massachusetts (demolished)
- St. Anne Church, Worcester, Massachusetts (demolished)
- St. Rose of Lima Church, Northborough, Massachusetts (burned)
- St. Stephen Church, Framingham, Massachusetts (demolished)
- Our Lady of the Rosary Church, South Boston, Massachusetts (demolished)
- St. Michael Church, Exeter, NH (demolished)
Attributed to Ford
- Our Lady of the Rosary Church, Spencer, Massachusetts
Gallery
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Sacred Heart Church, Roslindale, MA
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Gate of Heaven Church, South Boston, MA
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St. Peter Church, South Boston, MA
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St. Patrick Cuurch, Watertown MA
References
- Notes
- ↑ http://college.holycross.edu/projects/worcester/neighbors/holycross.htm Holy Cross College
External links
Media related to Patrick W. Ford at Wikimedia Commons