Frederick A. Tompson

George C. West House, Portland, Maine. 1911.

Frederick Augustus Tompson (1857-1919), often misspelled Thompson, was an American architect from Portland, Maine.

Tompson was born in Portland in 1857. In 1876 he entered the office of Francis H. Fassett, Maine's most prominent architect at the time. He worked his was up through the office until 1886, when he was promoted to partner in the new office of Fassett & Tompson. That association lasted until the end of 1890, and Tompson opened his own office in January 1891.^[1] He remained in private practice until his death on February 2, 1919.^[2]

Tompson's practice was succeeded by Charles O. Poor, Tompson's chief assistant.^[3] Later that year Poor formed a partnership with John P. Thomas. Poor died in 1922, and Thomas opened an office under his own name in 1923.^[4] He became one of Maine's most successful architects.

He was the designer of several of Portland's most prominent turn-of-the-century structures, and his West house of 1911 remains the city's largest private residence.^[5] Several of Tompson's works have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places, and several others are contributing properties of listed historic districts.

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Walker Memorial Hall, Bridgton, 1892.  Castle-in-the-Park, Deering Oaks, Portland, 1894.  Deering High School, Deering, 1898.  Adam P. Leighton House, Portland, 1902-03.  Masonic Temple, Portland, 1911.

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