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Bemis Hall (Lincoln, Massachusetts)
Bemis Hall is the home of the Bemis Lecture Series and the offices of the Lincoln Council on Aging, and is located in the town of Lincoln, Massachusetts. It was dedicated in May, 1892 as part of the will of George Bemis. In the will, Bemis stipulated that the town build, "...a new Town Hall in which shall be a room of sufficient capacity and proper construction for public lectures...and to provide an annual course of public lectures in said Hall of an instructive and elevating character." The building was designed by Boston architect Herbert Langford Warren Herbert Langford Warren (29 March 1857 – 27 June 1917) was an architect who practiced in New England. He is noted for his involvement in the American Arts and Crafts movement, and as the founder of the School of Architecture at Harvard Unive .... References Official Bemis Lectures Website Buildings and structures in Lincoln, Massachusetts {{US-hist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bemis Hall, October 2016, Lincoln MA
Bemis may refer to: Companies * Bemis Company, a packaging company * Bemis Manufacturing Company, a manufacturer of toilet seats and other plastics products People with the surname * Andru Bemis (born 1978), American musician * Edward Herbert Bemis (died 1901), who founded the Bemis Eye Sanitarium Complex * Florence E. Bemis (1861?–?), American entomologist * George Bemis (lawyer) (1816–1878), American lawyer from Massachusetts * George P. Bemis (1838–1916), American developer and politician from Nebraska * Harry Bemis (1874–1947), American baseball player * Max Bemis (born 1984), American rock singer, of the band Say Anything * Polly Bemis (1853–1933), Chinese–American pioneer * Samuel Bemis (1793–1881), American photographer * Harold Medberry Bemis (1884–1970), Rear Admiral in the United States Navy * Samuel Flagg Bemis (1891–1973), American diplomatic historian * Shane Bemis (born 1972), American politician from Oregon Places * Bemis, Watertown, Massac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln, Massachusetts
Lincoln is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The population was 7,014 according to the 2020 United States Census, including residents of Hanscom Air Force Base that live within town limits. The town, located in the MetroWest region of Boston's suburbs, has a rich colonial history and large amounts of public conservation land. History Lincoln was settled by Europeans in 1654, as a part of Concord. The majority of Lincoln was formed by splitting off a substantial piece of southeast Concord and incorporated as a separate town in 1754. Due to their "difficulties and inconveniences by reason of their distance from the places of Public Worship in their respective Towns," local inhabitants petitioned the General Court to be set apart as a separate town. Because the new town was composed of parts "nipped" off from the adjacent towns of Concord, Weston (which itself had been part of Watertown) and Lexington (which itself had been part of Cambridge), it was sometimes referre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Bemis (lawyer)
George Bemis (October 13, 1816 – January 5, 1878) was an American lawyer and legal scholar. He was involved with many unique cases and was an advocate of international law and the reform of the treatment of criminals. Early life and education George was born at Watertown, Massachusetts, the youngest son of Seth and Sarah (Wheeler) Bemis.Hoar, Ebenerer Rockwood. Memoir of Georg Bemis. Boston, MA: John Wilson and Son, 1878 A conscientious and diligent student, at the age of 13, he passed the entrance exam to in 1829. Instead of enrolling at such a young age, he continued with his studies for three more years. He matricu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Langford Warren
Herbert Langford Warren (29 March 1857 – 27 June 1917) was an architect who practiced in New England. He is noted for his involvement in the American Arts and Crafts movement, and as the founder of the School of Architecture at Harvard University. Biography Warren was born in Manchester, England. His father was Samuel Mills Warren, of colonial New England ancestry, and his mother was Sarah Anne (born Broadfield) from Shropshire. His parents were Swedenborgians, and he followed them in that allegiance. He was educated in Manchester, except for two years (1869-1871) during which he attended the gymnasia of Gotha and Dresden, Germany. From 1871-1975 he attended Owens College Manchester, and then spent a year as draughtsman in the office of the Manchester architect William Dawes. The family moved to the United States in 1876. He studied for two years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1877-1879) then worked in the office of the architect H.H. Richardson in Brookl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
