Addison G. Pulsifer (born 1874) was an American

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practicing in

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Life and career

Addison G. Pulsifer was born in December 11, 1874 in Auburn, Maine to Haley A. Pulsifer and Lenora A. (Perno) Pulsifer. He was educated in the Auburn public schools, graduating from Edward Little High School in 1896. He then joined the office of Coombs, Gibbs & Wilkinson, Lewiston architects. After ten years he went to

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, where he worked for architects

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and contractors Norcross Brothers. In 1910 his former employer, Eugene J. Gibbs, called him back to Lewiston, where they formed the partnership of Gibbs & Pulsifer. Gibbs retired in 1927, and Pulsifer formed the new firm of Pulsifer & Eye with Harold M. Eye. They dissolved their partnership in the mid-30s, after which Pulsifer practiced independently in Lewiston."Addison G. Pulsifer" in
Maine: Resources, Attractions and People
' 3, ed. Harrie B. Coe (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1928): 267.

Personal life

Pulsifer was married in 1901 to Mildred M. Lyceth of Auburn, and they had one son. He lived in Auburn.

Legacy

At least four buildings designed by Pulsifer and his partners have been listed on the United States

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, and others contribute to listed historic districts.

Architectural works

* Eastport Primary School, Boynton St, Eastport, Maine (1913) * Kimball Hall, Washington State Normal School, Machias, Maine (1913, demolished) *

Horatio G. Foss house The Horatio G. Foss House is an historic house at 19 Elm Street in Auburn, Maine within the Main Street Historic District. It was built in 1914 to a design by Gibbs & Pulsifer for Horatio G. Foss, owner of a major local shoe factory, and is al ...

, 19 Elm St, Auburn, Maine (1914, NRHP 1976) * Frank M. Coffey house, 25 Webster St,

(1916) * Ralph W. Crockett house, 443 Main St,

(1916) * Daniel J. McGillicuddy apartments, 84 Lisbon St,

(1918) * Androscoggin Electric Company Building, 134 Main St,

(1919) * Nurses' Home,

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, Hammond St,

(1921) * Association Building, 1719 Main St,

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(1922) * St. Cyril and St. Methodius Church, 51 Main St,

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(1923–26, NRHP 1977) * Arthur L. Mann Memorial Library, 226 Main St,

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(1925–26, NRHP 1988) * John D. Clifford house, 14 Ware St,

(1926, NRHP 1987) * Wade & Dunton Motors Building, 10 Oak St,

(1929) * Morse Memorial School, 27 School St,

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(1931) * Singer Building, 177 Main St,

(1934)Thompson, Deborah. ''Maine Forms of American Architecture''. 1976.

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