Alexander Curtis Currier (April 16, 1831 in

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– April 24, 1892 in

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) was an American architect and designer of cemetery monuments. He worked as a draftsman for the Hallowell Granite Works. His

Hubbard Free Library The Hubbard Free Library is the public library serving Hallowell, Maine. Built in 1879-80, it is the oldest library building in Maine built for that purpose. It was designed by architect Alexander C. Currier to resemble an English country church. ...

was designed to look like an English country church. His

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was demolished in 1971. He married Ellen E. Peckham, and they had a son, Alger Veasey Currier (1862-1911), who became a painter.

Selected works

* Civil War Monument, Hallowell Village Cemetery, Water Street, Hallowell, Maine, 1868–69, with William Hogan.Hallowell Civil War Monument
from Maine's Civil War Monuments. *

, 115 Second Street, Hallowell, Maine, 1878. * Brooks Free Library, Brattleboro, Vermont, 1886, demolished 1971. File:Hubbard Free Library Hallowell ME circa 1895 HABS cropped.jpg, Hubbard Free Library (1879–80), Hallowell, Maine. File:Brooks Library Brattleboro VT 1905 DetroitPubCo (cropped).jpg, Brooks Free Library (1886, demolished 1971), Brattleboro, Vermont.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Currier, Alexander C. 1831 births 1892 deaths Architects from Maine People from Hallowell, Maine People from Readfield, Maine 19th-century American architects