Charles H. Kimball (March 31, 1852 – 1887) was an American

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from

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Life

Kimball was born in Lovell, Maine, in 1852, and was the son of a dentist. His family moved to

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when he was very young. Kimball graduated from Portland High School in 1869. By 1871, he was working for

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, a local architect.Pancoast, John E
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''http://themarbleblock.org/''. n.d. Web. In 1874, he left Portland for Lewiston and established a practice with George M. Coombs, a native of that city. Kimball & Coombs dissolved later that year, and Kimball had opened his own office in Portland by 1875. He practiced alone until his death in 1887. He is notable as one of the only Maine architects to embrace the Stick Style. His buildings in this mode include the original

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, the

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in Fryeburg, and the former Kezar Falls M. E. Church.

Architectural works

Kimball & Coombs, 1874

* 1874 - Albert F. Ames House, 73 Talbot Ave, Rockland, Maine

C. H. Kimball, 1875-1887

* 1875 - P. Fox Varnum Houses, Varnum St, Portland, Maine ** Demolished. * 1876 - James E. Wengren House, 11 Mellen St, Portland, Maine * 1877 -

, 432 Stevens Ave,

Deering, Maine Deering was a town in Cumberland County, Maine which was incorporated in 1871 and annexed by the neighboring City of Portland in 1899. Until 1871, the town was part of Saccarappa, which also included what is now neighboring Westbrook. In that ye ...

** Demolished. * 1877 - George C. Frye House, 296 Congress St, Portland, Maine ** Demolished. * 1877 - Marble Block, 129 Main St, Biddeford, Maine * 1878 -

, 4 Oxford St,

Fryeburg, Maine Fryeburg is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,369 at the 2020 census. Fryeburg is home to Fryeburg Academy, a semi-private preparatory school, and the International Musical Arts Institute. The town is also s ...

* 1880 - Frank L. Bartlett House, 27 Pine St, Portland, Maine * 1880 - Daniel M. Bonney House, 8 Court St,

Farmington, Maine Farmington is a town in and the county seat of Franklin County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 7,592. Farmington is home to the University of Maine at Farmington, Nordica Memorial Auditorium, the Nordica Homestea ...

''Farmington Historic District NRHP Nomination''. 1994. * 1881 - Shailer School, 58 North St, Portland, Maine * 1882 - Frontier National Bank Building, 30 Water St, Eastport, Maine * 1883 - Kezar Falls M. E. Church, 5 School St,

Kezar Falls, Maine Kezar Falls is a small village on the Ossipee River in the town of Porter in Oxford County, Maine, United States. History An eighteenth-century settler in the area was George Kezar. Kezar's hunting ability became the a subject of local folkl ...

Briggs, Margaret W. ''Church of the New Jerusalem: A New Church in Fryeburg''. 1980. * 1884 - James H. Waugh House, 252 Main St, Farmington, Maine

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kimball, Charles H. 1852 births 1887 deaths Architects from Portland, Maine 19th-century American architects People from Lovell, Maine