Charles Sumner SedgwickIn some sources, his name has been incorrectly presented as Charles Sedgewick (1856 – March 12, 1922) was an American

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based in

Minneapolis, Minnesota Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origins ...

Personal life

He was born in New York State. His wife, Mary D., was born in the 1850s and died in 1920. Sedgwick died in 1922 at St. Barnabas Hospital in Minnesota, after several years of illness with

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Career

He started his career as an architect in

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and moved to Minneapolis in 1884The Lowry Hill Neighborhood - Historical Context Study
prepared for the Lowry Hill Residents Inc. by Landscape Research LLC, 2006 and completed several projects in the city and surrounding areas and states. Several of his works are listed on the

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. Sedgwick is a designated Minneapolis master architect by the city's heritage preservation authority.

Works

Sedgwick was most known for his residential commissions, but also designed churches, school buildings, and commercial structures. Burton Hall University of Minnesota 5

* George W. Baird House (1886), Edina, Minnesota, NRHP-listed *

Como Congregational Church The Como Congregational Church is a historic church building in the Como, Minneapolis, Como neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Opened in 1887 and designed by architect Charles Sumner Sedgwick, a Minneapolis master architect, the church is a ...

(1886), Minneapolis, Minnesota * George R. Newell House (1888), 1818 LaSalle Ave.,

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(Sedgwick, Charles), NRHP-listed * First National Bank (1889), 501 St. Germain St.,

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(Sedgwick, Charles), NRHP-listed * Old Arkansas City High School (1890), Arkansas City, Kansas, formerly the Arkansas City High School building and now Ireland Hall at

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; NRHP-listed *Andrew Presbyterian Church (1890), at Fourth Street and Eighth Avenue, Minneapolis, patterned after

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in Scotland. Demolished c.2002. * Nehemiah P. Clarke House (1892–93), 356 3rd Ave., S.,

(Sedgwick, Charles S.), NRHP-listed * Westminster Presbyterian Church (1897), 1201–1213 Nicollet Mall with Warren H. Hayes, With . NRHP-listed *Dayton's (1902) at 700 Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis (later converted to a Macy's before closing down) * Burton Hall (University of Minnesota) interior at the

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(1895) with Leroy Buffington designing the exterior. The building was formerly used as a library 2009-0713-Waconia-CityHall

*Budge Hall (1899 – demolished 1981) and Science Hall (renamed Minard Hall in honor of Dean A. E. Minard) at

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Minard Hall has been added on to and extensively renovated over the years. * William F. Bruell House (1902), Address Restricted,

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(Sedgwick & Saxton), NRHP-listed *Four story commercial building at 256 1st Avenue North (1902) in Minneapolis *

Morris Carnegie Library The Morris Carnegie Library is a former library building in Morris, Minnesota, United States, now occupied by a historical society. It was built in 1905 as one of the 2,500 Carnegie libraries funded by steel magnate Andrew Carnegie. It was list ...

(1905), Nevada and 6th Sts.,

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(Sedgwick & Saxton), NRHP-listed *Old

Waconia City Hall Waconia City Hall is located at 201 South Vine Street in Waconia, Minnesota, United States. The contemporary building was completed in 2004, and replaced the Old Waconia City Hall, a historic building constructed in 1909 that has been converted int ...

(1909), 9 W. 1st St. in

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, NRHP-listed *First Lutheran Church (1916) 434 First Street Southwest in

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*Park Avenue Covenant Church, Minneapolis *Park Avenue Congregational Church, at Park and Franklin Avenues, Minneapolis *Lowry Hill Congregational Church, at Dupont and Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis *Fourth Baptist Church, at 2105 Fremont Avenue North, Minneapolis

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