George Dutton Rand (24 May 1833 – 2 November 1910) was an American architect. He was a partnered with

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to form Weston & Rand, until Weston returned to England upon his mother's death. George D. Rand lived part of his life in Auburndale, Massachusetts. He designed his own New Hampshire

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. Rand was also one of the first major architects to work on designs of buildings for

Rollins College Rollins College is a private college in Winter Park, Florida. It was founded in November 1885 and has about 30 undergraduate majors and several graduate programs. It is Florida's fourth oldest post-secondary institution. History Rollins Colle ...

. Rand was born in

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on May 24, 1833. He was educated in Brownington and

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. He worked on a newspaper in Johnsbury and later became editor of the ''Caledonian''. He studied architecture and worked in Hartford, Connecticut. In 1881 he partnered with

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. He is known for Queen Anne style architecture in the United States, Queen Anne styling including steeply pitched rooflines and turned columns.

Work

At Rollins College he designed Knowles Hall (1886), Pinehurst Cottage (1886), Lakeside Cottage (1886), and Lyman Gymnasium (1890).Selected Architects
Rollins College *Samuel S. Sewall House in Bath, Maine

References

1833 births 1910 deaths 19th-century American architects People from Orleans County, Vermont 20th-century American architects Architects from Vermont {{US-architect-stub