James Gilbert Chandler (August 4, 1856 – January 17, 1924) was a prominent architect in

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Personal life

Chandler was born at Berlin Falls, New Hampshire, on August 4, 1856, to Milton Walker Chandler and Sarah Grover Chandler.White, J. T. 1933. ''The National Cyclopædia of American Biography''. New York: James T. White & Company, p. 340. After attending school in

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, and

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, he studied architecture in Madison, and then started working as an architect in 1879. In 1885 he married Francis Mary Evans, with whom he had four children. He died on January 17, 1924, in

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Work

Chandler's firm was known as Chandler & Parks. He was involved in the design of several building listed on the

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(NRHP). He designed the

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and the Racine YMCA (both NRHP listed). Chandler was in charge of remodeling and enlarging of all three of architect

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References

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