Joseph Edward Billings was an architect in

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, in the mid-19th century. Among his business partners were his brother

Hammatt Billings Charles Howland Hammatt Billings (1818–1874) was an artist and architect from Boston, Massachusetts. Among his works are the original illustrations for ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' (both the initial printing and an expanded 1853 edition), the Na ...

and Charles Frederick Sleeper. He served in the

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and belonged to the

Boston Artists' Association The Boston Artists' Association (1841–1851) was established in Boston, Massachusetts by Washington Allston, Henry Sargent, and other painters, sculptors, and architects, in order to organize exhibitions, a school, a workspace for members, and to p ...

Designs

;J.E. Billings * Church of the Messiah, Florence St., Boston, 1847 * Ingraham School, Sheafe St., Boston , Massachutes, 1847 * Odd Fellows Hall, BostonJames F. O'Gorman. "H. and J. E. Billings of Boston: From Classicism to the Picturesque." Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Vol. 42, No. 1 (Mar., 1983) * Chimney,

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, 1857 ;Billings & Billings * Temple Club, West St., Boston * Boston Museum * Grace Episcopal Church, Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1851 * Cathedral Building, Boston, 1873 * Thayer Library, Braintree, Massachusetts, 1874 * College Hall, Wellesley College, 1875 ;Billings & Sleeper * National Theatre, Boston, 1852Boston Daily Atlas; Date: 07-07-1852

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