Joseph Everett Chandler (December 11, 1863 – August 19, 1945) was an American architect. He is considered a major proponent of the

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Biography

Joseph Everett Chandler was born in

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, the son of a butcher. He grew up driving carriage-loads of tourists around Plymouth to see its sites. Chandler attended the

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(M.I.T.) and was an apprentice of

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, William Pretyman,

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, and

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. He is considered a pioneering designer of queer space. He designed Red Roof for

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, which inspired interior designer

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to build his own Beauport next door. He died in

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on August 19, 1945.

Career

Chandler is mostly known to have overseen the restoration of the

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and the House of Seven Gables. He worked with George Warren Cole. With George Francis Dow, he conceived Pioneer Village as a means to demonstrate life in 1630. In 1892 he published ''The Colonial Architecture of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia'' and in 1916 ''The colonial house'' with R. M. McBride & company.

Works

* 1898: designed The Frederic C. Adams Public Library, an historic library building at 33 Summer Street in

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. The library was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. *1898: restored the

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. * 1900s: restored The Old Farm, an historic First Period house at 9 Maple Street in Wenham, Massachusetts. The restoration job was the subject of an article in a 1921 edition of House Beautiful. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. * 1902: restored the

. * 1902: designed Red Roof for A. Piatt Andrew (demolished) * 1909: designed the Wright Memorial Library. Georgianna Wright (1837–1919) hired Chandler to design a brick library in the colonial revival style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in July 2007. * 1908 to 1910: restored the

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. * 1913: designed Marsh Room, the double-height hall of the

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, of which Chandler was a member. * 1914 to 1918: remodeled two late-Federal period farmhouses to become The Stevens–Coolidge Place. Also enhanced the design of the landscape, which eventually included a perennial garden, a kitch and flower garden, and a rose garden (all in the Colonial Revival style).Forsyth, Holly Kerr. ''Gardens of Eden: Among the World's Most Beautiful Gardens.'' Carlton, Vic.: Miegunyah Press, 2009, p. 131-132. * 1920: Hammond House Alteration Original House of Thomas Hammond, owned by William H. Coburn Esquire at time of restoration. * 1921: restored the

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. In 1974 the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places. * 1933: designed The Ballou-Newbegin House, an historic house on Old Marlborough Road in Dublin, New Hampshire. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chandler, Joseph Everett 1863 births 1946 deaths 19th-century American architects People from Plymouth, Massachusetts 20th-century American architects Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni