Joseph Ladd Neal (1867–?) was an American architect who designed

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, Shingle Style and

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buildings. Born in

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, the son of a hardware merchant, he apprenticed under Boston, Massachusetts architect

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. He worked for

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in Boston and

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in New York City, before settling in

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about 1892. In 1893 he established a partnership with S. Alfred Hopkins, that lasted a year. A partnership with George M. Rowland lasted from 1902 to 1906. Four of his works – Lithgow Public Library, Merrill Memorial Library, College Hill Station, Small Point Club – are listed on the

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Selected works

* Lithgow Library and Reading Room, Augusta, Maine, 1894–96, with S. Alfred Hopkins. Neal & Hopkins won the commission in a national design competition with 65 submissions. *First Unitarian Church, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, c. 1895. *Small Point Club, Small Point, Maine, 1895-97. *Morrill Memorial Library,

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, 1897-98. A near-replica of Neal's Lithgow Library. *Alterations to Beaver County Courthouse,

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, 1901. *James Lyall Stuart house,

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, c. 1905, with George M. Rowland."Homes with a History"
from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. * College Hill Station (

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, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, 1910, John Abiel Atwood, engineer. File:The Lithgow Library, Augusta, ME.jpg, Lithgow Public Library, Augusta, Maine (1894–96). File:1899 Norwood public library Massachusetts.png, Merrill Memorial Library, Norwood, Massachusetts (1897–98). File:College hill station.JPG, College Hill Station, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania (1910).

References

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