Maurice B. Biscoe (July 1871 – 29 December 1953) was an American architect. He worked in New York and then moved to Denver, Colorado. He returned to the east to work in Boston. His work was part of the architecture event in the art competition at the

1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held duri ...

. A number of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. He worked alone and in a partnership with Henry Harwood Hewitt (1874 - 1926).https://www.historycolorado.org/sites/default/files/media/document/2018/Architects_biscoe.pdf Works include: *

Richthofen Castle Richthofen Castle is a historic 35-room mansion in the neighborhood of Montclair in the City and County of Denver, Colorado, United States. Completed in 1887, it was originally designed by Alexander Cazin for Baron Walter von Richthofen, a Germa ...

, 7020 E 12th Ave,

Montclair, Denver Montclair is a neighborhood in the City and County of Denver, Colorado, United States. The Denver U.S. Post Office ( ZIP Code 80220) serves Montclair postal addresses. Neighborhood history Montclair was originally developed as a small suburban ...

, Colorado, NRHP-listed * Bemis Hall, 920 N. Cascade Ave.,

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(Biscoe, Maurice B.), NRHP-listed and *

George W. Clayton Trust and College Clayton School for Boys, established as George W. Clayton Trust & College and also known as Clayton College, was established to house and educate boys whose fathers had died and whose mothers could not provide for them. It was established in 1911 ...

, 3801 Martin Luther King Blvd., Denver, Colorado (Biscoe, Maurice B.), NRHP-listed * Frederick H. Cossitt Memorial Hall, 906 N. Cascade Ave.,

(Biscoe, Maurice B.), NRHP-listed * One or more works in Country Club Historic District, roughly bounded by 1st and 4th Aves., Race and Downing Sts., Denver, Colorado (Biscoe, Maurice), NRHP-listed *

Dickinson Branch Library The Dickinson Branch Library, at 1545 Hooker St. in the West Colfax neighborhood of Denver, Colorado, is a Carnegie library which was built in 1914. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. It was designed by archit ...

, 1545 Hooker St., Denver, Colorado (Biscoe, Maurice), NRHP-listed * Theodore W. Richards House, 15 Follen St., Cambridge, Massachusetts (Warren, Smith, & Biscoe), NRHP-listed *

Smyth Public Library Smyth Public Library refers to several buildings that have served as the public library of Candia, New Hampshire, United States. The current building, which opened in 2002, is located at 55 High Street. The previous library building at 194 High Str ...

, 194 High St.,

Candia, New Hampshire Candia is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 4,013 at the 2020 census. The town includes the villages of Candia, Candia Four Corners and East Candia. History Settled in 1743, Candia was once part of Che ...

(Andrews, Jones, Biscoe & Whitmore), NRHP-listed * Langford H. Warren House, 6 Garden Terr., Cambridge, Massachusetts (Warren, Smith & Biscoe), NRHP-listed

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20th-century American architects Architects from Denver Architects from New York (state) Architects from Boston 1871 births 1953 deaths Olympic competitors in art competitions {{US-architect-stub