Thomas Waldron Sumner (1768–1849) was an architect and government representative in
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
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, in the early 19th century. He designed East India Marine Hall and the Independent Congregational Church in
Salem; and the South Congregational Society church in Boston. He was also involved with the
Exchange Coffee House, Boston
The Exchange Coffee House (1809-1818) was a hotel, coffeehouse, and place of business in Boston, Massachusetts, in the early 19th century. Designed by architect Asher Benjamin, it was located at Congress Square on Congress Street, and in its d ...
.
In Boston he lived on Cambridge Street and Chamber Street, and later moved to
Brookline
Brookline may refer to:
Places in the United States
* Brookline, Massachusetts, a town near Boston
* Brookline, Missouri
* Brookline, New Hampshire
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* Brookline, Vermont
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. He belonged to the Boston Associated Housewrights Society and the
Massachusetts Charitable Mechanick Association. Sumner married Elizabeth Hubbard (1770–1839); children included Caroline Sumner (born 1796) and
Thomas Hubbard Sumner
Thomas Hubbard Sumner (20 March 1807 – 9 March 1876) was a sea captain during the 19th century. He is best known for developing the celestial navigation method known as the Sumner line or circle of equal altitude.
Biography
Thomas Hubbard ...
. His parents were engineer James Sumner (1740–1814) and Alice Waldron (died 1773). The artist
John Christian Rauschner
John Christian Rauschner (born 1760) was a German artist who specialized in portraits made of wax. He worked for some time in the United States, travelling to Boston, New York City
New York, often called New York Cit ...
created portraits of Sumner and his wife.
Images
Image:GardnerSumner house Brookline Massachusetts 19thc SPNEA.png, Sumner's home in Brookline, Mass. (photo Historic New England)
Image:IndependentCongregationalChurch SalemMA ca1892 photo by FrankCousins.png, Independent Congregational Church, Salem; built in 1825 (photo 1890s). Designed by Sumner.
Image:East India Marine Hall Salem Massachusetts edit.jpg, East India Marine Hall, Salem; built 1825. Designed by Sumner.
Image:1875 PierceHall BrooklineMA BPL.png, Pierce Hall, Brookline, Mass., built 1825. Designed by Sumner (photo Boston Public Library)
Image:DivinityHall HarvardUniversity ca1880s.png, Divinity Hall, Harvard Divinity School
Divinity Hall, built in 1826, is the oldest building in the Harvard Divinity School at Harvard University. It is located at 14 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The Hall was designed by Solomon Willard and Thomas Sumner, and dedicated ...
, Cambridge, Mass.; built 1826. Designed by Sumner and Solomon Willard
Solomon Willard (June 26, 1783 – February 27, 1861) was a carver and builder in Massachusetts who is remembered primarily for designing and overseeing the Bunker Hill Monument, the first monumental obelisk erected in the United States.
Backgr ...
.[Bryant F. Tolles Jr. Architecture & Academe: College Buildings in New England Before 1860. NH: UPNE, 2011]
Image:SouthCongregational Boston HomansSketches1851.jpg, South Congregational Church, Boston; built in 1828. Designed by Sumner.
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1768 births
1849 deaths
Architects from Boston
19th century in Boston
People from Brookline, Massachusetts