Frank W. Angell (1851–1943) was an American
architect
An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...
practicing in
Providence, Rhode Island
Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. One of the oldest cities in New England, it was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts ...
.
Life and career
Frank Wilson Angell was born May 7, 1851, in Providence, Rhode Island, to Avery F. Angell, a dentist, and Cynthia (Day) Angell. He trained as a carpenter,
[Angell, Avery F. ''Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Angell, who Settled in Providence, 1636''. Providence: A Crawford Greene, 1872.] but in 1872 he entered the office of Providence architects
Walker & Gould
William R. Walker (April 14, 1830 – March 11, 1905) was an American architect from Providence, Rhode Island, who was later the senior partner of William R. Walker & Son.
Early life
Major-General William Russell Walker was born on April 14, ...
as a draftsman.
By 1880, he had become a prominent designer and was permitted by the partners to take his own commissions. In January 1881, he and
Thomas J. Gould left the firm, which would become
William R. Walker & Son. The two formed a new partnership, Gould & Angell. In 1893 they added designer Frank H. Swift to the partnership, which became Gould, Angell & Swift. Gould retired from the firm in 1897, and began practicing alone. Angell & Swift continued in practice until 1934, Swift's death. Afterwards, Angell entered semi-retirement, taking occasional work at an office in his
Pawtuxet home. Upon his death, Angell was Rhode Island's oldest architect.
[''Journal-Bulletin Almanac''. 1945.]
Frank W. Angell was related to Providence and
New York architect
Edward L. Angell.
Architectural Works
Gould & Angell, 1881-1893
Gould, Angell & Swift, 1893-1897
Angell & Swift, 1897-1934
References
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1851 births
1943 deaths
19th-century American architects
Architects from Providence, Rhode Island
20th-century American architects