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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Arthur_Gilman > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Arthur_Gilman.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Gilman > Source revision: 1334816237 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American architect}} {{for|the founder of the institution which became Radcliffe College|Arthur Gilman (educator)}} {{Infobox architect | name = Arthur Gilman | image = Arthur Delevan Gilman ca1870 Massachusetts.png | caption = Portrait of Gilman, [circa](/source/Wiktionary%3Acirca) 1870 | spouse = | children = | birth_name = Arthur Delevan Gilman | birth_date = {{Birth date|mf=yes|1821|11|5}} | birth_place = [Newburyport, Massachusetts](/source/Newburyport%2C_Massachusetts), U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=yes|1882|7|11|1821|11|5}} | death_place = [Syracuse, New York](/source/Syracuse%2C_New_York), U.S. | significant_buildings = | significant_projects = | alma_mater = | awards = | signature = }} '''Arthur Delevan Gilman''' {{post-nominals|list=[FAIA](/source/FAIA)}} (November 5, 1821, [Newburyport, Massachusetts](/source/Newburyport%2C_Massachusetts) – July 11, 1882, [Syracuse, New York](/source/Syracuse%2C_New_York)) was an American [architect](/source/architect), designer of many [Boston](/source/Boston) neighborhoods, and member of the [American Institute of Architects](/source/American_Institute_of_Architects). ==Life and career== Gilman was a descendant of Edward Gilman, Sr., one of the first settlers of [Exeter, New Hampshire](/source/Exeter%2C_New_Hampshire).Wilson, James Grant. Fiske, John, eds. (1900). "Gilman, Arthur, architect", Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, 1990. Gilman was educated at [Trinity College](/source/Trinity_College_(Connecticut)) in [Hartford, Connecticut](/source/Hartford%2C_Connecticut). In 1844, he published a paper on "American Architecture" in the ''[North American Review](/source/North_American_Review)'', which was translated into several foreign languages. He was then invited to deliver twelve lectures before the [Lowell Institute](/source/Lowell_Institute), [Boston](/source/Boston), after which he went to [Europe](/source/Europe) on a tour of professional observation. On his return to Boston, he advocated filling in the [Back Bay](/source/Back_Bay) district, urging this plan for years before his views were carried out by the state. Here [Gridley James Fox Bryant](/source/Gridley_James_Fox_Bryant) was his colleague. [Commonwealth Avenue](/source/Commonwealth_Avenue%2C_Boston), now one of the finest streets in the world, is due almost entirely to his persistent efforts, along with [Frederick Law Olmsted](/source/Frederick_Law_Olmsted). Gilman designed the [H. H. Hunnewell](/source/H._H._Hunnewell) house (1851) in [Wellesley](/source/Wellesley%2C_Massachusetts) (then West Needham),{{Cite web|url=http://www.wellesleyma.gov/pages/wellesleyma_nrc/2010%20OSRP%20Plan%20DRAFT%206-9-2015.pdf|title=Draft Open Space and Recreation Plan, 2015-2022, Town of Wellesley, MA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212065138/http://www.wellesleyma.gov/pages/wellesleyma_nrc/2010%20OSRP%20Plan%20DRAFT%206-9-2015.pdf|archive-date=2017-02-12|url-status=dead}} [St. Paul's Church](/source/St._Paul's_Church_(Dedham%2C_Massachusetts)) in [Dedham, Massachusetts](/source/Dedham%2C_Massachusetts),{{cite news |newspaper = The Dedham Times | page = 8 | date = May 9, 2025 | title = St. Paul's tower and spire are being renovated | volume = 33 | number = 9}} and, with Bryant, the [Old City Hall](/source/Old_City_Hall_(Boston)) in Boston (1862–65). In 1865, he moved to [New York City](/source/New_York_City), where he designed the original [Equitable Insurance Company's building](/source/Equitable_Life_Building_(Manhattan)), the Bennett Building for ''[The New York Herald](/source/The_New_York_Herald)'',{{Cite web|url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1937.pdf|title=Bennett Building Designation Report|last=Harris|first=Gale|date=November 21, 1995|website=New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission}} and St. John's Church and parsonage{{Cite web|url=http://6tocelebrate.org/site/st-johns-p-e-rectory-staten-island/|title=St. John's P.E. Rectory, Staten Island {{!}} Historic Districts Council's Six to Celebrate|website=6tocelebrate.org|date=23 April 2015 |language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-10}} circa 1869{{Cite web|url=http://www.stjohnssi.org/im-new-here/church-history.html|title=St. John's Episcopal Church :: Church History|website=www.stjohnssi.org|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-05-10}} in [Clifton, Staten Island](/source/Clifton%2C_Staten_Island). ==Works== In addition to the projects mentioned above, he also designed: * [St. Paul's Church](/source/History_of_Dedham%2C_Massachusetts%2C_1800%E2%80%931999) (1858), [Dedham, Massachusetts](/source/Dedham%2C_Massachusetts){{cite book |author=Dedham Historical Society |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cRpMDQffkGsC |title=Images of America: Dedham |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-7385-0944-0 |page=27 |access-date=August 11, 2019}} * Christ Church (1860), [Brookline, Massachusetts](/source/Brookline%2C_Massachusetts) * [Horticultural Hall](/source/Horticultural_Hall_(Boston%2C_1865)) (1865), Tremont St., [Boston, Massachusetts](/source/Boston), with Bryant ==References== '''Notes''' {{reflist}} '''Sources''' * {{Cite Appletons'|wstitle=Gilman, Arthur (architect)|year=1900|display=Gilman, Arthur, architect}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Arthur D. Gilman}} * [https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/3460604/ Benjamin J. Stark residence (New London, Conn.) : architectural drawings, 1866]. [http://library.columbia.edu/locations/avery/da.html/ Held by the Department of Drawings & Archives] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623062924/http://library.columbia.edu/locations/avery/da.html/ |date=2019-06-23 }}, [http://library.columbia.edu/locations/avery.html/ Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University]. {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gilman, Arthur}} Category:1821 births Category:1882 deaths Arthur Category:Architects from Boston Category:19th-century American architects Category:Trinity College (Connecticut) alumni Category:People from Newburyport, Massachusetts --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Arthur Gilman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Gilman) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Gilman?action=history)). 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