Luther Briggs, Jr., 1822-1905, architect

Luther Briggs, Jr., 1822-1905

No. 3212 Harris School, designed by Briggs

Luther Briggs, Jr., born at Pembroke, Massachusetts, in 1822, worked in the Boston office of the well-known architect and engineer, Captain Alexander Parris, whose wife was Luther’s aunt. Young Briggs left the Parris office about 1842 and had gone to work as a draftsman for his cousin, Gridley J. F. Bryant, who would later establish his reputation among Boston’s commercial architects. Briggs lived in Dorchester and his suburban architecture was very influenced by the picturesque styles and ornamental landscape designs featured in the books of Andrew Jackson Downing. He designed a variety of structures, including modest dwellings, business blocks, monuments, and public buildings.

Sources: Cummings, Abbott Lowell and Roger Reed. Drawing Toward Home exhibition catalogue entries; Guide to the Library and Archives, 25.   source: http://www.historicnewengland.org/collections-archives-exhibitions/collections-access/collection-object/capobject?refd=AR002

In the early 1850s, he was primarily engaged in government contracts. He moved to Dorchester, where he was retained by the Neponset Wharf Company to lay out the streets and lots in Neponset and Port Norfolk districts.  https://backbayhouses.org/luther-briggs-jr/

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September 25, 2022

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