Ernest N. Boyden

Ernest N. Boyden (1852–1918) was an American architect in practice in Boston from 1875 until his death in 1918.

Ernest N. Boyden
Born(1852-03-23)March 23, 1852
Boston
DiedJuly 10, 1918(1918-07-10) (aged 66)
Newtonville, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
OccupationArchitect
The Middleborough Waterworks, completed in 1885.
The former Odd Fellows Hall in Natick, completed in 1888.
The Foxborough Pumping Station, completed in 1891.
The Chandler Music Hall in Randolph, Vermont, completed in 1907.

Life and career

Ernest Niebuhr Boyden was born March 23, 1852, in Boston to Merrill N. Boyden, a bookkeeper, and Lucinda Ernestine (Niebuhr) Boyden, who died four days later. He was raised in the part of Needham that is now Wellesley, where he attended the public schools. He received his architectural training in the office of Boston architect Alexander Rice Esty, a noted designer of churches. He opened his own office in 1875 but remained part of a loose circle of architects associated with Esty until his death in 1881. Boyden built his practice chiefly around residential and church buildings, but is now best remembered for his series of water works facilities, several of which have been listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. He remained in practice until his death.[1][2]

Personal life

Boyden was married in 1881 to Sarah Ella Smith in Randolph, Vermont.[1] They had no children. Boyden died suddenly on July 10, 1918, at home in Newtonville at the age of 66.[2]

Boyden was a distant cousin of Elbridge Boyden and Amos J. Boyden, notable architects from Worcester and Philadelphia, respectively.[1]

Architectural works

Notes
  1. A contributing resource to the Natick Center Historic District, NRHP–listed in 1977.
  2. A contributing resource to the Back Bay Historic District, NRHP–listed in 1973.

References
  1. Wallace C. Boyden, Merrill N. Boyden and Amos J. Boyden, Thomas Boyden and His Descendants (Boston, 1901):126–127.
  2. "Death of Mr. Boyden" in Newton Graphic, July 12, 1918, 4.
  3. "Water" in Engineering News and American Contract Journal 15, no. 1 (January 2, 1886): 13.
  4. "Recent Water-Works Construction XIII: Ware, Mass." in Sanitary Engineer and Construction Record 16, no. 7 (July 16, 1887): 179–180.
  5. Keith N. Morgan, Buildings of Massachusetts: Metropolitan Boston (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2009)
  6. Donald G. Kennedy, "The Case Family Legacy To Weston" in Weston Historical Society Bulletin 18, no. 4 (May, 1982): 9.
  7. "199 Marlborough, Back Bay Houses, no date. Accessed March 6, 2023.
  8. Christopher Hail, Cambridge Buildings and Architects.
  9. "The New Hall" in Quincy Patriot, May 15, 1897.
  10. "Dedicated: The Sarah Allen Cooney Memorial Church at Natick" in Newton Graphic, February 13, 1903, 2.
  11. Glenn M. Andres and Curtis B. Johnson, Buildings of Vermont (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2013)
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