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 ====== FBG Construction Projects ====== ====== FBG Construction Projects ======
-===== Chronological Listing =====+===== Chronological Listing [Master List] =====
  
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 +** ├ [[fbglist-geo | Cross-listing by geographical location]] ┼─┼ [[fbglist-typo | Cross-listing by project category ]]  ┤**
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-{| style="" +Frank B. Gilbreth's multiple construction companies created at least 90 large-scale projects over its span of about fifteen years. This list is likely incomplete and there may be many more minor projects that have escaped discoverable records. 
-! + 
-Number +  * //<color blue>Note: the numbering system here is completely arbitrary and used only for convenience and organization of this material. There may be any number of anomalies of actual chronology and undocumented projects. I am also attempting to reorder the projects from time to time as more accurate dates and timelines are discovered.</color>// 
-! + 
-Project +^ ^ Project  ^ Location  ^ Date  ^ 
-! +| [[P001|001]] | //[[P001|Unknown]]// | [[fbglist-geo#auburn, new york|Auburn, NY]] | July 1895 | 
-Location +| [[P002|002]] | [[P002|Prescott Hall dormitory]] | [[fbglist-geo#cambridge, massachusetts|Cambridge, MA]] | Under construction May 1896\\ Occupancy by Sep 1896 | 
-! +| [[P003|003]] | [[P003|Webster Building]] | [[fbglist-geo#cambridge, massachusetts|Cambridge, MA]] | 1896 | 
-Date +| [[P004|004]] | [[P004|Craigie Hall dormitory (masonry work)]] | [[fbglist-geo#cambridge, massachusetts|Cambridge, MA]] | 1897 | 
-|- +| [[P005|005]] | [[P005|Brimmer Chambers apartments]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | 1898 | 
-|- +| [[P006|006]] | [[P006|Women’s Club building]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | Contracted 1898\\ Completed 1899 | 
-| +| [[P007|007]] | [[P007|Boston Dispensary addition]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | 1898-99 | 
-001 +|  —  |  — //[[gap1899-1902 | Gap of 1899–1902]]// —  ||| 
-| +| [[P008|008]] | [[P008|Lowell Memorial Electrical Engineering Laboratory]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | Contract Jun 1902\\ Completed Aug 1902 | 
-//Unknown// +| [[P009|009]] | [[P009|Brick Chimney & Powerhouse for Cambridge Electric Light Co]] | [[fbglist-geo#cambridge, massachusetts|Cambridge, MA]] | 1902 | 
-| +| [[P010|010]] | [[P010|Expansion of Towns Hotel]] | Bellows Falls, VT\\ [now Rockingham] | 1902 | 
-Auburn, New York +| [[P011|011]] | [[P011|Enlarge Power Station Canal]] | Garvin’s Falls, NH | 1902 | 
-| +| [[P012|012]] | [[P012|Extension of Mill for Boston Manufacturing Company]] | Waltham, MA | 1902 | 
-July 1895 +| [[P013|013]] | [[P013|Factory for Cluett, Peabody & Co (Arrow Shirts) ]] | Leominster, MA | 1902 | 
-|- +| [[P014|014]] | [[P014|3-story Building for Lever Brothers]] | [[fbglist-geo#cambridge, massachusetts|Cambridge, MA]] | 1903 | 
-| +| [[P015|015]] | [[P015|“Dove” Paper Mill for Megargee Paper Company]] | Modena, PA | Contract Mar 1903\\ Completed late 1903 | 
-002 +| [[P016|016]] | [[P016|Concrete Dam for Potter Hill Textile Mill]] | Westerley, RI | Contract July 1903 | 
-| +| [[P017|017]] | [[P017|Moses Taylor Hospital]] | West Seneca, NY\\ (Now Lackawanna) | Contract Oct 1903 | 
-Prescott Hall +| [[P018|018]] | [[P018|Irons & Russell Building]] | Providence, RI | Contract Oct 1903\\ Completed 1904 | 
-| +| [[P019|019]] | [[P019|Factory for Columbian Rope Co]] | [[fbglist-geo#auburn, new york|Auburn, NY]] | 1903-04 | 
-Cambridge, MA +|  —  |  — //[[gbf1903 | Great Baltimore Fire, Feb 1903]]// —  ||| 
-| +| [[P020|020]] | [[P020|Piper Building]] | [[fbglist-geo#baltimore, maryland|Baltimore, MD]] | Contract Apr 1904 | 
-Under construction May 1896.\\ +| [[P021|021]] | [[P021|3-story Warehouse]] | [[fbglist-geo#baltimore, maryland|Baltimore, MD]] | Contract Apr 1904 | 
-Occupancy by September 1896.  +| [[P022|022]] | [[P022|6-story Warehouse for John Duer & Sons]] | [[fbglist-geo#baltimore, maryland|Baltimore, MD]] | Contract May 1904 | 
-|- +| [[P023|023]] | [[P023|Building for DA Sargent/Normal School of Physical Education ]] | [[fbglist-geo#cambridge, massachusetts|Cambridge, MA]] | Completed Aug 1904 | 
-|003 +| [[P024|024]] | [[P024|Ray Memorial Building / Franklin Public Library ]] | Franklin, MA | Completed Sep 1904 | 
-| +| [[P025|025]] | [[P025| Pumping Plant & Tanks for Boston Molasses Co ]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | 1904 | 
-Webster Building +| [[P026|026]] | [[P026|Factory for Auburn Hame Co]] | [[fbglist-geo#auburn, new york|Auburn, NY]] | Late 1904 | 
-| +| [[P027|027]] | [[P027|Hydropower Dam on Saranac River]] | Cadyville, NY | 1904-05 | 
-Boston +| [[P028|028]] | [[P028|Two Mercantile Buildings for Rumford Falls Power Co]] | Rumford Falls, ME | 1905 | 
-| +| [[P029|029]] | [[P029|4-story Mill for Walworth Manufacturing Company]] | [[[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | < 1905 | 
-1896 +| [[P030|030]] | [[P030|House & Stable for EJ Bliss]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] (Chestnut Hill) | < 1905\\ Probably 1904 | 
-|- +| [[P031|031]] | [[P031|Powerhouse & Foundation for Syracuse, Rochester & Eastern RR]] | Lyons, NY | < 1905 | 
-| +| [[P032|032]] | [[P032|Automobile Garage]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | < 1905 | 
-004 +| [[P033|033]] | [[P033|7-story Dormitory]] | [[fbglist-geo#cambridge, massachusetts|Cambridge, MA]] | < 1905 | 
-| +| [[P034|034]] | [[P034|Powerhouse for City of East Orange, NJ]] | East Orange, NJ | < 1905 | 
-Craigie Hall (masonry work) +| [[P035|035]] | [[P035|Factory for Kursheedt Manufacturing Co]] | Brooklyn, NY | Late 1904-05 | 
-| +| [[P083|083]] | [[P083|Project for Houghton County Street Railway]] | Houghton, MI | Early 1904 | 
-Cambridge, MA +| [[P036|036]] | [[P036|Concrete Canal for Lehigh Coal & Navigation]] | Taylorsville, Pennsylvania\\ (now Washington Crossing) | 1905? | 
-| +| [[P037|037]] | [[P037|6-story plant for John J. Latteman Shoes]] | Brooklyn, NY | 1905 | 
-1897 +| [[P038|038]] | [[P038|Plant for Oneida Community Company Ltd]] | Oneida, NY | Jun 1905 | 
-|- +| [[P039|039]] | [[P039|Factory & Warehouse for Walter F Lowney Co]] | Montréal, Québec, Canada | Jun-Aug 1905 | 
-| +| [[P040|040]] | [[P040|Mill & Mill Town for St. Croix Paper Company]] | Sprague’s Falls, ME\\ (now Woodland/Baileyville) | Contract Feb 1905\\ Construction begun Mar 1905\\ Completed Dec 1905 | 
-005 +| [[P041|041]] | [[P041|Mill Buildings & Mill Town for International Paper Co]] | Piercefield, NY | Contract Aug 1904\\ Completed 1905 | 
-| +| [[P042|042]] | [[P042|Dams & Powerhouse for International Paper Co]] | Berlin, NH | 1905 | 
-Brimmer Chambers +| [[P043|043]] | [[P043|Rail Car Barn & Substation for NY Central Railroad]] | North Syracuse, NY | Contract May 1905 | 
-| +| [[P044|044]] | [[P044|Roper Hospital]] | Charleston, SC | Contract May 1905\\ Completion announced Feb 1906 | 
-Boston +| [[P045|045]] | [[P045|Hydropower Dam for Walter Baker & Co Ltd]] | Milton, MA | Aug 1904 | 
-| +| [[P046|046]] | [[P046|Residence for CB Alexander]] | Manhattan, NYC | Late 1904–05 | 
-1898 +| [[P047|047]] | [[P047|Building for Yale & Towne]] | [[fbglist-geo#stamford, connecticut | Stamford, CT]] | 1905 | 
-|- +| [[P048|048]] | [[P048|Factory for Simmons Hardware Company]] | Sioux City, IA | Contract May 1905 | 
-| +| [[P049|049]] | [[P049|Barge Canal for Union Sulphur Co]] | Sulphur, LA | Contract Oct 1905\\ Work until Early Spring 1906\\ //Never completed by FBG// | 
-006 +| [[P050|050]] | [[P050|MIT Naval Engineering Building]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | Jan-Jul 1906 | 
-| +| [[P051|051]] | [[P051|Mill for Champion Fibre Co]] | Canton, NC | Contract ca. Mar 1906\\ Completed by Jan 1907 | 
-Women’s Club House +| [[P052|052]] | [[P052|Two Buildings for Yale & Towne]] | [[fbglist-geo#stamford, connecticut | Stamford, CT]] | Apr-Jul 1906 | 
-| +| [[P053|053]] | [[P053|Georgetown Steam Plant (Seattle Electric Lighting Co)]] | Georgetown (Seattle), WA | Construction begun Apr 1906\\ In operation 1907 | 
-Boston +| [[P054|054]] | [[P054|10-story McGraw Building (“Engineering Record“)]] | Manhattan, NYC | 1906 | 
-| +|  —  |  //San Francisco Earthquake & Fire, Apr 1906//  ||| 
-Contracted 1898\\ +| [[P055|055]] | [[P055|Two Warehouses for Timothy Hopkins]] | [[fbglist-geo#san francisco, california | San Francisco]] | Contract Jun 1906 | 
-Completed 1899  +| [[P056|056]] | [[P056|Three Buildings for Henry Sonntag]] | [[fbglist-geo#san francisco, california | San Francisco]] | Contract Jun 1906 | 
-|- +| [[P057|057]] | [[P057|8-story St. Clair Building (//aka// Boyd Building)]] | [[fbglist-geo#san francisco, california | San Francisco]] | Contract Jun 1906\\ Completed Jul 1907 | 
-| +| [[P058|058]] | [[P058|North Beach Electric Power Station for City Electric Co]] | [[fbglist-geo#san francisco, california | San Francisco]] | Contract May 1906\\ In operation Oct 1907 | 
-007 +| [[P059|059]] | [[P059|Mutual Life Insurance Building]] | [[fbglist-geo#san francisco, california | San Francisco]] | Contract Sep 1906\\ 1907 | 
-| +| [[P060|060]] | [[P060|4-story Mill for Minterburn Textile Mills]] | Rockville, CT | Contract Sep 1906\\ Construction begun Oct 1906\\ Completed early 1907 | 
-Boston Dispensary +| [[P061|061]] | [[P061|Citizen’s Bank of Alameda]] | Alameda, CA | Contract Sep 1906\\ Completed May 1907 | 
-| +| [[P062|062]] | [[P062|2-story Mill for Henry M. Crane]] | Bayonne, NJ | Contract Sep 1906 | 
-Boston +| [[P063|063]] | [[P063|Mill for Champion Coated Paper Co]] | Hamilton, OH | Contract Sep 1906\\ 1907 | 
-| +| [[P064|064]] | [[P064| Foundry & Forge Shop for Stayman Manufacturing Co ]] | Jersey City, NJ | Contract Sep 1906 | 
-1898-99 +| [[P065|065]] | [[P065| 2-story Building for Stayman Manufacturing Co ]] | Jersey City, NJ | Contract Oct 1906 | 
-|- +| [[P066|066]] | [[P066|Warehouse for BF Goodrich]] | Akron, OH | Contract Oct 1906\\ Completed Dec 1906 | 
-| +| [[P067|067]] | [[P067|7-story Wilson Building]] (rebuild) | [[fbglist-geo#san francisco, california | San Francisco]] | 1907-08 | 
-008 +| [[P068|068]] | [[P068|4-story Union Square Hotel]] | [[fbglist-geo#san francisco, california | San Francisco]] | Contract Dec 1906 | 
-| +| [[P069|069]] | [[P069|5-story Pacific Grand Hotel]] | [[fbglist-geo#san francisco, california | San Francisco]] | Contract Dec 1906\\ Opened July 1907 | 
-Lowell Memorial Electrical Engineering Laboratory +| [[P070|070]] | [[P070|Plant for Pennsylvania Cement Company]] | //Unknown// | 1907 | 
-| +| [[P071|071]] | [[P071|Power Station for Plymouth and Brockton Street Railway]] | Plymouth, MA | 1907 | 
-Boston +| [[P072|072]] | [[P072|Power Station for Blue Hill Street Railway]] | Canton, MA | 1907? | 
-| +| [[P073|073]] | [[P073|3-story Factory Addition for Columbian Rope Co]] | [[fbglist-geo#auburn, new york|Auburn, NY]] | 1907 | 
-Contract Jun 1902\\ +| [[P074|074]] | [[P074|5-story Factory for S.L. Allen & Co]] | Philadelphia, PA | Contract Feb 1907 | 
-Completed Aug 1902 +| [[P075|075]] | [[P075|Two Building Extensions for Yale & Towne]] | [[fbglist-geo#stamford, connecticut | Stamford, CT]] | Contract Apr 1907 | 
-|- +| [[P076|076]] | [[P076|Factory for Heywood Brothers & Wakefield Co]] | Gardner, MA | Contract Jun 1907\\ Construction Mar 1908 | 
-009 +| [[P077|077]] | [[P077|“Fenimore” Paper Mill for Union Bag and Paper Co]] | Glen’s Falls, NY | 1907? | 
-| +| [[P078x|078]] | [[P078|Factory for H.C. White Co]] | North Bennington, VT | Contract Nov 1907 | 
-Brick Chimney & Powerhouse for Cambridge Electric Light Company +| [[P079x|079]] | [[P079|Can Factory for Seacoast Canning Company]] | Eastport, ME | Contract Feb 1908 | 
-| +| [[P080x|080]] | [[P080|Shoe & Leather Exposition Building]] (completion) | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | Contract May 1908 | 
-Cambridge, MA +| [[P081x|081]] | [[P081|Two Warehouses for New England Confectionery Company (NECCO)]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | Probably 1907 (< 1909) | 
-| +|  **RENUMBERING IN PROGRESS**  ||| 
-1902 +| [[P078|078]] | [[P078|Project for W.M. Crane Paper Co]] | [[fbglist-geo#dalton, massachusetts| Dalton, MA ]] | < 1909 | 
-|- +| [[P079|079]] | [[P079|Project for Dalton Power Co]] | [[fbglist-geo#dalton, massachusetts| Dalton, MA ]] | < 1909 | 
-| +| [[P080|080]] | [[P080|Project for Columbia Electric Vehicle Co]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | < 1909 | 
-010 +| [[P081|081]] | [[P081|Project for Boston Steam & Power Co]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | < 1909 | 
-| +| [[P082|082]] | [[P082|Project for the Lowell Bleachery Co]] | Lowell, MA | < 1909 | 
-Expansion of Towns Hotel +| [[P084|084]] | [[P084|Project for Bay Road Construction Co]] | Syracuse, NY | < 1909 | 
-| +| [[P089|089]] | [[P089|Paper mill for H.G. Lowe Paper]] | Ridgefield, New Jersey | < 1909 | 
-Bellows Falls, VT\\ +| [[P086|086]] | [[P086|1-story Extension to Cotton Mill for H.E. Danner Textile Co]] | Paterson, New Jersey | Contract Jul 1908\\ Construction begun Dec 1908\\ Probably completed Feb 1909 | 
-[now Rockingham] +| [[P087x|087x]] | [[P087|Box Plant for Atwood-McManus Co]] (reconstruction) | Chelsea, MA | Dec 1908-Mar 1909 | 
-| +| [[P088|088]] | [[P088|Hydroelectric Powerhouse for Grand Falls Power Co]] | Grand Falls, NB/ME\\ (international river border) | Contract Mar 1909\\ //Never completed// | 
-1901-02 +| [[P089x|089]] | [[P089|Ransom Hollow Dam & Powerhouse for Warren County Power Co]] | Columbia, New Jersey | Contract Oct 1909 | 
-|- +| [[P090|090]] | [[P090|Ransom Hollow Dam & Powerhouse]] | Creighton, GA | Contract Feb 1910 | 
-| +| [[P090a|090a]] | [[P090a | 4-story Apartment Building for Isaac Wrubel ]] | Paterson, NJ | Contract Feb 1910 | 
-011 +| [[P091|091]] | [[P091|Paper Mill for Union Bag & Paper Co]] | Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada | Contract Sep 1910\\ In service early 1912 |
-| +
-Enlarged power station canal +
-| +
-Garvin’s Falls, NH +
-| +
-1902 +
-|- +
-| +
-012 +
-| +
-Extension of mill for Boston Manufacturing Company +
-| +
-Waltham, MA +
-| +
-1902 +
-|- +
-| +
-013 +
-| +
-Factory for Cluett, Peabody & Co (Arrow Shirts) +
-| +
-Troy, New York +
-| +
-1902 +
-|- +
-| +
-014 +
-| +
-Building for Lever Brothers +
-| +
-Cambridge, MA +
-| +
-1903 +
-|- +
-| +
-015 +
-| +
-“Dove” Paper Mill for Megargee Paper Company +
-| +
-Modena, PA +
-| +
-Contract Mar 1903\\ +
-Completed late 1903  +
-|- +
-| +
-016 +
-| +
-Concrete dam on Pawcatuck River for Potter Hill +
-textile mill +
-| +
-Westerley, RI +
-| +
-Contract July 1903 +
-|- +
-| +
-017 +
-| +
-Moses Taylor Hospital +
-| +
-Scranton, PA +
-| +
-Contract Oct 1903 +
-|- +
-| +
-018 +
-| +
-Irons & Russell Building +
-| +
- Providence, RI +
-| +
-Contract Oct 1903\\ +
-Completed 1904 +
-|- +
-| +
-019 +
-| +
-Columbian Rope Company factory +
-| +
-Auburn, NY +
-| +
-1903-04 +
-|- +
-| +
-020 +
-| +
-Piper Building +
-| +
-Baltimore, MD +
-| +
-Contract Apr 1904 +
-|- +
-| +
-021 +
-| +
-3-story Warehouse +
-| +
-Baltimore, MD +
-| +
-Contract Apr 1904 +
-|- +
-| +
-022 +
-| +
-6-story Warehouse for John Duer & Sons +
-| +
-Baltimore, MD +
-| +
-Contract May 1904 +
-|- +
-| +
-023 +
-| Building for DA Sargent School +
-| +
-Cambridge, MA +
-| +
-Completed Aug 1904 +
-|- +
-| +
-024 +
-| +
-Ray Memorial Building +
-| +
-Franklin, MA +
-| +
-1904 +
-|- +
-| +
-025 +
-| +
-Molasses Storage Tanks & Pumping Plant +
-| +
-Boston +
-| +
-1904 +
-|- +
-| +
-026 +
-| +
-Factory for Auburn Hame Co +
-| +
-Auburn, NY +
-| +
-1904 +
-|- +
-| +
-027 +
-| +
-Hydropower Dam on Saranac River +
-| +
-Cadyville, NY +
-| +
-1904-05 +
-|- +
-| +
-028 +
-| +
-Two Mercantile Buildings for Rumford Falls Power Co +
-| +
-Rumford Falls, ME +
-| +
-1905 +
-|- +
-| +
-029 +
-| +
-4-story Mill for Walworth Manufacturing Company +
-| +
-South Boston +
-| +
-< 1905 +
-|-+
  
-| 
-030 
-| House & Stable for E.J. Bliss 
-| 
-Boston 
-| 
-< 1905 
-|- 
-| 
-031 
-| 
-Powerhouse & for Syracuse, Rochester & Eastern Railroad 
-| 
-Lyons, NY 
-| 
-< 1905 
-|- 
-| 
-032 
-| 
-Auto Garage 
-| 
-Boston 
-| 
-< 1905 
-|- 
-| 
-033 
-| 
-7-story Dormitory (Harvard?) 
-| 
-Cambridge, MA 
-| 
-1905? 
-|- 
-| 
-034 
-| 
-Powerhouse for City of East Orange, NJ 
-| 
-East Orange, NJ 
-| 
-< 1905 
-|- 
-| 
-033 
-| 
-Factory for Kursheedt Manufacturing Co 
-| 
-Brooklyn, NY 
-| 
-< 1905 
-|- 
-| 
-035 
-| 
-Concrete Canal for Lehigh Coal & Navigation 
-| 
-Taylorsville, Pennsylvania\\ 
-(now Washington Crossing) 
-| 
-1905? 
-|- 
-| 
-037 
-| 
-6-story plant for John J. Latteman Shoes 
-| 
-Brooklyn, NY 
-| 
-1905 
-|- 
-| 
-038 
-| 
-Plant for Oneida Community Company Ltd 
-| 
-Oneida, NY 
-| 
-Jun 1905 
-|- 
-| 
-039 
-| 
-Factory & Warehouse for Walter F. Lowney Co 
-| 
-Montréal, Québec, Canada 
-| 
-Jul 1905 
-|- 
-| 
-040 
-| 
-Mill & Mill Town for St. Croix Paper Company 
-| 
-Sprague’s Falls, ME\\ 
-(now Woodland/Baileyville) 
-| 
-Contract Feb 1905\\ 
-Construction begun Mar 1905\\ 
-Completed Dec 1905 
-|} 
  
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