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 ====== FBG Construction Projects ====== ====== FBG Construction Projects ======
-===== Chronological Listing =====+===== Master Listing [Chronological] =====
  
 +----
 +** ├ [[fbglist-geo | Cross-listing by geographical location]] ┼─┼ [[fbglist-typo | Cross-listing by project category ]]  ┤**
 +----
  
-{| style="" +Frank B. Gilbreth's multiple construction companies created at least 100 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, including six references that have not been resolved. 
-! + 
-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 +---- 
-! + 
-Location +<color red>**Table renumbering and restructuring in progress**. Cross-reference lists may not be fully updated. New table numbering is likely to be final, with further added entries using insert numbering.</color> 
-! + 
-Date +^  #  ^^ Project  ^ Location  ^ Dates ^ 
-|- +|  U  | 000 |  //[[P000 | — Early & Unverified Projects —]]//  || 1895-1905 | 
-|- +|  ||||| 
-| +|  S  | 001 | [[P001|Prescott Hall dormitory]] | [[fbglist-geo#cambridge, massachusetts|Cambridge, MA]] | May 1896\\ Sep 1896 | 
-001 +|  D  | 002 | [[P002|Webster Building]] | [[fbglist-geo#cambridge, massachusetts|Cambridge, MA]] | 1896 | 
-| +|  N  | 003 | [[P003|Craigie Hall dormitory (masonry work)]] | [[fbglist-geo#cambridge, massachusetts|Cambridge, MA]] | 1897 | 
-//Unknown// +|  S  | 004 | [[P004|Brimmer Chambers apartments]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | Jul 1897\\ 1898 | 
-| +|  S  | 005 | [[P005|Womens' Club building]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | Late 1898\\ 1899 | 
-Auburn, New York +|  D  | 006 | [[P006|Boston Dispensary addition]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | Dec 1898\\ 1899 | 
-| +|  — //[[gap1899-1902 | Gap of 1899–1902]]// —  ||||| 
-July 1895 +|  D  | 007 | [[P007|Power Station for Plymouth & Brockton Street Railway]] | Plymouth, MA | May 1901\\ Aug 1901 | 
-|- +|  D  | 008| [[P008 |Freight House for Boston & Albany RR]] | Boston | Aug 1901 | 
-| +|  D  | 009 | [[P009|Lowell Memorial Electrical Engineering Laboratory]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | Jun 1902\\ Aug 1902 | 
-002 +|  D  | 010 | [[P010|Brick Chimney & Powerhouse for Cambridge Electric Light Co]] | [[fbglist-geo#cambridge, massachusetts|Cambridge, MA]] | 1902 | 
-| +|  D  | 011 | [[P011|Expansion of Towns Hotel]] | Bellows Falls, VT\\ [now Rockingham] | 1902 | 
-Prescott Hall +|  M  | 012 | [[P012|Enlarge Power Station Canal]] | Garvin’s Falls, NH | 1902 | 
-| +|  U  | 013 | [[P013|Extension of Mill for Boston Manufacturing Company]] | Waltham, MA | 1902 | 
-Cambridge, MA +|  N  | 014 | [[P014|Factory for Cluett, Peabody & Co (Arrow Shirts) ]] | Leominster, MA | 1902 | 
-| +|  D  | 015 | [[P015|3-story Building for Lever Brothers]] | [[fbglist-geo#cambridge, massachusetts|Cambridge, MA]] | 1903 | 
-Under construction May 1896.\\ +|  M  | 016 | [[P016|“Dove” Paper Mill for Megargee Paper Company]] | Modena, PA | Contract Jul 1903\\ Completed Oct 1903 | 
-Occupancy by September 1896.  + 
-|- +=== Project Number Key === 
-|003 +  * **S** – Standing and in original condition and use 
-| +  * **M** – Standing in modified condition or use 
-Webster Building +  * **N** – Standing and on National Register of Historic Places roster 
-| +  * **D** – Demolished 
-Boston +  * **U** – Unknown 
-| +  * //Note that dates are summary, the earliest and latest known to be associated with construction.// 
-1896 + 
-|- +---- 
-| + 
-004 +^ ^ Project  ^ Location  ^ Date  ^ 
-| +| 015a | [[P015a|Warehouse for Boston Wharf Co]] | Boston | Contract Apr 1903\\ Completed Nov 1903 | 
-Craigie Hall (masonry work) +| 015b | [[P015b|Factory for Columbian Rope Co]] | [[fbglist-geo#auburn, new york|Auburn, NY]] | 1903-04 | 
-| +| 016x | [[P016x|Concrete Dam for Potter Hill Textile Mill]] | Westerley, RI | Contract July 1903 | 
-Cambridge, MA +| 017 | [[P017|Moses Taylor Hospital]] | West Seneca, NY\\ (Now Lackawanna) | Contract Oct 1903 | 
-| +| 018 | [[P018|Irons & Russell Building]] | Providence, RI | Contract Oct 1903\\ Completed 1904 | 
-1897 +| 019 | See 015b ||| 
-|- +|  —  |  — //[[gbf1903 | Great Baltimore Fire, Feb 1903]]// —  ||| 
-| +| 020 | [[P020|Piper Building]] | [[fbglist-geo#baltimore, maryland|Baltimore, MD]] | Contract Apr 1904 | 
-005 +| 021 | [[P021|3-story Warehouse for Mary Sanders ]] | [[fbglist-geo#baltimore, maryland|Baltimore, MD]] | Contract Apr 1904 | 
-| +| 022 | [[P022|6-story Warehouse for John Duer & Sons]] | [[fbglist-geo#baltimore, maryland|Baltimore, MD]] | Contract May 1904 | 
-Brimmer Chambers +| 022a | [[P022a |Powerhouse & Pumping Station for City of East Orange, NJ]] | East Orange, NJ | Contract Jun 1904 | 
-| +| 022b | [[P022b|3-story Store for Lilly Estate]] | [[fbglist-geo#baltimore, maryland|Baltimore, MD]] | Contract Jul 1904 | 
-Boston +| 023 | [[P023|Building for DA Sargent/Normal School of Physical Education ]] | [[fbglist-geo#cambridge, massachusetts|Cambridge, MA]] | Completed Aug 1904 | 
-| +| 024 | [[P024|Ray Memorial Building / Franklin Public Library ]] | Franklin, MA | Completed Sep 1904 | 
-1898 +| 025 | [[P025| Pumping Plant & Tanks for Boston Molasses Co ]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | 1904 | 
-|- +| 026 | [[P026|Factory for Auburn Hame Co]] | [[fbglist-geo#auburn, new york|Auburn, NY]] | Late 1904 | 
-| +| 026a | [[P026a|Automobile Garage for A.G. Van Nostrand ]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | Nov 1904 | 
-006 +| 027 | [[P027|Hydropower Dam on Saranac River]] | Cadyville, NY | 1904-05 | 
-| +| 028 | [[P028|Two Mercantile Buildings for Rumford Falls Power Co]] | Rumford Falls, ME | 1905 | 
-Women’s Club House +| 029 | [[P029|4-story Mill for Walworth Manufacturing Company]] | [[[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | < 1905 | 
-| +| 030 | [[P030|House & Stable for EJ Bliss]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] (Chestnut Hill) | < 1905\\ Probably 1904 | 
-Boston +| 031 | [[P031|Powerhouse & Foundation for Syracuse, Rochester & Eastern RR]] | Lyons, NY | < 1905 | 
-| +| 032 | See 026a ||| 
-Contracted 1898\\ +| 033 | See 005 ||| 
-Completed 1899  +| 034 | See 022a ||| 
-|- +| 035 | [[P035|Factory for Kursheedt Manufacturing Co]] | [[fbglist-geo#nyc, new york | Brooklyn, NY]] | Late 1904-05 | 
-| +| 036 | [[P036|Project for Houghton County Street Railway]] | Houghton, MI | Early 1904 | 
-007 +| 037 | [[P037|Concrete Canal for Lehigh Coal & Navigation]] | Taylorsville, PA\\ (now Washington Crossing) | 1905? | 
-| +| 038 | [[P038|6-story plant for John J. Latteman Shoes]] | [[fbglist-geo#nyc, new york | Brooklyn, NY]] | 1905 | 
-Boston Dispensary +| 039 | [[P039|Plant for Oneida Community Company Ltd]] | Oneida, NY | Jun 1905 | 
-| +| 040 | [[P040|Factory & Warehouse for Walter F Lowney Co]] | Montréal, Québec, Canada | Jun-Aug 1905 | 
-Boston +| 041 | [[P041|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 | 
-| +| 042 | [[P042|Mill Buildings & Mill Town for International Paper Co]] | Piercefield, NY | Contract: Aug 1904\\ 1905 | 
-1898-99 +| 043 | [[P043|Dams & Powerhouse for International Paper Co]] | Berlin, NH | 1905 | 
-|- +| 044 | [[P044|Rail Car Barn & Substation for NY Central Railroad]] | North Syracuse, NY | Contract May 1905 | 
-| +| 045 | [[P045|Roper Hospital]] | Charleston, SC | Contract May 1905\\ Completion announced Feb 1906 | 
-008 +| 046 | [[P046|Hydropower Dam for Walter Baker & Co Ltd]] | Milton, MA | Aug 1904 | 
-| +| 047 | [[P047|Residence for CB Alexander]] | [[fbglist-geo#nyc, new york | Manhattan, NYC]] | Late 1904–05 | 
-Lowell Memorial Electrical Engineering Laboratory +| 048 | [[P048|Building for Yale & Towne]] | [[fbglist-geo#stamford, connecticut | Stamford, CT]] | Apr 1905 | 
-| +| 049 | [[P049|Warehouses for Simmons Hardware Co]] | Sioux City, IA | Contract May 1905 | 
-Boston +| 050 | [[P050|Project for Bay Road Construction Co]] | Syracuse, NY | 1905 | 
-| +| 050a | [[P050a|Barge Canal for Union Sulphur Co]] | Sulphur, LA | Contract Oct 1905\\ Work until Early Spring 1906\\ //Never completed by FBG// | 
-Contract Jun 1902\\ +| 051 | [[P051|MIT Naval Engineering Building]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | Jan-Jul 1906 | 
-Completed Aug 1902 +| 052 | [[P052| Paper Mill for Champion Fibre Co]] | Canton, NC | Contract Apr 1906\\ Completed by Jan 1907 | 
-|- +| 053 | [[P053|Two Buildings for Yale & Towne]] | [[fbglist-geo#stamford, connecticut | Stamford, CT]] | Apr-Jul 1906 | 
-009 +| 054 | [[P054|Georgetown Steam Plant (Seattle Electric Lighting Co)]] | Georgetown (Seattle), WA | Construction begun Apr 1906\\ In operation 1907 | 
-| +| 055 | [[P055|10-story McGraw Building (“Engineering Record“)]] | [[fbglist-geo#nyc, new york | Manhattan, NYC ]] | 1906 | 
-Brick Chimney & Powerhouse for Cambridge Electric Light Company +|  —  |  — //[[sf1906 | San Francisco Earthquake & Fire, Apr 1906]]// —  |||  
-| +| 056 | [[P056|North Beach Electric Power Station for City Gas & Electric Co]] | [[fbglist-geo#san francisco, california | San Francisco]] | Contract May 1906\\ In operation Oct 1906 | 
-Cambridge, MA +| 057 | [[P057|Two Warehouses for Timothy Hopkins]] | [[fbglist-geo#san francisco, california | San Francisco]] | Contract Jun 1906 | 
-| +| 058 | [[P058|Three Buildings for Henry Sonntag]] | [[fbglist-geo#san francisco, california | San Francisco]] | Contract Jun 1906 | 
-1902 +| 059 | [[P059|St. Clair Building (aka Boyd Building)]] | [[fbglist-geo#san francisco, california | San Francisco]] | Contract Jun 1906\\ Completed Jul 1907 | 
-|- +| 060 | [[P060|Mutual Life Insurance Building]] | [[fbglist-geo#san francisco, california | San Francisco]] | Contract Sep 1906\\ 1907 | 
-| +| 061 | [[P061|4-story Mill for Minterburn Textile Mills]] | Rockville, CT | Contract Sep 1906\\ Construction begun Oct 1906\\ Completed early 1907 | 
-010 +| 062 | [[P062|Citizen’s Bank of Alameda]] | Alameda, CA | Contract Sep 1906\\ Completed Apr 1907 | 
-| +| 063 | [[P063|2-story Mill for Henry M. Crane]] | Bayonne, NJ | Contract Sep 1906 | 
-Expansion of Towns Hotel +| 064 | [[P064|Mill for Champion Coated Paper Co]] | Hamilton, OH | Contract Sep 1906\\ 1907 | 
-| +| 065 | [[P065| Forge & Machine Shop for Stayman Manufacturing Co ]] | Jersey City, NJ | Contract Sep 1906 | 
-Bellows Falls, VT\\ +| 066 | [[P066| 2-story Building for Stayman Manufacturing Co ]] | Jersey City, NJ | Contract Oct 1906 | 
-[now Rockingham] +| 067 | [[P067|Warehouse for BF Goodrich]] | Akron, OH | Contract Oct 1906\\ Completed Dec 1906 | 
-| +| 068 | [[P068|7-story Wilson Building]] (rebuild) | [[fbglist-geo#san francisco, california | San Francisco]] | 1907-08 | 
-1901-02 +| 069 | [[P069|Union Square Hotel]] | [[fbglist-geo#san francisco, california | San Francisco]] | Contract Jan 1907\\ Opened Jan 1908 | 
-|- +| 070 | [[P070|Pacific Grand Hotel]] | [[fbglist-geo#san francisco, california | San Francisco]] | Contract Jan 1907\\ Opened July 1907 | 
-| +| 071 | [[P071|Plant for Pennsylvania Cement Company (?)]] | Bath, PA | 1907 | 
-011 +| 072 | see 007a ||| 
-| +| 073 | [[P073|Power Station for Blue Hill Street Railway]] | Canton, MA | < 1907 | 
-Enlarged power station canal +| 074 | [[P074|3-story Factory Addition for Columbian Rope Co]] | [[fbglist-geo#auburn, new york|Auburn, NY]] | Contract Apr 1907\\ Completed Dec 1907 | 
-| +| 075 | [[P075|5-story Factory for S.L. Allen & Co]] | Philadelphia, PA | Contract Feb 1907 | 
-Garvin’s Falls, NH +| 076 | [[P076|Two Warehouses for New England Confectionery Co (NECCO)]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | Contract ~Apr 1907\\ Completed ~Aug 1907 | 
-| +| 077 | [[P077|Two Building Extensions for Yale & Towne]] | [[fbglist-geo#stamford, connecticut | Stamford, CT]] | Contract Apr 1907 | 
-1902 +| 078 | [[P078|Factory for Heywood Brothers & Wakefield Co]] | Gardner, MA | Contract Jun 1907\\ Construction Mar 1908 | 
-|- +| 079 | See 097 ||| 
-| +| N-080 | [[P080 | Factory for H.C. White Co]] | North Bennington, VT | May 1907\\ Oct 1907 | 
-012 +| 081 | [[P081|Can Factory for Seacoast Canning Company]] | Eastport, ME | Contract Feb 1908 | 
-| +| 082 | [[P082|Shoe & Leather Exposition Building]] (completion) | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | Contract May 1908 | 
-Extension of mill for Boston Manufacturing Company +|  —  |  //— [[1909block | * Projects in this block are unconfirmed and may be as early as 1904]] —//  ||| 
-| +| 083 | [[P083|* Project for Z. & W.M. Crane Paper Co]] | [[fbglist-geo#dalton, massachusetts| Dalton, MA ]] | < 1909 | 
-Waltham, MA +| 084 | [[P084|* Project for Dalton Power Co]] | [[fbglist-geo#dalton, massachusetts| Dalton, MA ]] | < 1909 | 
-| +| 085 | [[P085|* Project for Columbia Electric Vehicle Co]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | < 1909 | 
-1902 +| 086 | [[P086|* Project for Steam & Power Co]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | < 1909 | 
-|- +| 087 | [[P087|* Project for the Lowell Bleachery Co]] | Lowell, MA | < 1909 | 
-| +| 088 | See 049a ||| 
-013 +| 089 | [[P089|* Paper mill for H.G. Lowe Paper]] | Ridgefield, NJ | < 1909 | 
-| +| 090 | [[P090|1-story Cotton Mill Extension for H.E. Danner Textile Co]] | Paterson, NJ | Contract Jul 1908\\ Construction begun Dec 1908\\ Completed early 1909 | 
-Factory for Cluett, Peabody & Co (Arrow Shirts) +| 091 | [[P091|Box Plant for Atwood-McManus Co]] (reconstruction) | Chelsea, MA | Dec 1908-Mar 1909 | 
-| +| 092 | [[P092|Hydroelectric Powerhouse for Grand Falls Power Co]] | Grand Falls, NB/ME\\ (international river border) | Contract Mar 1909\\ //Never completed// | 
-Troy, New York +| 092a| [[P092a| Fishing Pier for H.F. Kean]] | Sandy Hook, NJ | Mar-Apr 1909 | 
-| +| 092b| [[P092b| Frost Building]] | Plainfield, NJ | Contract Sep 1909\\ Completed Jan 1910 | 
-1902 +| 093 | [[P093|Ransom Hollow Dam & Powerhouse for Warren County Power Co]] | Columbia, NJ | Contract Oct 1909 | 
-|- +| 094 | [[P094|Ransom Hollow Dam & Powerhouse]] | Creighton, GA | Contract Feb 1910 | 
-| +| 095 | [[P095| 4-story Apartment Building for Isaac Wrubel ]] | Paterson, NJ | Contract Feb 1910, Completed 1910 | 
-014 +| 096 | [[P096|Paper Mill for Union Bag & Paper Co]] | Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada | Contract Sep 1910\\ In service early 1912 | 
-| +| 097 | [[P097| Addition to “Fenimore” Paper Mill for Union Bag & Paper Co]] | Glen’s Falls, NY | Contract Feb 1911\\ Completed Jun 1911 |
-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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