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 ====== FBG Construction Projects ====== ====== FBG Construction Projects ======
-===== Chronological Listing =====+===== Master Listing [Chronological] =====
  
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 +** ├ [[fbglist-geo | Cross-listing by geographical location]] ┼─┼ [[fbglist-typo | Cross-listing by project category ]]  ┤**
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-{| style="" +Frank BGilbreth'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 recordsincluding six references that have not been resolved.
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-001 +
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-//Unknown// +
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-Auburn, New York +
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-July 1895 +
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-002 +
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-Prescott Hall +
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-Cambridge, MA +
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-Under construction May 1896.\\ +
-Occupancy by September 1896.  +
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-|003 +
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-Webster Building +
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-Boston +
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-1896 +
-|- +
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-004 +
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-Craigie Hall (masonry work) +
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-Cambridge, MA +
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-1897 +
-|- +
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-005 +
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-Brimmer Chambers +
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-Boston +
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-1898 +
-|- +
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-006 +
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-Women’Club House +
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-Boston +
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-Contracted 1898\\ +
-Completed 1899  +
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-007 +
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-Boston Dispensary +
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-Boston +
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-1898-99 +
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-008 +
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-Lowell Memorial Electrical Engineering Laboratory +
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-Boston +
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-Contract Jun 1902\\ +
-Completed Aug 1902 +
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-009 +
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-Brick Chimney & Powerhouse for Cambridge Electric Light Company +
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-Cambridge, MA +
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-1902 +
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-010 +
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-Expansion of Towns Hotel +
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-Bellows FallsVT\\ +
-[now Rockingham] +
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-1901-02 +
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-011 +
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-Enlarged power station canal +
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-Garvin’s Falls, NH +
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-1902 +
-|- +
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-012 +
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-Extension of mill for Boston Manufacturing Company +
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-Waltham, MA +
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-1902 +
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-013 +
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-Factory for Cluett, Peabody & Co (Arrow Shirts) +
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-Troy, New York +
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-1902 +
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-014 +
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-Building for Lever Brothers +
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-Cambridge, MA +
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-1903 +
-|- +
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-015 +
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-“Dove” Paper Mill for Megargee Paper Company +
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-Modena, PA +
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-Contract Mar 1903\\ +
-Completed late 1903  +
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-016 +
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-Concrete dam on Pawcatuck River for Potter Hill +
-textile mill +
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-Westerley, RI +
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-Contract July 1903 +
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-017 +
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-Moses Taylor Hospital +
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-Scranton, PA +
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-Contract Oct 1903 +
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-018 +
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-Irons & Russell Building +
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- Providence, RI +
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-Contract Oct 1903\\ +
-Completed 1904 +
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-019 +
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-Columbian Rope Company factory +
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-Auburn, NY +
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-1903-04 +
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-020 +
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-Piper Building +
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-Baltimore, MD +
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-Contract Apr 1904 +
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-021 +
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-3-story Warehouse +
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-Baltimore, MD +
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-Contract Apr 1904 +
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-022 +
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-6-story Warehouse for John Duer & Sons +
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-Baltimore, MD +
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-Contract May 1904 +
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-023 +
-| Building for DA Sargent School +
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-Cambridge, MA +
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-Completed Aug 1904 +
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-024 +
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-Ray Memorial Building +
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-Franklin, MA +
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-1904 +
-|- +
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-025 +
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-Molasses Storage Tanks & Pumping Plant +
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-Boston +
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-1904 +
-|- +
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-026 +
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-Factory for Auburn Hame Co +
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-Auburn, NY +
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-1904 +
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-027 +
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-Hydropower Dam on Saranac River +
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-Cadyville, NY +
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-1904-05 +
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-028 +
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-Two Mercantile Buildings for Rumford Falls Power Co +
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-Rumford Falls, ME +
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-1905 +
-|- +
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-029 +
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-4-story Mill for Walworth Manufacturing Company +
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-South Boston +
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-< 1905 +
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-| +  * //<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>// 
-030 + 
-House Stable for E.J. Bliss +=== Project Number Key === 
-+  * **S** – Standing and in original condition and use 
-Boston +  * **M** – Standing in modified condition or use 
-+  * **N** – Standing and on National Register of Historic Places roster 
-1905 +  * **D** – Demolished 
-|- +  * **U** – Unknown 
-+  * //Dates are summary and bracket the known limits of construction.// 
-031 + 
-+^  #  ^^ Project  ^ Location  ^ Dates ^ 
-Powerhouse & for Syracuse, Rochester Eastern Railroad +  | 000 |  //[[early | — Early Unverified Projects —]]//  || 1895-1905 | 
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-LyonsNY +|  S  | 001 | [[prescott|Prescott Hall dormitory]] | [[fbglist-geo#cambridge, massachusetts|Cambridge, MA]] | May 1896\\ Sep 1896 | 
-| +|  D  | 002 | [[webster|Webster Building]] | [[fbglist-geo#cambridge, massachusetts|Cambridge, MA]] | 1896 
-< 1905 +|  N  | 003 | [[craigie|Craigie Hall dormitory]]\\ <color lightseagreen>//— Masonry work only//</color> | [[fbglist-geo#cambridge, massachusetts|Cambridge, MA]] | 1897 | 
-|- +  | 004 | [[brimmer|Brimmer Chambers apartments]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | Jul 1897\\ 1898 | 
-+|  S  | 005 | [[womens|Womens' Club building]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | Late 1898\\ 1899 
-032 +|  D  | 006 | [[dispensary|Boston Dispensary addition]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | Dec 1898\\ 1899 | 
-| +|  — //[[gap1899-1902 | Gap of 1899–1902]]// —  ||||
-Auto Garage +|  D  | 007 | [[plymouth|Power Station for Plymouth Brockton Street Railway]] | Plymouth, MA | May-Aug 1901 | 
-+|  D  | 008 | [[b-arr|Freight House for Boston & Albany RR]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | Aug 1901 
-Boston +|  D  | 009 | [[lowell|Lowell Memorial Electrical Engineering Laboratory]] | [[fbglist-geo#bostonmassachusetts|Boston]] | Jun-Aug 1902 | 
-| +  | 010 | [[bmc|Extension of Mill for Boston Manufacturing Company]] | Waltham, MA | Jun 1902 | 
-< 1905 +  | 011 | [[cambridge|Brick Chimney & Powerhouse for Cambridge Electric Light Co]] | [[fbglist-geo#cambridge, massachusetts|Cambridge, MA]] | 1902 | 
-|- +|  D  | 012 | [[towns|Expansion of Towns Hotel]] | Bellows Falls, VT\\ (Rockingham) | 1902 
-+  | 013 | [[garvins|Enlarge Canal for Garvin's Falls Power Station]] | Garvin’s Falls, NH | 1902 | 
-033 +|  N  | 014 | [[cluett|Factory for Cluett, Peabody & Co (Arrow Shirts) ]] | Leominster, MA | 1902 
-+|  M  | 015 | [[bwc|Warehouse for Boston Wharf Co]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | Apr-Nov 1903 | 
-7-story Dormitory (Harvard?) +  | 016 | [[potter|Concrete Dam for Potter Hill Textile Mill]] | Westerley, RI | Jul 1903 | 
-+  | 017 | [[megargee|“Dove” Paper Mill for Megargee Paper Company]] | Modena, PA | Jul-Oct 1903 | 
-CambridgeMA +|  D  | 018 | [[moses|Moses Taylor Hospital]] | West Seneca, NY\\ (Lackawanna) | Oct 1903 
-+|  D  | 019 | [[lever|3-story Building for Lever Brothers]] | [[fbglist-geo#cambridge, massachusetts|Cambridge, MA]] | 1903 | 
-1905? +|  M  | 020 | [[irons|Irons & Russell Building]] | Providence, RI | Oct 1903\\ 1904 
-|- +|  D  | 021 | [[columbian-1|Factory for Columbian Rope Co]] | Auburn, NY | 1903-04 | 
-+|  M  | 022 | [[berlin|Dams & Powerhouse for International Paper Co]] | Berlin, NH | Early 1904 
-034 +|  — //[[gbf1904 | Great Baltimore FireFeb 1904]]// —  ||||| 
-+|  D  | 023 | [[piper|Piper Building]] | [[fbglist-geo#baltimore, maryland|Baltimore, MD]] | Apr 1904 
-Powerhouse for City of East Orange, NJ +|  D  | 024 | [[sanders|3-story Warehouse for Mary Sanders]] | [[fbglist-geo#baltimore, maryland|Baltimore, MD]] | Apr-Jul 1904 | 
-| +  | 025 | [[naval|MIT Naval Engineering Building]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | Apr-Jul 1904 | 
-East Orange, NJ +|  ||||
-+^  #  ^^ Project  ^ Location  ^ Dates ^ 
-< 1905 +|  D  | 026 | [[duer|6-story Warehouse for John Duer & Sons]] | [[fbglist-geo#baltimore, maryland|Baltimore, MD]] | May 1904 
-|- +|  U  | 027 | [[orange|Powerhouse & Pumping Station for City of East Orange, NJ]] | East Orange, NJ | Jun 1904 | 
-+|  N  | 028 | [[rumford|Two Mercantile Buildings for Rumford Falls Power Co]] | Rumford Falls, ME | Jun 1904\\ 1906 
-033 +|  D  | 029 | [[lilly|3-story Store for the Lilly Estate]] | [[fbglist-geo#baltimore, maryland|Baltimore, MD]] | Jul 1904 | 
-+|  D  | 030 | [[sargent|Building for DA Sargent/Normal School of Physical Education ]] | [[fbglist-geo#cambridge, massachusetts|Cambridge, MA]] | Aug 1904 | 
-Factory for Kursheedt Manufacturing Co +|  M  | 031 | [[piercefield|Mill Buildings & Mill Town for International Paper Co]] | Piercefield, NY | Aug 1904\\ 1905 | 
-+|  D  | 032 | [[baker|Hydropower Dam for Walter Baker & Co Ltd]] | Milton, MA | Aug 1904 | 
-Brooklyn, NY +|  S  | 033 | [[ray|Ray Memorial Building / Franklin Public Library ]] | Franklin, MA | Sep 1904 | 
-+|  D  | 034 | [[hame|Factory for Auburn Hame Co]] | Auburn, NY | Sep-Dec 1904 | 
-< 1905 +|  D  | 035 | [[garage|Automobile Garage for A.G. Van Nostrand ]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | Nov 1904 | 
-|- +|  D  | 036 | [[molasses| Pumping Plant & Tanks for Boston Molasses Co ]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | 1904 | 
-+|  —  ||  //— [[1905block | * Projects in this block are unconfirmed as to date; before Jan 1905]] —//  ||| 
-035 +|  D  | 037 | [[bliss|House & Stable for EJ Bliss]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]]\\ (Chestnut Hill) | < 1905* | 
-+  | 038 | [[walworth|4-story Mill for Walworth Manufacturing Company]] | [[[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | < 1905* | 
-Concrete Canal for Lehigh Coal & Navigation +|  D  | 039 | [[sr-err|Powerhouse & Foundation for Syracuse, Rochester & Eastern RR]] | Lyons, NY | < 1905* 
-| +|  ||||| 
-Taylorsville, Pennsylvania\\ +|  S  | 040 | [[cadyville|Hydropower Dam on Saranac River for International Paper Co]] | Cadyville, NY | 1904-05 
-(now Washington Crossing) +|  D  | 041 | [[kursheedt|Factory for Kursheedt Manufacturing Co]] | [[fbglist-geo#nyc, new york | Brooklyn, NY]] | 1904-05 | 
-| +|  D  | 042 | [[alexander|Residence for CB Alexander]] | [[fbglist-geo#nyc, new york | Manhattan, NYC]] | Late 1904–05 
-1905? +|  D  | 043 | [[houghton|Project for Houghton County Street Railway]] | HoughtonMI | Early 1905 | 
-|- +|  S  | 044 | [[stcroix|Mill & Mill Town for St. Croix Paper Company]] | Sprague’s Falls, ME\\ (Woodland/Baileyville) | Feb-Dec 1905 | 
-+|  U  | 045 | [[yale-1|Building for Yale & Towne]] | [[fbglist-geo#stamford, connecticut | Stamford, CT]] | Apr 1905 | 
-037 +|  D  | 046 | [[nycrr|Rail Car Barn & Substation for NY Central Railroad]] | North Syracuse, NY | May 1905 | 
-+|  N  | 047 | [[simmons|Warehouses for Simmons Hardware Co]] | Sioux City, IA | May 1905 
-6-story plant for John JLatteman Shoes +|  D  | 048 | [[roper|Roper Hospital]]\\ <color lightseagreen>//— Project not completed by FBG//</color> | Charleston, SC | May 1905\\ Feb 1906 | 
-+  | 049 | [[lattemann|6-story plant for John J. Latteman Shoes]] | [[fbglist-geo#nyc, new york | Brooklyn, NY]] | May-Nov 1905 | 
-BrooklynNY +|  U  | 050 | [[oneida|Plant for Oneida Community Company Ltd]] | Oneida, NY | Jun 1905 
-+|  ||||| 
-1905 +^  #  ^^ Project  ^ Location  ^ Dates ^ 
-|- +|  M  | 051 | [[lowney|Factory & Warehouse for Walter F Lowney Co]] | Montréal, QB\\ Canada | Jun-Aug 1905 
-+|  M  | 052 | [[sulphur|Barge Canal for Union Sulphur Co]]\\ <color lightseagreen>//— Project abandoned//</color> | Sulphur, LA | Oct 1905\\ Spring 1906\\ | 
-038 +|  U  | 053 | [[bayroad|Project for Bay Road Construction Co]] | Syracuse, NY | 1905 | 
-+|  U  | 054 | [[lehigh|Concrete Canal for Lehigh Coal & Navigation]] | Taylorsville, PA\\ (Washington Crossing) | 1905? | 
-Plant for Oneida Community Company Ltd + ||||| 
-+|  S  | 055 | [[canton| Paper Mill for Champion Fibre Co]] | Canton, NC | Apr 1906\\ Jan 1907 
-Oneida, NY +|  U  | 056 | [[yale-2|Two Buildings for Yale & Towne]] | [[fbglist-geo#stamford, connecticut | Stamford, CT]] | Apr-Jul 1906 | 
-+|  N  | 057 | [[georgetown|Georgetown Steam Plant for Seattle Electric Co]] | Georgetown (Seattle), WA | Apr 1906\\ Nov 1907 
-Jun 1905 +|  S  | 058 | [[mcgraw|10-story McGraw Publishing Building]]\\  <color lightseagreen>//— Project not completed by FBG//</color> | [[fbglist-geo#nyc, new york | Manhattan, NYC ]] | Apr-Nov 1906\\ | 
-|- +|  — //[[sf1906 | San Francisco Earthquake & Fire, Apr 1906]]// —  ||||| 
-+|  D  | 059 | [[northbeach|North Beach Electric Power Station for City Gas & Electric Co]] | [[fbglist-geo#san francisco, california | San Francisco]] | May-Oct 1906 | 
-039 +|  D  | 060 | [[hopkins|Two Warehouses for Timothy Hopkins]] | [[fbglist-geo#san francisco, california | San Francisco]] | Jun 1906 | 
-+|  M  | 061 | [[sonntag|Three Buildings for Henry Sonntag]] | [[fbglist-geo#san francisco, california | San Francisco]] | Jun 1906 | 
-Factory & Warehouse for Walter F. Lowney Co +|  S  | 062 | [[stclair|StClair Building (aka Boyd Building)]] | [[fbglist-geo#san francisco, california | San Francisco]] | Jun 1906\\ Jul 1907 | 
-+|  M  | 063 | [[mutual|Mutual Life Insurance Building]]\\ <color lightseagreen>//— Demolition & reconstruction in place//</color> | [[fbglist-geo#san francisco, california | San Francisco]] | Sep 1906\\ 1907 
-MontréalQuébecCanada +|  M  | 064 | [[minterburn|4-story Mill for Minterburn Textile Mills]] | RockvilleCT | Sep-Dec 1906 | 
-+|  M  | 065 | [[alameda|Citizen’s Bank of Alameda]] | Alameda, CA | Sep 1906\\ Apr 1907 
-Jul 1905 +|  M  | 066 | [[hamilton|Mill for Champion Coated Paper Co]] | Hamilton, OH | Aug 1906\\ Late 1907 | 
-|- +  | 067 | [[crane|2-story Mill for Henry M. Crane]] | Bayonne, NJ | Sep 1906 | 
-+|  D  | 068 | [[stayman-1| Forge & Machine Shop for Stayman Manufacturing Co ]] | Jersey City, NJ | Sep 1906 
-040 +|  D  | 069 | [[stayman-2| 2-story Building for Stayman Manufacturing Co ]] | Jersey City, NJ | Oct 1906 | 
-+|  U  | 070 | [[goodrich|Warehouse for BF Goodrich]] | Akron, OH | Oct-Dec 1906 
-Mill & Mill Town for StCroix Paper Company +|  D  | 071 | [[bluehill|Power Station for Blue Hill Street Railway]] | Canton, MA | < 1907 | 
-+|  D  | 072 | [[unionsquare|Union Square Hotel]] | [[fbglist-geo#san francisco, california | San Francisco]] | Jan 1907\\ Jan 1908 
-Sprague’s Falls, ME\\ +|  D  | 073 | [[pacific|Pacific Grand Hotel]] | [[fbglist-geo#san francisco, california | San Francisco]] | Jan-July 1907 | 
-(now Woodland/Baileyville) +|  S  | 074 | [[allen|5-story Factory for S.L. Allen & Co]] | Philadelphia, PA | Feb 1907 | 
-+|  D  | 075 | [[columbian-2|3-story Factory Addition for Columbian Rope Co]] | [[fbglist-geo#auburn, new york|Auburn, NY]] | Apr-Dec 1907 | 
-Contract Feb 1905\\ +|  ||||
-Construction begun Mar 1905\\ +^  #  ^^ Project  ^ Location  ^ Dates ^ 
-Completed Dec 1905 +  | 076 | [[yale-3|Two Building Extensions for Yale & Towne]] | [[fbglist-geo#stamford, connecticut | Stamford, CT]] | Apr 1907 
-|}+|  M  | 077 | [[necco|Two Warehouses for New England Confectionery Co (NECCO)]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | ~Apr-Aug 1907 | 
 +|  N  | 078 | [[white| Factory for H.C. White Co]] | North Bennington, VT | May-Oct 1907 
 +|  D  | 079 | [[heywood|Factory for Heywood Brothers Wakefield Co]] | Gardner, MA | Jun 1907\\ Mar 1908 | 
 +|  U  | 080 | [[cement|Plant for Pennsylvania Cement Co]]\\ <color lightseagreen>//— Possibly not executed by FBG//</color> | Bath, PA | 1907 | 
 +|  N  | 081 | [[seacoast|Can Factory for Seacoast Canning Co]] | Eastport, ME | Nov 1907\\ Jun 1908 
 +|  S  | 082 | [[wilson|7-story Wilson Building]]\\ <color lightseagreen>//— Demolition & reconstruction in place//</color> | [[fbglist-geo#san franciscocalifornia | San Francisco]] | 1907-08 | 
 +|  D  | 083 | [[exposition|Shoe & Leather Exposition Building]]\\ <color lightseagreen>//— Project taken over by FBG//</color> | [[fbglist-geo#cambridgemassachusetts|Cambridge, MA]] | April 1908 | 
 +|  —  ||  //— [[1909block | * Projects in this block are unconfirmed and may be as early as 1904]] —//  ||
 +|  U  | 084 | [[zwmcrane|* Project for Z. & W.M. Crane Paper Co]] | Dalton, MA | < 1909 | 
 +  | 085 | [[dalton|* Project for Dalton Power Co]] | Dalton, MA | < 1909 | 
 +|  U  | 086 | [[columbia|* Project for Columbia Electric Vehicle Co]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | < 1909 | 
 +|  U  | 087 | [[steam|* Project for Steam & Power Co]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | < 1909 
 +|  U  | 088 | [[bleachery|* Project for the Lowell Bleachery Co]] | Lowell, MA | < 1909 | 
 +|  U  | 089 | [[lowe|* Paper mill for H.G. Lowe Paper]] | Ridgefield, NJ | < 1909 
 +|  ||||| 
 +|  U  | 090 | [[danner|1-story Cotton Mill Extension for H.E. Danner Textile Co]] | Paterson, NJ | Jul 1908\\  Early 1909 | 
 +|  D  | 091 | [[chelsea|Box Plant for Atwood-McManus Co]] | Chelsea, MA | Dec 1908\\ Mar 1909 
 +|  U  | 092 | [[grandfalls|Dam & Powerhouse for Grand Falls Power Co]]\\ <color lightseagreen>//— Project abandoned//</color> | Grand Falls, NB\\ Canada | Mar 1909 | 
 +|  U  | 093 | [[kean| Fishing Pier for H.F. Kean]] | Sandy Hook, NJ | Mar-Apr 1909 | 
 +|  S  | 094 | [[frost| Frost Building]] | Plainfield, NJ | Sep 1909\\ Jan 1910 
 +|  D  | 095 | [[warren|Ransom Dam & Powerhouse for Warren County Power Co]] | Columbia, NJ | Sep 1909\\ 1910 | 
 +|  U  | 096 | [[creighton|Ransom Dam & Powerhouse for Blue Ridge Power Co]]\\ <color lightseagreen>//— Project may not have been executed//</color> | Creighton, GA | Feb 1910 | 
 +|  S  | 097 | [[wrubel| 4-story Apartment Building for Isaac Wrubel ]] | Paterson, NJ | Feb 1910\\ 1910 | 
 +|  M  | 098 | [[quebec|Paper Mill for Union Bag & Paper Co]] | Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada | Sep 1910\\ Early 1912 | 
 +|  U  | 099 | [[fenimore| Addition to “Fenimore” Paper Mill for Union Bag & Paper Co]] | Glen’s Falls, NY | Feb-Jun 1911 | 
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