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FBG Construction Projects

Chronological Listing [Master List]

├ Cross-listing by geographical location ┼─┼ Cross-listing by project category ┤

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.

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.

	Project	Location	Date
001	Unknown	Auburn, NY	July 1895
002	Prescott Hall dormitory	Cambridge, MA	Under construction May 1896 Occupancy by Sep 1896
003	Webster Building	Cambridge, MA	1896
004	Craigie Hall dormitory (masonry work)	Cambridge, MA	1897
005	Brimmer Chambers apartments	Boston	1898
006	Women’s Club building	Boston	Contracted 1898 Completed 1899
007	Boston Dispensary addition	Boston	1898-99
—	Gap of 1899-1902
008	Lowell Memorial Electrical Engineering Laboratory	Boston	Contract Jun 1902 Completed Aug 1902
009	Brick Chimney & Powerhouse for Cambridge Electric Light Co	Cambridge, MA	1902
010	Expansion of Towns Hotel	Bellows Falls, VT [now Rockingham]	1902
011	Enlarge 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)	Leominster, MA	1902
014	3-story 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 for Potter Hill Textile Mill	Westerley, RI	Contract July 1903
017	Moses Taylor Hospital	West Seneca, NY (Now Lackawanna)	Contract Oct 1903
018	Irons & Russell Building	Providence, RI	Contract Oct 1903 Completed 1904
019	Factory for Columbian Rope Co	Auburn, NY	1903-04
—	Great Baltimore Fire, Feb 1903
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/Normal School of Physical Education	Cambridge, MA	Completed Aug 1904
024	Ray Memorial Building / Franklin Public Library	Franklin, MA	Completed Sep 1904
025	Pumping Plant & Tanks for Boston Molasses Co	Boston	1904
026	Factory for Auburn Hame Co	Auburn, NY	Late 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	Boston	< 1905
030	House & Stable for EJ Bliss	Boston (Chestnut Hill)	< 1905 Probably 1904
031	Powerhouse & Foundation for Syracuse, Rochester & Eastern RR	Lyons, NY	< 1905
032	Automobile Garage	Boston	< 1905
033	7-story Dormitory	Cambridge, MA	< 1905
034	Powerhouse for City of East Orange, NJ	East Orange, NJ	< 1905
035	Factory for Kursheedt Manufacturing Co	Brooklyn, NY	Late 1904-05
036	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
041	Mill Buildings & Mill Town for International Paper Co	Piercefield, NY	Contract Aug 1904 Completed 1905
042	Dams & Powerhouse for International Paper Co	Berlin, NH	1905
043	Rail Car Barn & Substation for NY Central Railroad	North Syracuse, NY	Contract May 1905
044	Roper Hospital	Charleston, SC	Contract May 1905 Completion announced Feb 1906
045	Hydropower Dam for Walter Baker Chocolate Company	Milton, MA	1905
046	Residence for C.B. Alexander	Manhattan, NYC	1906?
047	Barge Canal for Union Sulphur Co	Sulphur, LA	Contract Oct 1905 Never completed by FBG
048	Factory for Yale & Towne	Stamford, CT	1905
049	Factory for Simmons Hardware Company	Sioux City, IA	Contract May 1905
050	Two Factory Buildings for Yale & Towne	Stamford, CT	1906
052	MIT Naval Engineering Building	Boston	Jul 1906
053	10-story McGraw Building (“Engineering Record“)	Manhattan, NYC	1906
054	Georgetown Steam Plant (Seattle Electric Lighting Co)	Georgetown (Seattle), WA	Construction begun Apr 1906 In operation 1907
—	San Francisco Earthquake & Fire, Apr 1906
055	Mutual Life Insurance Building	San Francisco	1906-07
056	Two warehouses for Timothy Hopkins	San Francisco	Contract Jun 1906
057	Three Buildings for Henry Sonntag	San Francisco	Contract Jun 1906
051	4-story Mill for Minterburn Textile Mills	Rockville, CT	Contract Sep 1906 Constrution begun Oct 1906 Completed early 1907
058	8-story St. Clair Building (Boyd Building)	San Francisco	Completed Jul 1907
059	North Beach Electric Power Station for City Electric Co	San Francisco	In operation Oct 1907
060	Citizen’s Bank of Alameda	Alameda, CA	1907
061	7-story Wilson Building (rebuild)	San Francisco	1907-08
062	4-story Union Square Hotel	San Francisco	ca. 1907
063	5-story Pacific Grand Hotel	San Francisco	Opened July 1907
064	Plant for Pennsylvania Cement Company	Unknown	1907
065	Mill for Champion Fibre Co	Canton, NC	Contract ca. Mar 1906 Completed by Jan 1907
066	Mill for Champion Coated Paper Co	Hamilton, OH	Contract Sep 1906 1907
066a	Foundry & Forge Shop for Stayman Manufacturing Co	Jersey City, NJ	In progress Sep 1906
067	Power Station for Plymouth and Brockton Street Railway	Plymouth, MA	1907
068	Power Station for Blue Hill Street Railway	Canton, MA	1907?
069	3-story Factory Addition for Columbian Rope Co	Auburn, NY	1907
070	Two Factory Extensions for Yale & Towne	Stamford, CT	Contract Apr 1907
071	5-story Factory for S.L. Allen & Co	Philadelphia, PA	Contract Feb 1907
072	“Fenimore” Paper Mill for Union Bag and Paper Co	Glen’s Falls, NY	1907?
073	Factory for H.C. White Co	North Bennington, VT	Contract Nov 1907
074	Factory for Heywood Brothers & Wakefield Co	Gardner, MA	Contract Jun 1907 Construction Mar 1908
075	Can Factory for Seacoast Canning Company	Eastport, ME	Contract Feb 1908
076	Shoe & Leather Exposition Building (completion)	Boston	Contract May 1908
077	Two Warehouses for New England Confectionery Company (NECCO)	Boston	Probably 1907 (< 1909)
078	Project for W.M. Crane Paper Co	Dalton, MA	< 1909
079	Project for Dalton Power Co	Dalton, MA	< 1909
080	Project for Columbia Electric Vehicle Co	Boston	< 1909
081	Project for Boston Steam & Power Co	Boston	< 1909
082	Project for the Lowell Bleachery Co	Lowell, MA	< 1909
083	Project for Houghton County Street Railway	Houghton, MI	< 1909
084	Project for Bay Road Construction Co	Syracuse, NY	< 1909
085	Paper mill for H.G. Lowe Paper	Ridgefield, New Jersey	< 1909
086	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
087	Box Plant for Atwood-McManus Co (reconstruction)	Chelsea, MA	Dec 1908-Mar 1909
088	Hydroelectric Powerhouse for Grand Falls Power Co	Grand Falls, NB/ME (international river border)	Contract Mar 1909 Never completed
089	Ransom Hollow Dam & Powerhouse for Warren County Power Co	Columbia, New Jersey	Contract Oct 1909
090	Ransom Hollow Dam & Powerhouse	Creighton, GA	Contract Feb 1910
090a	4-story Apartment Building for Isaac Wrubel	Paterson, NJ	Contract Feb 1910
091	Paper Mill for Union Bag & Paper Co	Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada	Contract Sep 1910 In service early 1912