Levi Newcomb

Levi Newcomb (February 8, 1822 – October 1, 1898) was an American architect, active in Boston in the mid-to-late 19th century.^[1]

Early life

Newcomb was born in 1822 in Scituate, Massachusetts, to Levi Newcomb Sr. and Joan Studley.^[2] His brother, George Lewis Newcomb, became a noted physician in Massachusetts.^[3]

Career

After spending his early years at sea,^[4] Newcomb spent much of his life working as an architect in Boston, Massachusetts, with an office 12 West Street in 1869.^[5] He designed educational buildings, churches and homes. He designed Felton Hall, at Harvard University, in partnership with his son,^[6] Edgar Allen Poe Newcomb,^[7][8] as Levi Newcomb & Son.^[9][10] He also built dormitories at Tufts University^[11][12] and Dartmouth College, in addition to building the station of the Boston and Lowell Railroad on Causeway Street in Boston.^[13]

In 1867, he assisted with the rebuilding of Portland, Maine, after its great fire the previous year, including designing the North School,^[9] which is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the now-demolished First Baptist Church on Congress Street.^[14]

Personal life

Newcomb married twice. His first wife, Sarah Ann Ball, died in 1846, two years after their marriage. He then married Phoebe Ann Edwards.^[15]

Death

Newcomb died in 1898, aged 76.^[13] He was interred in Groveland Cemetery in Scituate, alongside his wife.

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