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Burrage House
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Charles
Brigham (1841-1925), a Watertown native who never had formal
education in architecture after high school, had many
accomplishments. Burrage House, at 314 Commonwealth Avenue (corner
of Hereford Street) is his most lavish. Similar to homes built on
New York's Fifth Avenue, it was modeled after Chenonceaux, a chateau
located in the Loire Valley of France, and represents the only
example of the "chateauesque" style in Boston.
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Hall of Flags, Massachusetts State House
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After the
death of his partner, John Sturgis, Brigham
became one of Boston's leading architects, designing the extension to the
Massachusetts State House, an expansion of the First Church of Christ,
Scientist, and a number of civic buildings in Fairhaven, MA.
Brigham was civically active in local affairs, serving on the Watertown
Board of Selectmen, School Committee and Library Board. He also designed
the Watertown town seal. |
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