George Foster Shepley
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George Foster Shepley was a prominent American architect known for his role in the influential Boston firm Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, which continued the legacy of H. H. Richardson.
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American architect
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architect → human → |
| activeInPeriod |
early 20th century
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late 19th century → |
| affiliatedWith |
H. H. Richardson’s former practice
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| architecturalStyle |
Beaux-Arts influences
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Romanesque Revival → |
| basedIn |
Boston, Massachusetts
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| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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| employer |
Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge
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| fieldOfWork |
architecture
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| genre |
Richardsonian Romanesque architecture
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| hasPartnershipWith |
Charles Allerton Coolidge
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Charles Hercules Rutan → |
| influencedBy |
H. H. Richardson
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| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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| memberOf |
Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge
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| name |
George Foster Shepley
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| notableFor |
continuing the architectural legacy of H. H. Richardson
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helping transition Richardson’s practice into a continuing firm after Richardson’s death → leadership in a major late-19th-century American architectural firm → |
| notableWork |
design of public and institutional buildings in the United States
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railroad stations and civic buildings designed through Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge → work at the firm Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge → |
| occupation |
architect
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| positionHeld |
partner in Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge
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| workLocation |
Boston, Massachusetts
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New England → |
Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Charles Hercules Rutan
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hasPartnershipWith |
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George Foster Shepley
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name |
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Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge
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namedAfter |