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.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf American architect
architect
human
activeInPeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
affiliatedWith H. H. Richardson’s former practice
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts influences
Romanesque Revival
basedIn Boston, Massachusetts
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
employer Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge
fieldOfWork architecture
genre Richardsonian Romanesque architecture
hasPartnershipWith Charles Allerton Coolidge
Charles Hercules Rutan
influencedBy H. H. Richardson
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge
name George Foster Shepley
notableFor continuing the architectural legacy of H. H. Richardson
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
railroad stations and civic buildings designed through Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge
work at the firm Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge
occupation architect
positionHeld partner in Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge
workLocation Boston, Massachusetts
New England

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