Frederick S. Newman (1847-1906) was an American architect based in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Life and career Frederick Savage Newman was born August 26, 1847, in Bangor, Maine, to Alden Newman and Nancy (Ellis) Newman."Newman, Frederick Savage" in Men of Progress: One Thousand Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Leaders in Business and Professional Life in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, ed. Edwin M. Bacon (Boston: New England Magazine, 1896): 793-794. In his youth the family relocated to Henniker, New Hampshire, where he learned the carpentry trade and was educated in the public schools."Death of F. S. Newman," Springfield Republican, March 16, 1906. He later moved to Springfield, where he worked as a carpenter for contractor E. W. Shattuck and as draftsman for engineer A. J. Aldrich and architect Eugene C. Gardner. On November 1, 1882, Newman left Gardner and opened his own office in Springfield. He designed several large buildings in Springfield, and major commissions in Hartford and Philadelphia led him to open branch offices in those cities in 1890 and 1894, respectively.
In later life Newman speculated in real estate and suffered significant losses. Circa 1904 he left Springfield and moved to Manchester, New Hampshire, where he practiced architecture until his death in 1906.
Personal life Newman married in 1867, to Caroline E. Grimes of Peterborough, New Hampshire. They had no children. Newman died March 6, 1906, in Manchester, New Hampshire, after a brief illness.
Legacy In the 1880s Newman employed Fred H. Loverin, who would later establish a practice in Buffalo, New York.Our County and its People: A Descriptive Work on Erie County, New York, ed. Truman C. White (Boston: Boston History Company, 1898) From 1890 to 1896 he employed Isaac A. Allen Jr., who in 1893 took charge of Newman's Hartford office. In 1896 Allen bought out Newman in Hartford and established his own practice."Isaac Almarin Allen Jr." in Men of Mark in Connecticut, vol. 5, ed. N. G. Osborn (Hartford: William R. Goodspeed, 1910): 72-76.
Several of Newman's buildings in Springfield, and one in Connecticut, have been listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places.
Architectural works Fuller Block, Springfield, Massachusetts (1887, NRHP 1983)"SPR.45." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed August 4, 2021. Chicopee National Bank Building, Springfield, Massachusetts (1888–89)"SPR.217." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed August 4, 2021. Memorial Hall, Windsor Locks, Connecticut (1890, NRHP 1987) Buckingham School, Springfield, Massachusetts (1891, demolished 1976) The Linden, Hartford, Connecticut (1891)Daniel Sterner, A Guide to Historic Hartford, Connecticut (Charleston: History Press, 2012) Mittineague Congregational Church (former), West Springfield, Massachusetts (1891)"WSG.193." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed August 4, 2021. R. C. Church and School of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Holyoke, Massachusetts (1891, demolished)History of the Catholic Church in the New England States, vol. 2 (Boston: Hurd & Everts Company, 1899) Court Square Building, Springfield, Massachusetts (1892 and 1899)"SPR.214." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed August 4, 2021. Ballerstein Building, Hartford, Connecticut (1893, demolished)Hartford Courant, July 15, 1893, 3. Cutler and Porter Block, Springfield, Massachusetts (1894, NRHP 1983)"SPR.50." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed August 4, 2021. Driscoll's Block, Springfield, Massachusetts (1894, NRHP 1983)"SPR.40." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed August 4, 2021. Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1894, demolished)"Building News," Architecture and Building 19, no. 21 (November 18, 1893): viii.
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