Background
Rotch, Arthur was born on May 13, 1850 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Benjamin Smith and Annie Bigelow (Lawrence) Rotch.
Rotch, Arthur was born on May 13, 1850 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Benjamin Smith and Annie Bigelow (Lawrence) Rotch.
Graduated from Harvard, 1871. Attended School Architecture, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1871-1873. Attended Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, France, 1873.
In charge of part of restoration and redecoration Chateau of Chenonceaux, late 1870’son Formed partnership with George J. Tilden, 1880, built large houses in Boston, Washington, District of Columbia, Bar Harbor, Maine, churches of Messiah and Ascension, Boston, Church of Holy Spirit, Mattapan, Massachusetts, art museum at Wellesley College, public libraries, Bridgewater and Groton, Massachusetts, Eastport, Maine. Trustee Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
A founder Rotch Traveling Scholarship (endowed by his father, 1884) to enable draftsmen or architects to study abroad.
Furnished architectural library of Massachusetts Institute Technology. Financed entire 1st of Harvard School Architecture (founded 1893).
He left $25,000 Boston Museum Fine Arts, $40,000 to School Architecture, Massachusetts Institute Technology
Married Lissette de Wolf Colt, November 16, 1892.