CHARLES D GAMBRILL

Background

Charles D. Gambrill was born at Roxbury (now a part of Boston), United States.

Education

Mr. Gambrill attended the city schools of Boston, and received an academic education at Harvard.

Career

He began his career as an architectural student in the office of George Snell, later went to New York where he worked as draftsman for George B. Post. About that time Henry Hobson Richardson started practice in the city, and in 1867 Mr Gambrill formed a partnership with him. Under the name of Gambrill & Richardson they maintained a joint office until 1874 and among their best known buildings of that period Mr. Gambrill was particularly identified with the planning and erection of the Brattle Square Baptist Church in Boston, built beween 1870 and 1874 at the corner of Clarendon Street and Commonwealth Avenue. Independently he devoted much of his attention to residential work, houses designed mainly in the so-called Queen Anne style.

Works

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• Other Work

  • Brattle Square Baptist Church in Boston

    (built beween 1870 and 1874 at the corner of Clarendon Str...)

Membership

One of the first members of the American Institute of Architects to be made and between 1861 and 1880 served four terms as Secretary.

Connections

employer:

George B. Post

In New York Charles D. Gambrill worked as draftsman for George B. Post.

coworker:

Henry Hobson Richardson

In 1867 Charles D. Gambrill formed a partnership Gambrill & Richardson .

teacher:

George Snell

Charles D. Gambrill began his career as an architectural student in the office of George Snell.