FRANK IRVING COOPER

Background

Frank Irving Cooper was born in 1867 in Launton, Massachussets, United States.

Education

He received an early education, and after graduating at the age of nineteen at the Chauncey Hall School' in Boston, began architectural study under Henry H. Richardson.

Career

Later he gained experience in draftsmanship in the Boston office of Henry Van Brunt and with the firm of Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge.

In 1890 Mr. Cooper opened an office in Pittsburgh and for his client George Westinghouse designed a number of industrial buildings including the Standard Underground Cable Company and the Central Electric Lighting Company Works, two years later, having been commissioned architect of the Bristol County Court House at Taunton, Mass., he returned to Boston to establish an office and carried on independent practice until 1914 when he organized the Frank I. Cooper Corporation.

Over a period of twenty years he participated in the designing of public and educational buildings, comprising public halls, college buildings and dormitories, administration buildings and about two hundred elementary and High Schools throughout New England. Among these should be named the following: Public Library at Medford, Mass.; Memorial Town Hall at Ash- burnham, Mass.; Clark Pathological Laboratory at Amherst College; Weaver and Buckley High Schools at Hartford, Conn.; High Schools at Malden, Attleboro and Plymouth, Mass.; Colt Memorial High School at Bristol, R. I.; North Junior High, Quincy, Mass., (center building, east and west wings); re-modeling High School group at Somerville, Mass.; and the Plunkett Memorial High School at Adams, Mass. In addition Mr. Cooper's firm prepared plans for High Schools at Bennington, Vt„ Lancaster, N. H., Claremont, N. H., at Beverly, Brockton and Peabody, Mass., and at Stratford, Simsbury and Norwalk, Conn., together with many intermediate grade schools in various locations.

A recognized expert in school design, Mb. Cooper was called upon to serve on Boards of Education in many different cities and was frequently employed as an Architectural Consultant.

Works

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• Other Work

  • Standard Underground Cable Company

    (Designed by Frank Cooper for his client George Westinghouse.)

  • Bristol County Court House at Taunton, Mass

Membership

He was also a prominent figure in civic affairs, formerly a member of the Boston City Planning Commission, Chamber of Commerce and other organizations.

Connections

teacher:

Henry H. Richardson

Frank Cooper began architectural study under Henry H. Richardson

employer:

Henry Van Brunt

Frank Cooper gained experience in draftsmanship in the Boston office of Henry Van Brunt.

client:

George Westinghouse

Frank Cooper designed a number of industrial buildings for his client George Westinghouse