Background
Vaughan was born in Cheshire, England.
Vaughan was born in Cheshire, England.
He attended Dollar Academy, and was awarded a bronze medal in art from the school in 1863.
He was an apprentice under George Frederick Bodley and went on to great success popularizing the Gothic Revival style. When he was a child, his family relocated to Dollar in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. He then began his apprenticeship under Bodley, eventually becoming head draftsman at the firm of Bodley and Garner.
In 1881, Vaughan came to America, settling in Boston and opening an office in Pemberton Square.
He rapidly found success with the Anglican (Episcopal) and Catholic churches. In the mid-1880s, Vaughan began to receive commissions from Edward Francis Searles, working on numerous projects continuing through until Vaughan"s death.
Vaughan died in 1917 in the Boston suburb of Newton Centre, and was interred at the Washington National Cathedral. Notable Vaughan projects include:
Chapel of the Society of Saint Margaret, Boston, Master of Arts
portions of the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York, particularly the chapels to Saint Boniface, Saint James, and Saint Ansgar
Washington National Cathedral, Washington, District of Columbia (with Bodley) *Philip Frohman, another Boston architect, made substantial refinements to the initial blueprint after both Bodley and Vaughan"s deaths, He finished the work of the Cathedral, changing many elements, and spent nearly 50 years completing lieutenant
He is really considered the architect of the Cathedral.
See the Wikipedia article on Philip Frohman as well as other biographical pieces. See
Christ Church, New Haven, Connecticut
Holy Cross Monastery, West Park, New York (with Ralph Adams Cram)
Saint John"s Chapel, at Groton School, Groton, Master of Arts
Chapel of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, at Saint Paul"s School, Concord, New Hampshire
Amasa Stone Chapel, at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
Church of the Redeemer Chestnut Hill, Master of Arts
Church of the Holy Innocents (Hoboken, New Jersey)
Collaborations with Edward Francis Searles
Searles High School, (1898) Great Barrington Master of Arts
Searles High School (1904), Methuen, Master of Arts
Serlo Organ Hall (completed 1909, now known as Methuen Memorial Music Hall) and Pine Lodge Mansion in Methuen, Master of Arts
Stillwater Manor, a 24-room 3-story mansion in Salem, New Hampshire
Stanton Harcourt Castle, now known as Searles Castle, Windham, New Hampshire. 20 room castle completed in 1915 at a cost of approximately $1,250,000, modeled on the Stanton Harcourt Castle in Oxfordshire, England. Dream House, now known as Searles Mansion, Block Island, Rhode Island. Mary Francis Searles Science Building, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Master of Engineering
various schools and churches.