Background
Murphy was born July 12, 1869 in Worcester, Master of Arts.
Murphy was born July 12, 1869 in Worcester, Master of Arts.
He was educated in Worcester and began his architectural career with his uncle James Murphy (1834–1907), an ecclesiastical architect in Providence, Rhode Island.
He was a specialist in ecclesiastical work and, in a career that spanned over 40 years, designed many buildings for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence Rhode Island and Fall River Massachusetts. After this he worked briefly as a draughtsman for Martin & Hall. Benjamin West. Wright joined the firm, now known as Murphy, Hindle & Wright, in 1907.
The firm was dissolved in 1917 after which Murphy continued to work under his own name.
Indiana 1918 Murphy began working with Samuel M. Morino who continued with him and eventually inherited the office after Murphy retired in 1942. Murphy died on May 27, 1949.
Ambrose Murphy began his long and distinguished career at roughly the same time that Charles Maginnis of Boston, Massachusetts was beginning his. The younger Murphy would be greatly influenced by Maginnis"s beliefs.
His unique ecclesiastical buildings are much admired locally and have found their way to some of the National Registers.