Background
R. Clipston Sturgis was the second son of Major Russell Sturgis and his 1st wife, Susan Welles Sturgis, and the nephew of architect John Hubbard Sturgis and successor to his practice.
R. Clipston Sturgis was the second son of Major Russell Sturgis and his 1st wife, Susan Welles Sturgis, and the nephew of architect John Hubbard Sturgis and successor to his practice.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1881. Studied architecture, London, England.
Began practice in Boston, 1887, succeeding to business of John H. Sturgis (deceased). Member Sturgis & Cabot, 1888-1893, Sturgis & Barton, 1904-1909, then the Office of R. Clipston Sturgis. Consultant to Sturgis Associates, Incorporated., architects.
Franklin Union, Boston.
Brookline (Massachusetts) Public Library. First National Bank Building, Boston.
Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind. The Cathedral, Manila, Philippine Islands Also housing for United States Housing Corporation, Bridgeport, Connecticut, and for Emergency Fleet Corporation, Bath, Maine.
Architect Federal Reserve Bank, Boston.
Chairman Board School House Commissioner, Boston, 1902-1910.
He served at various times as President of the Boston Institute of Architects, the American Institute of Architects (1913-1915), and the Society of Arts and Crafts Boston (1917-1920). And as a member of the Boston School Board.
Married Esther Mary Ogden, June 22, 1882. Children: Richard Clipston (deceased), Dorothy (Mistress Lester West. Harding).