Background
Stanley Bruce Elwell was born in 1886 at Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
Stanley Bruce Elwell was born in 1886 at Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
He was educated at Harvard, Mr. Elwell later completed a course of professional study at Cornell University, and in 1914 received his B. S. degree in Architecture.
Beginning his career in Boston, he entered the office of Louis Grandgent, employed first as draftsman, subsequently was taken into partnership. During the first World War he served over-seas with the A. E. F. and after his return to Boston in 1919 resumed practice. For a number of years Mr. Elwell collaborated with other architects in planning various buildings, subsequently established his own office, and in the following years won recognition in the field of residential architecture. He designed a number of distinctive homes in Boston and suburban localities, and later broadened the scope of his practice to include various public buildings. Among the latter should be mentioned Briggs Hall at Radcliffe College, 1923; alterations to the Congregational Church, Harvard, Mass., 1923; Cooperative Apartment House, 282 Beacon Street, Boston, and the Office Building at 18 Newbury Street, his last and most important work.
He was a member of American Institute of Architects from 1928.