Background
Thomas MacLAREN was born in 1863 in Scotland, United Kingdom.
Thomas MacLAREN was born in 1863 in Scotland, United Kingdom.
He was educated at the Kensington School of Art in Edinburgh and the Royal College of Art.
Due to health conditions Mr. MacLaren established residence in Colorado in the early part of the century, and shortly after began practice in Colorado Springs. Among his early works were a number of ecclesiastical buildings, noted examples being Christ Church at Canon City, and the first Congregational at Boulder, Colo., the latter in association with Thompson D. Hetherington. In a subsequent period he formed a partnership with Charles P. Thomas and Mr. Hetherington (Thomas, MacLaren & Hetherington), a firm commissioned to design the City Hall and Ferguson Building in Colorado Springs.