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Walter Atherton was born in 1863 at Stoughton, Massachusetts, United States.
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WALTER ATHERTON
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He received a preparatory education at Phillips Academy at Andover, and completed his academic studies at Harvard University. In Architecture he took a two-year course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and after being graduated spent five years in draftsmanship. In 1893, Mr. Atherton went to Paris for supplementary study in the Atlier Ginain at the Ecol’e des Beaux Arts.
Career
He employed with the Boston firm of Fehmer & Page.Returning to Boston in 1896 (study in the Atlier Ginain at the Ecol’e des Beaux), he began practice in the office of Herbert D. Hale and continued that association for more than a decade, until the latter's death in 1909. In subsequent years Mr. Atherton worked alone for most of the time until his retirement shortly before his decease.
During professional practice he designed various types of buildings in Boston and vicinity, among which were schools, Y.M.C.A. buildings and numerous residences built throughout New England and in other eastern states. He had been a member of the Boston Society of Architects after 1902.
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Membership
He had been a member of the Boston Society of Architects after 1902.
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American