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Pierce P. Furber

Pierce Powers Furber (May 2, 1853 – April 6, 1893) was an American architect and partner of Peabody & Stearns in charge of the firm's western commissions under the name Peabody, Stearns & Furber.

Pierce P. Furber
FAIA
BornMay 2, 1853
Bangor, Maine, U.S.
DiedApril 6, 1893(1893-04-06) (aged 39)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Burial placeBellefontaine Cemetery
Education
OccupationArchitect
Relatives
PracticePeabody, Stearns & Furber
Buildings
1st President of St. Louis chapter of the American Institute of Architects
In office
1890–1891
Succeeded byWilliam S. Eames

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Furber was born May 2, 1853, in Bangor, Maine, to Samuel Winkley Furber (1819–1895) and Lucy Heywood Metcalf (1825–1856). He moved to Saint Paul, Minnesota with his father in 1858, then moved to Cottage Grove, Minnesota in 1861 where his uncle, Joseph W. Furber, was living at the time. His father was one of James J. Hill's business associates.[1] Furber was educated at Carleton College (1871) and the University of Minnesota (1875) where he graduated as civil engineer in 1876. He was a charter member of the Alpha Nu chapter of Chi Psi. Furber attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and graduated as an architect in 1879.[2]

Following graduation, he entered the Boston offices of Peabody & Stearns. In 1881, he was sent by the firm to Colorado Springs to superintend the firm's projects there.[3] In 1883, Furber went to St. Louis where he became in charge of all the firm's western work and became a local partner of the firm in 1889, under the name Peabody, Stearns & Furber.[2] Furber's role "was to drum up trade for the Boston office and supervise construction from drawings that they sent him."[4]

Furber was a founder of the Architectural League of New York and on the board of directors of the American Institute of Architects. Furber was elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1889. He was the first president of the St. Louis AIA chapter.[2][5]

Furber married Sara Kate Montgomery on November 15, 1882, and had three children. He died April 6, 1893, in St. Louis from diphtheria. He was buried at Bellefontaine Cemetery.[3]

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  1. ^ Johnson, Craig (1993). James J. Hill House. Minnesota Historical Society Press. p. 5. ISBN 0-87351-276-6. LCCN 93-20207 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ a b c d Spear, George H.; Wallace, T. F. (June 1894). "In Memoriam: Pierce Power Furber, NU '76". The Purple and Gold. Auburn, N. Y.: Chi Psi Fraternity: 28–29 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ a b "In Memoriam". The Northfield News. Vol. XVII, no. 18. April 29, 1893. p. 1.
  4. ^ Hancock, Jane H.; Ffolliott, Shelia; O'Sullivan, Thomas (1991). Homecoming: The Art Collection of James J. Hill. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press. p. 48. ISBN 0-87351-259-6. LCCN 90-26431 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ^ "Societies—American Institute of Architects: Board of Directors". The American Architect and Building News. XXXIX (896): 125. February 25, 1893 – via Internet Archive.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Savage, Charles C. (1987). Architecture of the Private Streets of St. Louis: The Architects and the Houses they Designed. University of Missouri Press. ISBN 0-8262-0485-6 – via Internet Archive.
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