D. Howard Thornton

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 1901.

Daniel Howard Thornton (1870–1911) was an American architect from Providence, Rhode Island.

Thornton established himself as an architect in Olneyville (then part of Johnston) in the 1890s.[1] He remained there until about 1900, when he formed a partnership with Richard C. Sanders, another young architect, in central Providence. Sanders & Thornton was dissolved in 1902, and Thornton partnered with his cousin, Henry C. Thornton.[2] They split about 1903, when Henry left to partner with his brother-in-law, Edwin T. Banning. However, Thornton continued as Thornton & Thornton until his death in 1911.

Architectural works

Private practice, before 1899:

  • 1895 - Concord Street Grammar School, Roosevelt St. & Sterling Ave., Providence, Rhode Island. Then in Johnston. Demolished.[1]
  • 1899 - St. Alban's Episcopal Church, 1964 Smith St., Centerdale, Rhode Island. Altered.[3]

Sanders & Thornton, 1900-1902:

Thornton & Thornton, 1902-1911:

References

  1. ^ a b Annual Report of the State Board of Education, January, 1896. 1896.
  2. ^ a b Engineering News 18 Dec. 1902: 218.
  3. ^ Angell, Frank C. Annals of Centerdale. 1909.
  4. ^ Engineering News 20 Sept. 1900: 91.)
  5. ^ American Architect and Building News 22 Dec. 1900: xi.
  6. ^ Olney Street-Alumni Avenue Historic District NRHP Nomination. 1989.
  7. ^ Woodward, Wm. McKenzie. Providence: A Citywide Survey of Historic Resources. 1986.
  8. ^ American Architect and Building News 11 July 1903: xii.
  9. ^ School Board Journal Aug. 1904: 25.
  10. ^ "Providence Preservation Society Records for 215 Arlington Avenue". http://gowdey.ppsri.org/. n.d. Web.
  11. ^ Mitchell, Martha. Encyclopedia Brunoniana. 1993.
  12. ^ American Contractor 16 July 1910: 51.