Cudworth & Woodworth
{{Short description|American Architectural firm from Norwich, Connecticut}}
{{Infobox Architectural Practice
| name = Cudworth & Woodworth
| image = File:Edward Aldrich Cudworth, architect.JPG
| caption = Edward Aldrich Cudworth, 1909
| architects =
| partners = Edward Aldrich Cudworth
Walter H. Woodworth
Arthur M. Thompson
| city = Norwich, Connecticut, US
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| founded = {{Start date|1899}}
| dissolved = 1942
| awards =
| significant_buildings= Norwich State Hospital
Mansfield State School & Hospital
Elks Club, Willimantic
Fanning Annex, Jewett City
Undercliff Sanitarium, Meriden
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Cudworth & Woodworth, later Cudworth, Woodworth & Thompson and Cudworth & Thompson, was an architectural firm from Norwich, Connecticut.
Partner biographies
Edward Aldrich Cudworth was born December 11, 1861, in Boston. He attended Roxbury Latin School, before moving on to Harvard University, class of 1884. Originally going into sales, he switched to architecture. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for two years, and worked for H. H. Richardson and Cummings & Sears in Massachusetts and Clarence Sumner Luce in New York City. In 1887 he left Luce and went to Norwich, forming a partnership with James A. Hiscox. Neither understood the business fully, and Cudworth & Hiscox rarely made a profit in the two years it was in business. After 1889, he for several architects and engineers in Boston until 1895, when he went to work for Norwich architect Charles H. Preston. He remained with Preston until 1899, when he opened his own office. In 1901 Walter H. Woodworth joined the firm, and died in 1915.Class of 1884, Harvard College: Twentieth-Fifth Anniversary Report of the Secretary. Cambridge: University Press, June 1909. Cudworth died in 1937, and was buried in Norwich.
Walter H. Woodworth was born on October 8, 1874, in Quaker Hill, Connecticut. He was trained in construction, and in 1901 became a construction superintendent for J. A. Hiscox, Cudworth's erstwhile partner. Only a few months later, he joined Cudworth as partner. A few years later he fell ill, and gradually retired from active practice. In 1915 A. M. Thompson was added as partner, and Woodworth died soon after, on June 1, 1915."W. H. Woodworth Dies at Norwich". New London (CT) Day 2 June 1915: 3.
Arthur M. Thompson became a partner in the firm in 1915, which became Cudworth, Woodworth & Thompson. In 1916, it was renamed Cudworth & Thompson. Thompson operated the firm past Cudworth's 1937 death, into the 1940s.
Architectural works
=Cudworth & Woodworth, 1901-1915=
- 1901 - Danielson M. E. Church, 9 Spring St, Danielson, ConnecticutAmerican Architect and Building News 27 July 1901: xi. Boston.
- 1903 - Norwich State Hospital, Laurel Hill Rd, Preston, Connecticut
- The firm built further buildings on the campus through the 1930s, but only the 1903 administration building stands.
- 1906 - Converse Art Gallery, Norwich Free Academy, Norwich, Connecticut
- 1907 - Thomas Loan and Trust Building, 34 Courthouse Sq, Norwich, Connecticut
- 1909 - Tirrell Building, Norwich Free Academy, Norwich, Connecticut
- 1910 - John L. Mitchell House, 5 Rockwell Ter, Norwich, ConnecticutArchitectural Record Oct. 1910: 71.
- 1911 - Chelsea Savings Bank Building, Main & Cliff Sts, Norwich, ConnecticutSterner, Daniel. [http://historicbuildingsct.com/?p=7709 "Chelsea Savings Bank (1911)"]. http://historicbuildingsct.com/. 25 May 2011.
- 1912 - First National Bank Building, 22 Railroad Ave, Plainfield, ConnecticutEngineering News-Record 1912: 38. New York.
- 1914 - Addition to Elks Club, Norwich, Connecticut"Norwich, Conn." in American Contractor 35, no. 51 (December 19, 1914): 49.
=Cudworth, Woodworth & Thompson, 1915-1916=
=Cudworth & Thompson, 1916-1940s=
- 1917 - Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 80 Water St, Danielson, ConnecticutAmerican Contractor 22 Dec. 1917: 27. Chicago.
- 1917 - Parish House for Hanover Congregational Church, 266 Main St, Baltic, ConnecticutAmerican Contractor 7 April 1917: 70. Chicago.
- 1920 - Shetucket Co. Office Building, 387 N Main St, Norwich, ConnecticutAmerican Contractor 18 Sept. 1920: 55. Chicago.
- 1921 - Disco Building, 257 Main St, Norwich, ConnecticutAmerican Contractor 22 Oct. 1921: 56. Chicago.
- 1925 - Elks Club, 198 Pleasant St, Willimantic, Connecticut
- 1928 - Fanning Annex to the Slater Library, 26 Main St, Jewett City, ConnecticutSlater Library and Fanning Annex NRHP Nomination. 2001.
- 1928 - Masonic Temple, 194 Washington St, Norwich, Connecticut[http://focus.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/88003215.pdf Chelsea Parade Historic District NRHP Nomination]. 1989.
- The building was built on the site of a native burial ground, and was purchased (1999) and demolished (2006) by the Mohegan tribe.
- 1929 - Jewett City Savings Bank Building, 111 Main St, Jewett City, Connecticut
- 1929 - Undercliff Sanitarium, Undercliff Rd, Meriden, ConnecticutEngineering News-Record 1929: 1340. New York.
- Demolished in 2013.
- 1942 - Oakwood Knoll Apartments, Oakwood Knoll, Norwich, ConnecticutEngineering News-Record 8 Oct. 1942: 152.
Gallery of architectural works
{{Gallery
|title=|align=center
|File:Norwich Hospital District - Admin Building (5804251174).jpg
|Administration Building, Norwich State Hospital, Preston, Connecticut, 1903.
|File:Former bike shop, Plainfield CT.jpg
|First National Bank Building, Plainfield, Connecticut, 1912.
|File:The Knight Hospital.jpg
|State Training School, Mansfield, Connecticut, 1916.
|File:Elks Lodge, Willimantic, CT.jpg
|Elks Club, Willimantic, Connecticut, 1925.
|File:Masonic Temple, Norwich, Conn (61624).jpg
|Masonic Temple, Norwich, Connecticut, 1928.
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