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Frank Lyman Austin

{{Short description|American architect (1874–1942)}}

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| birth_date = 1874

| birth_place = Burlington, Vermont, U.S.

| death_date = 1942

| death_place = Burlington, Vermont, U.S.

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Frank Lyman Austin (1874{{Em dash}}1942) was an American architect from Burlington, Vermont. He designed several buildings that have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places and others that are contributing buildings to listed historic districts.

Life and career

Frank Lyman Austin was born in Burlington in 1874 to Zachary T. Austin, a local contractor.New England Families: Genealogical and Memorial. Ed. William Richard Cutter. Vol. 2. 1914. The Austin firm went back to around 1865, when Frank's grandfather, Lyman, established himself as a carpenter. Frank Austin worked in his father's office, and trained as an architect. In 1904, he left his father's firm and opened an office on his own account. Upon his father's death in 1910, Austin completed the leftover work and absorbed the firm's assets.[https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset?assetID=398a2c7e-1262-41a8-83a6-70dc55541eeb Champlain School NRHP Nomination]. 1982.

Austin's first significant work was the Champlain School of 1909, in Burlington. These small-scale beginnings soon grew into a large office, which resulted in the design of some of the city's (and state's) largest buildings. Eventually, Austin served as Vermont's state architect. In 1939, Austin's son, Lyman Dinsmoor Austin, became a partner in the firm. Upon Austin's death in 1942, his son dissolved the firm and left Burlington. Austin & Austin had been the oldest architectural firm in the state.Lamb, Wallace E. The Lake Champlain and Lake George Valleys. Vol. 3. New York: American Historical Company, Inc., 1940.

Selected works

=Frank Lyman Austin, 1904–1939=

  • 1904 - Strong Theatre, 203 Main St, Burlington, VermontAmerican Architect and Building News 5 March 1904: x.
  • An addition to a pre-existing office building, demolished in 1970
  • 1907 - Richmond High School, Richmond, VermontSchool Board Journal May 1907: 28.
  • 1908 - Masonic Temple, 58 Bridge St, Richmond, VermontAmerican Architect and Building News 19 Aug. 1908: 17.
  • 1909 - Burlington Mutual Fire Insurance Building, 188 Main St, Burlington, VermontEngineering Record 25 Sept. 1909: 45. New York.
  • 1909 - Champlain School (Old), 817 Pine St, Burlington, Vermont
  • 1910 - Masonic Temple, 51 Washington St, Rutland, VermontEngineering Record 13 Nov. 1909: 44.
  • 1910 - National Bank of Middlebury Building, 32 Main St, Middlebury, VermontEngineering Record 5 Feb. 1910: 67.
  • 1910 - New Sherwood Hotel, 29 Church St, Burlington, VermontEngineering Record 15 Jan. 1910: 46a.
  • Burned in 1940.
  • 1911 - Fairfield Street School, 72 Fairfield St, St. Albans, Vermont[https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset?assetID=04ba022c-f2dc-4085-9411-0295e0bd6cd7 Fairfield Street School NRHP Nomination]. 1996.
  • 1911 - Lamoille County Courthouse, 154 Main St, Hyde Park, VermontEngineering Record 18 March 1911: 72.
  • 1912 - Colchester (Winooski) High School, 31 E Spring St, Winooski, VermontAmerican School and University 1930: 436.Blondin, Al and Anastasia Pratt. Images of America: Winooski. 2015.
  • A carbon copy of the Champlain School. Demolished.
  • 1912 - Swanton School, 21 Church St, Swanton, Vermont[https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset?assetID=5b2fdeb7-6074-4998-88ae-020f0c0d6694 Swanton School NRHP Nomination]. 2002.
  • 1913 - Burlington City Hall (remodeling), 149 Church St, Burlington, VermontEngineering Record 25 Jan. 1913: 46.
  • Demolished.
  • 1914 - Richford Town Hall, 94 Main St, Richford, VermontMunicipal Journal 14 May 1914: 18.
  • 1916 - St. Johnsbury State Armory, 1249 Main St, St. Johnsbury, VermontAmerican Contractor 10 June 1916: 66.
  • 1917 - Milton S. Bostwick House, 63 Bank St, St. Albans, VermontAmerican Contractor 28 April 1917: 49.
  • 1917 - Old Dorm, Vermont Technical College, Randolph, VermontAmerican Contractor 27 Sept. 1917: 40.
  • 1920 - Burnham Hall, 52 E River Rd, Lincoln, VermontAmerican Contractor 6 Nov. 1920: 54.
  • 1921 - Alumni Hall, Vermont Academy, Saxtons River, VermontAmerican Contractor 29 Jan. 1921: 56.
  • 1922 - Northfield State Armory, 61 Wall St, Northfield, VermontAmerican Contractor 27 May 1922: 56.
  • 1923 - Ilsley Library, 75 Main St, Middlebury, VermontAmerican Contractor 28 Oct. 1922: 44.
  • 1924 - Calvary Baptist Church, 156 Main St, Springfield, Vermont[https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset?assetID=ec265cfa-b84e-420c-ae3c-a646c6a48175 Springfield Downtown Historic District NRHP Nomination]. 1983.
  • 1925 - Burlington Jr. High School (Old), 299 Main St, Burlington, Vermont
  • 1926 - Brownell Library, 6 Lincoln St, Essex Junction, Vermont
  • 1926 - Central Fire Station, 136 S Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont
  • 1927 - Burlington Memorial Auditorium, 250 Main St, Burlington, Vermont
  • 1929 - Burlington State Armory, 60 Main St, Burlington, Vermont
  • 1929 - West Rutland Public Library, 595 Main St, West Rutland, Vermont
  • 1931 - Montpelier State Armory, 55 Barre St, Montpelier, VermontVermont Public Documents. 1932.
  • 1932 - Y. M. C. A. Building, 266 College St, Burlington, VermontDomestic Engineering 1932: 114.
  • In association with James W. O'Connor, of New York
  • 1935 - U. S. Post Office, 132 Main St, Springfield, Vermont

=Austin & Austin, 1939–1942=

  • 1939 - Elihu B. Taft School, 12 S Williams St, Burlington, VermontAmerican School Board Journal 1939: 72.
  • 1941 - Gary Home, 149 Main St, Montpelier, VermontMontpelier Historic District NRHP Nomination Amendment. 2009.

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Category:1874 births

Category:1942 deaths

Category:20th-century American architects

Category:Artists from Burlington, Vermont

Category:Architects from Vermont