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Coolidge & Carlson was formed in 1901 as the partnership of J. Randolph Coolidge Jr. and Harry J. Carlson as the successor to Coolidge & Wright, formed in 1894 and dissolved in 1900. It was led by Coolidge and Carlson until their retirements, and thereafter by Carlson's son, John E. Carlson, into the 1960s. The firm specialized in large institutional projects, designing major buildings for Bates College, Berry College, Hamilton College, Radcliffe College, Wellesley College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in addition to extensive domestic and commercial work.

Joseph Randolph Coolidge Jr. was born May 17, 1862 in Boston to Joseph Randolph Coolidge and Julia (Gardner) Coolidge, both members of wealthy Boston Brahmin families. Coolidge was descended from Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States, through his eldest daughter, Martha Jefferson Randolph. The eldest of five to live to adulthood, his brothers were John Gardner Coolidge, Archibald Cary Coolidge, Harold Jefferson Coolidge Sr. and Julian Coolidge. He attended Harvard University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1883 and a Master of Arts in 1884. In 1894 he returned to Boston and began to practice architecture, forming the partnership of Coolidge & Wright with Vernon A. Wright. Their largest project together was Randolph Hall in Cambridge in 1897, now part of Adams House of Harvard. They dissolved their partnership in 1900. The following year he formed a new partnership, Coolidge & Carlson, with Harry J. Carlson."News From the Classes" in [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Harvard_Graduates_Magazine/vixYAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Harvard Graduates Magazine] 9, no. 36 (June 1901): 566. Coolidge retired from the partnership in 1924.

Coolidge was married in 1886 to Mary Hamilton Hill of Boston, and they would have eight children. They lived in the Boston area, and maintained additional homes in Manchester and Center Sandwich, New Hampshire. Upon his retirement the couple moved to Sandwich full-time. In 1925–26 he served a term in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, and in 1926 he and his wife were among the founders of the Sandwich Home Industries, a local craftsmen's cooperative formed primarily through the efforts of Mrs. Coolidge. He died August 8, 1928 in Center Sandwich following a brief illness. Mrs. Coolidge continued her work in supporting local craftsmen and was the founder of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen in 1932. She died October 6, 1952 in Groton, Massachusetts.

Harry Johan Carlson was born November 8, 1869 in St. Paul, Minnesota. He worked for Cass Gilbert in St. Paul before moving to Boston to enroll in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating in 1892. After two years in New York City with McKim, Mead & White, he returned to Boston in 1894 to work for contractor Walter S. Sampson. In 1896 he rejoined Gilbert to supervise construction of the Second Brazer Building, completed in 1898. He then spent three years in private practice until joining Coolidge in 1901. His most notable work during this brief period was Kona Farm, the Moultonborough, New Hampshire estate of Herbert Dumaresq.[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Architectural_Review/mPdZAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Architectural Review] 9, no. 9 (September, 1902): 246. Their partnership lasted until Coolidge's retirement in 1924. Carlson was the sole partner in the firm until 1937, when he admitted his son, John E. Carlson, into the partnership. The younger Carlson was born in 1897 and had worked for the firm since 1924. Harry J. Carlson retired from the partnership in 1946, but was a consultant for the firm until 1950.

Carlson was married in 1896 to Carrie Elizabeth Cornforth, and they had four children. After their marriage, they lived in Newton. In 1901 he designed and had built a Colonial Revival house at 91 Bishopsgate Road, where he lived until his retirement. He died June 16, 1957 in Newton.

John Edwin Carlson was born July 9, 1897 in Newton to Harry J. Carlson and Carrie (Cornforth) Carlson. He was educated in the public schools and at Harvard University, graduating from the school of architecture in 1923. The next year he joined his father's office as a drafter. He was then head drafter from 1926 until 1937, when he became his father's business partner. After his father's retirement in 1946 he ran the firm of Coolidge & Carlson into the 1960s.

Carlson was married in 1926 to Josephine Freeman Cogswell, and they had three children. They lived in Belmont. Carlson died May 29, 1968 in a hospital in Cambridge.

• First Unitarian Church (former), 9 Masconomo St, Manchester, Massachusetts (1895)"Plate Illustrations" in Brickbuilder 4, no. 11 (November, 1895): 232.
• Randolph Hall, 53 Bow St, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1897)Bainbridge Bunting, [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Harvard/nlaE3-XfmJwC?hl=en&gbpv=0 Harvard: An Architectural History] (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1985)
• Rockledge,{{efn|name=Rockledge|Coolidge's own summer home for several years.}} 4 Smiths Point Rd, Manchester, Massachusetts (1900, demolished)[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_American_Architect_and_Building_News/hqMDAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 American Architect and Building News] 70, no. 1294 (October 13, 1900): 16.

• Massachusetts Normal Art School addition, 200 Newbury St, Boston, Massachusetts (1898, demolished)Sixty-second Annual Report of the Board of Education; Together With the Sixty-Second Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board, 1897-1898 (Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1899)
• Kona Farm, 50 Jacobs Rd, Moultonborough, New Hampshire (1900-02)Brickbuilder (April, 1900): 86-87.
• Harry J. Carlson house,{{efn|name=Gray|A contributing resource to the Gray Cliff Historic District, NRHP-listed in 1986.}} 91 Bishopsgate Rd, Newton Centre, Massachusetts (1901)[https://mhc-macris.net/#!/details?mhcid=NWT.2923 Historic Building Detail: NWT.2923]

• Dreamwold, 74 Branch St, Scituate, Massachusetts (1901-02)[https://mhc-macris.net/#!/details?mhcid=SCI.14 Historic Building Detail: SCI.14]
• Hampden Hall, 8 Plympton St, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1902)"Construction News" in [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Engineering_News/F-c1AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Engineering News] 47, no. 1 (January 2 1902): 4.
• Lawson Tower, Scituate, Massachusetts (1902, NRHP 1976)
• Office building,{{efn|name=Custom|A contributing resource to the Custom House District, NRHP-listed in 1973.}} 100 State St, Boston, Massachusetts (1902)[https://mhc-macris.net/#!/details?mhcid=BOS.2004 Historic Building Detail: BOS.2004]
• Fair Oaks, 125 Allens Point Rd, Marion, Massachusetts (1903)[https://mhc-macris.net/#!/details?mhcid=MRN.C Historic Area Detail: MRN.C]
• Boston Normal School and Girls' Latin School (former),{{efn|name=Normal|Designed with associate architects Maginnis, Walsh & Sullivan and Peabody & Stearns.}} 621 Huntington Ave, Boston, Massachusetts (1906–07)"The Normal and Latin School Group" in [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_American_Architect_and_Building_News/IqoDAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 American Architect and Building News] 94, no. 1700 (July 22 1908): 25-30.
• Walter S. Sawyer house,{{efn|name=Chestnut|A contributing resource to the Old Chestnut Hill Historic District, NRHP-listed in 1986.}} 201 Suffolk Rd, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (1906)[https://mhc-macris.net/#!/details?mhcid=NWT.2725 Historic Building Detail: NWT.2725]
• Swallow Boathouse, Moultonborough, New Hampshire (1908–10, NRHP 1980)
• University Squash Courts (former), 6–8 Linden St, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1908)
• Brimmer Street Garage,{{efn|name=Beacon}} 70 Brimmer St, Boston, Massachusetts (1909)[https://mhc-macris.net/#!/details?mhcid=BOS.15711 Historic Building Detail: BOS.15711]
• United Methodist Church of Summit,{{efn|name=Summit|A contributing resource to the Summit Downtown Historic District, NRHP-listed in 2011.}} Summit, New Jersey (1910)Lauren C. Archibald, Virginia Brounce and Jennifer B. Leynes, [https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/10001116 Summit Downtown Historic District NRHP Registration Form] (2011)
• Pointfield, 14 Sabine Point Rd, Sandwich, New Hampshire (1911, NRHP 2014)Pointfield NRHP Registration Form (2014)
• Walker Home for Missionary Children, Auburndale, Massachusetts (1911–13, NRHP 1992)[https://mhc-macris.net/#!/details?mhcid=NWT.DX Historic Area Detail: NWT.DX]
• Homer Albers house,{{efn|name=Pill|A contributing resource to the Pill Hill Historic District, NRHP-listed in 1977.}} 55 Irving St, Brookline, Massachusetts (1912)[https://mhc-macris.net/#!/details?mhcid=BKL.1156 Historic Building Detail: BKL.1156]
• Bethel Inn Resort,{{efn|name=Bethel|A contributing resource to the Broad Street Historic District, NRHP-listed in 1977 and expanded in 1990.}} 21 Broad St, Bethel, Maine (1912-13)A Walking Tour of Bethel Hill Village (Bethel: Bethel Historical Society, 2015)
• Peter J. Gomes Chapel, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine (1912–14)[https://www.bates.edu/archives/history-of-bates-campus-buildings/ History of Bates Campus Buildings], Bates College.
• Sandwich Town Hall,{{efn|name=Sandwich|A contributing resource to the Center Sandwich Historic District, NRHP-listed in 1983.}} Sandwich, New Hampshire (1913, NRHP 1980)Jane Beckman, [https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/80000273 Town Hall NRHP Registration Form] (1980)
• Christian A. Johnson Hall, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York (1914)[https://www.hamilton.edu/library/library_collections/archives/buildings.cfm?id=bldgDate Campus Building and Renovation Chronology], Hamilton College.
• Samuel H. Wentworth Library,{{efn|name=Sandwich}} 35 Main St, Sandwich, New Hampshire (1914–15)American Contractor (April 4, 1914): 83.
• College Chapel,{{efn|name=Berry|A contributing resource to the Berry Schools historic district, NRHP-listed in 1978.}} Berry College, Mount Berry, Georgia (1915-16 and 1927–28)Robert M. Craig, "Berry College", [Rome, Georgia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/GA-01-115-0059. Accessed November 7, 2022.
• Tower Court, Claflin Hall and Severance Hall, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts (1915–17, 1917–19 and 1926–27)[https://mhc-macris.net/#!/details?mhcid=WEL.465 Historic Building Detail: WEL.465]
• Concord Free Public Library addition, 129 Main St, Concord, Massachusetts (1916)American Contractor (May 20, 1916): 56.
• West Hill Place,{{efn|name=Beacon|A contributing resource to the Beacon Hill Historic District, NRHP-listed in 1965.}} W Hill Pl, Boston, Massachusetts (1916)Keith N. Morgan, Buildings of Massachusetts: Metropolitan Boston (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2009)
• Chase Hall, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine (1919)
• Slate Memorial Library, 332 Main Rd, Gill, Massachusetts (1921)"Slate Library History" in Gill Newsletter (January, 2012): 8.
• Colonial Beacon Gas Station, 474 Main St, Stoneham, Massachusetts (circa 1922, NRHP 1984, demolished 2018)[https://mhc-macris.net/#!/details?mhcid=STN.26 Historic Building Detail: STN.26]
• Mountain campus,{{efn|name=Berry}} Berry College, Mount Berry, Georgia (1922–29)
• Hamrick Hall (1922-23)
• Hill Dining Hall (1923)
• House o' Dreams (1926)
• Pilgrim Hall (1929)
• Parker Memorial Library, 30 Arlington St, Dracut, Massachusetts (1922)[https://mhc-macris.net/#!/details?mhcid=DRA.46 Historic Building Detail: DRA.46]
• Davis Library (former),{{efn|name=Agawam|A contributing resource to the Agawam Center Historic District, NRHP-listed in 2001.}} 733 Main St, Agawam, Massachusetts (1924)[https://mhc-macris.net/#!/details?mhcid=AGA.58 Historic Building Detail: AGA.58]
• Ford Complex,{{efn|name=Berry}} Berry College, Mount Berry, Georgia (1924-31)
• Clara Hall (1924-25)
• Ford Dining Hall (1924-26)
• Ford Auditorium (1928)
• Ford Classroom Building (1928)
• Ford Gymnasium (1928)
• Mary Hall (1930-31)
• Gehring Hall,{{efn|name=Bethel}} Gould Academy, Bethel, Maine (1924-25)[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/88686756 Broad Street Historic District (Boundary Increase) NRHP Registration Form] (1990)
• Clifton Daggett Gray Athletic Building, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine (1925–27)
• Wesley United Methodist Church, 100 Main St, Worcester, Massachusetts (1925–27)[https://mhc-macris.net/#!/details?mhcid=WOR.705 Historic Building Detail: WOR.705]
• Alumni Gymnasium, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine (1926–28)
• Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1926–28)[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Art_and_Architecture_at_MIT/0DDrAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Art and Architecture at MIT: A Walking Tour of the Campus] (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1982)
• Memorial Hall Library remodeling and additions, 2 N Main St, Andover, Massachusetts (1926–27, NRHP 1982)[https://mhc-macris.net/#!/details?mhcid=ANV.169 Historic Building Detail: ANV.169]
• Oak Hill remodeling,{{efn|name=Berry}} Berry College, Mount Berry, Georgia (1927–28)
• Westfield Athenaeum,{{efn|name=Westfield|Designed with associate architect Malcolm B. Harding of Westfield. A contributing resource to the Westfield Center Historic District, NRHP-listed in 2008.}} 6 Elm St, Westfield, Massachusetts (1925–27)[https://mhc-macris.net/#!/details?mhcid=WSF.115 Historic Building Detail: WSF.115]
• Thomas H. Hoyt Memorial Library (former), 34 W Main St, Merrimac, Massachusetts (1920–30)"Dedicate Memorial Library to Thomas Hoyt at Marrimac" in Newburyport Daily News, April 12, 1930, 8.
• Eastman Laboratories, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1930–32)
• Byerly Hall, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1931–32)
• Stoneham Public Library addition,{{efn|name=Stoneham|A contributing resource to the Central Square Historic District, NRHP-listed in 1990.}} 431 Main St, Stoneham, Massachusetts (1931, NRHP 1984)A History of the Stoneham Public Library (Stoneham: Stoneham Public Library, no date)
• Hanscomb Hall,{{efn|name=Bethel}} Gould Academy, Bethel, Maine (1933-34)
• Sandwich Home Industries,{{efn|name=Sandwich}} 32 Main St, Sandwich, New Hampshire (1934–35)Center Sandwich Historic District NRHP Registration Form (1983)
• MIT Sailing Pavilion, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1935–36)
• Pratt Diagnostic Center, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts (1937)[https://mhc-macris.net/#!/details?mhcid=BOS.12833 Historic Building Detail: BOS.12833]
• Rogers Building,{{efn|name=Rogers|Designed in association with William Welles Bosworth, architect for the original campus dedicated in 1916.}} Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1937–38)
• Newton Trust Company branch, 319 Auburn St, Auburndale, Massachusetts (1939, altered)[https://mhc-macris.net/#!/details?mhcid=NWT.4780 Historic Building Detail: NWT.4780]
• Smith Hall, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine (1939-40)
• Dedham Public Library remodeling, 257 Mount Vernon St, Dedham, Massachusetts (1951)

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|File:Scituate Lawson Tower.jpg

|Lawson Tower, Scituate, Massachusetts, 1902.

|File:2590375216 Normal Boston.jpg

|Boston Normal School and Girls' Latin School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1906-07.

|File:MoultonboroughNH SwallowBoathouse.jpg

|Swallow Boathouse, Moultonborough, New Hampshire, 1908-10.

|File:United Methodist Church, Summit, New Jersey.jpg

|United Methodist Church of Summit, Summit, New Jersey, 1910.

|File:Gomes chapel.jpg

|Peter J. Gomes Chapel, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, 1912-14.

|File:NewtonMA WalkerHome144Hancock.jpg

|Walker Home for Missionary Children, Newton, Massachusetts, 1913.

|File:SandwichNH CenterSandwich TownHall.jpg

|Sandwich Town Hall, Sandwich, New Hampshire, 1913.

|File:StonehamMA ColonialBeaconGasStation.jpg

|Colonial Beacon Gas Station, Stoneham, Massachusetts, circa 1922.

|File:Parker Memorial Library, Dracut MA.jpg

|Parker Memorial Library, Dracut, Massachusetts, 1922.

|File:Wesley United Methodist Church, Worcester MA.jpg

|Wesley United Methodist Church, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1925-27.

|File:AlumniGymDoors.jpg

|Alumni Gymnasium, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, 1926-28.

|File:Memorial hall library.jpg

|Memorial Hall Library remodeling, Andover, Massachusetts, 1927.

|File:Library (Westfield Athenaeum) - Westfield, MA - DSC02313.JPG

|Westfield Athenaeum, Westfield, Massachusetts, 1927.

|File:Byerly Hall - Radcliffe Yard, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA - IMG 6593.JPG

|Byerly Hall, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1931-32.

|File:Smith Hall Bates College.jpg

|Smith Hall, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, 1939-40.

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Coolidge:

• https://archive.org/details/6threportclass1883harvuoft/page/36/mode/2up?q=Coolidge
• https://archive.org/details/sim_harvard-graduates-magazine_1928-12_37_146/page/202/mode/2up?q=%22Joseph+Randolph+Coolidge%22

Carlson:

• https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinamerica22chic/page/474/mode/2up?q=%22Carlson%2C+Harry+Johan%22&view=theater
• https://archive.org/details/MIT-Technology-Review-1957-07/page/n45/mode/2up?q=Carlson