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George W. Cady

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|name = George Waterman Cady

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|caption = George W. Cady, circa 1896

|nationality = United States

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1825|8|27}}

|birth_place = Providence, Rhode Island

|death_date = {{Death date and age|1906|8|6|1825|8|27}}

|death_place = Warwick, Rhode Island

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George W. Cady (1825-1906) was an American architect from Providence, Rhode Island.

=Life and career=

George Waterman Cady was born August 27, 1825 to Jonathan Cady and Eliza (Petty) Cady.Orrin Peer Allen, [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Descendants_of_Nicholas_Cady_of_Watertow/Cg87AAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Descendents of Nicholas Cady of Watertown, Mass., 1645-1910] (Palmer: Orrin Peer Allen, 1910) He was raised and educated in Rhode Island and Massachusetts and briefly pursued the medical profession before apprenticing himself to carpenter Alexander Williams of Providence around 1841. Following his apprenticeship he joined the firm of Tallman & Bucklin, architects and builders, and remained with Bucklin until 1860."Two Rhode Island Architects" in [https://www.google.com/books/edition/American_Architect_and_Architecture/NoxMAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 American Architect and Building News] 91, no. 1621 (February 9, 1907): 67-72. That year he purchased the shop of C. Young and established himself as a carpenter. Cady studied architecture in his own time and in 1869 handed the shop over to his brother, George Fletcher Cady, and established himself as a professional architect. Cady was a prolific designer and was particularly noted for his commercial and institutional buildings. By the 1880s Cady was assisted in his office by draftsmen Henry J. Stapleton and George M. Cady, his son. In 1891 the two briefly left to form the firm of Cady & Stapleton, but after a year they returned to the elder Cady's office, and Cady formed the new partnership of George W. Cady & Company. Both Stapleton and the younger Cady left architecture later in the decade, and the elder returned to individual practice until his death in 1906, at which time his colleague Norman M. Isham noted that Cady had been the last architect in Rhode Island to be entirely self-educated in architecture.

=Personal life=

In 1846 Cady was married to Mary Anna Burr of Providence, and they had two sons and two daughters. Their youngest child, George Milton Cady, was associated with his father in business. Cady died August 9, 1906 at his summer home in the Longmeadow neighborhood of Warwick.

In 1854 Cady joined the First Light Infantry Regiment, a component of the state militia, and was active in the organization until 1895. During the Civil War he was commissioned major of the 21st Regiment of the Rhode Island militia, which was not called into service. He designed the regiment's building, the Infantry Building, in 1879.Richard Herndon, "Cady, George Waterman" in [https://archive.org/details/menofprogressbio00her/page/n5/mode/2up Men of Progress: Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Leaders in Business and Professional Life in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations], ed. Alfred M. Williams and William F. Blanding (Boston: New England Magazine, 1896): 90. He was also member of the Providence Art Club and the American Institute of Architects, which he joined in 1876, becoming a Fellow in 1889.[https://aiahistoricaldirectory.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AHDAA/pages/35747906/ahd1006306 George W. Cady], AIA Historical Directory of American Architects.

Cady was a second cousin of J. Cleaveland Cady (1837-1919), a noted nineteenth century architect practicing in New York City, and a third cousin of John Hutchins Cady (1881-1967), a Providence architect and historian, and Walter Guyton Cady (1874-1974), a physicist and electrical engineer. They were all descended from Nicholas Cady, a carpenter who immigrated to Massachusetts from England circa 1630.

=Legacy=

One

Allan Merrick Jeffers, later architect of the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton, was educated in architecture in Cady's office.

=Architectural works=

  • House for David A. Cleveland, 111 Park St, Providence, Rhode Island (1867, demolished)William McKenzie Woodward and Edward F. Sanderson, Providence: A Citywide Survey of Historic Resources, ed. David Chase (Providence: Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission, 1986)
  • Fletcher Building, Westminster and Eddy Sts, Providence, Rhode Island (1868, demolished)
  • Burgess Building,{{efn|name=Downtown|A contributing property to the Downtown Providence Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.}} 232 Westminster St, Providence, Rhode Island (1870)
  • Central Fire Station, 25 Kennedy Plz, Providence, Rhode Island (1873, demolished)John Hutchins Cady, The Civic and Architectural Development of Providence 1636-1950 (Providence: The Book Shop, 1957)
  • Woonsocket Armory,{{efn|name=Woonsocket|Later a garage, even later home to the Church of Our Saviour and the First Assembly Church of God.}} 122 Arnold St, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (1873, demolished)David Chase, Woonsocket, Rhode Island: Statewide Historical Preservation Report P-W-1 (Providence: Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission, 1976)
  • 2nd Precinct Police Station, 12 Ashburton St, Providence, Rhode Island (1876, demolished)Paul Campbell, John Glancy and George Pearson, [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Providence_Police_Department/mnbxAwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Providence Police Department] (Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2014)
  • Dorrance Building,{{efn|name=Downtown}} 180 Westminster St, Providence, Rhode Island (1876 and 1891)
  • Hall's Building, 49 Weybosset St, Providence, Rhode Island (1876)
  • High Street Bank Building, 846 Westminster St, Providence, Rhode Island (1877, demolished)
  • Low's Opera House, 260 Westminster St, Providence, Rhode Island (1878, demolished)
  • Infantry Building, S Main St, Providence, Rhode Island (1879, demolished 1952)
  • House for David C. Moulton, 327 Elmwood Ave, Providence, Rhode Island (1880, demolished)[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_American_Architect_and_Building_News/XgJaAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 American Architect and Building News] 7, no. 232 (June 5, 1880): 254.
  • Berlin Street Primary School, Berlin St and Chalkstone Ave, Providence, Rhode Island (1882, demolished)[https://www.google.com/books/edition/City_Documents/M1AMAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Providence City Documents for the Year 1883] (Providence: City of Providence, 1884)
  • Asbury Memorial M. E. Church, N Main and Hewes St, Providence, Rhode Island (1886-88, demolished)[https://www.google.com/books/edition/American_Architect_and_Architecture/sL3U0BlEooIC?hl=en&gbpv=0 American Architect and Building News] 20, no. 557 (August 28, 1886): xi.[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Souvenir_History_of_the_New_England_Sout/H_rqAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Souvenir History of the New England Southern Conference] 3, ed. Rennetts C. Miller (Nantasket: Rennetts C. Miller, 1897)
  • House for Frederick Webb, 3352 E Main Rd, Portsmouth, Rhode Island (1887, demolished 2012)Scientific American Architects and Builders Monthly 3, no. 3 (March, 1887)
  • Aldrich Block, 47 Washington St, Providence, Rhode Island (1888, demolished)[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Architecture_and_Building/sywxAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Building] 8, no. 31 (March 31, 1888): 3.
  • Slater Avenue Primary School, 220 University Ave, Providence, Rhode Island (1889-90, demolished)[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Providence_City_Documents/slUxAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Providence City Documents for the Year 1890] (Providence: City of Providence, 1890)
  • William J. Braitsch and Company Plant, 472 Potter Ave, Providence, Rhode Island (1890, NRHP 2016)[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Engineering_Building_Record_and_the_Sani/obM7AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Engineering and Building Record] 22, no. 6 (July 12, 1890): 96.
  • Highland Avenue Primary School, Highland Ave and 7th St, Providence, Rhode Island (1890, demolished)[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Providence_City_Documents/2r1EAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Providence City Documents for the Year 1891] (Providence: City of Providence, 1891)
  • A. P. Hoyt Grammar School, Freeborn and Lyon Aves, East Providence, Rhode Island (1890-91, demolished)[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Annual_Report_of_the_State_Board_of_Educ/oSUlAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Twenty-Fourth Annual Report of the State Board of Education] (Providence: State of Rhode Island, 1894)
  • Almy Street Primary School, 20 Almy St, Providence, Rhode Island (1891)
  • Eddy Street Primary School, 883 Eddy St, Providence, Rhode Island (1891)
  • Gaspee Building,{{efn|name=Downtown}} 204 Westminster St, Providence, Rhode Island (1891)
  • Harris Avenue Primary School, 537 Harris Ave, Providence, Rhode Island (1891)[https://www.google.com/books/edition/City_Documents/70oMAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Providence City Documents for the Year 1892] (Providence: City of Providence, 1892)
  • Niagara Street Primary School, 100 Niagara St, Providence, Rhode Island (1891)
  • Sisson Street Primary School, Sisson St and Manton Ave, Providence, Rhode Island (1891)
  • California Avenue Primary School, California Ave near Virginia Ave, Providence, Rhode Island (1893, demolished)
  • Carpenter Street Primary School, Carpenter and Pallas Sts, Providence, Rhode Island (1893, demolished)
  • State Street Primary School, 67 State St, Providence, Rhode Island (1893, demolished)[https://www.google.com/books/edition/City_Documents/MU0MAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Providence City Documents for the Year 1894] (Providence: City of Providence, 1894)
  • Willard Avenue Primary School, Willard Ave and Staniford St, Providence, Rhode Island (1893, demolished)
  • Primitive Methodist Church (former), 530 Smith St, Providence, Rhode Island (1894)American Architect and Building News 45, no. 977 (September 15, 1894): xv.
  • Riverside Free Library, Monroe and Lincoln Aves, Riverside, Rhode Island (1894, demolished)[https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/txJSAQAAMAAJ?gbpv=0 Library Journal] 19, no. 9 (September, 1894): 314.
  • Studley Building,{{efn|name=Downtown}} 86 Weybosset St, Providence, Rhode Island (1894)William McKenzie Woodward, Downtown Providence: Statewide Historical Preservation Report P-P-5 (Providence: Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission, 1981)
  • Federal Street Primary School, 97 Federal St, Providence, Rhode Island (1895, demolished)[https://www.google.com/books/edition/City_Documents/w1QMAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Providence City Documents for the Year 1896] (Providence: City of Providence, 1897)
  • Roger Williams Avenue Primary School, 860 Elmwood Ave, Providence, Rhode Island (1895, demolished)
  • Horton, Angell & Company Plant, 129 Bank St, Providence, Rhode Island (1896)American Architect and Building News 52, no. 1066 (May 30, 1896): xiv-xvii.
  • Newman Hotel, 28 Aborn St, Providence, Rhode Island (1897, burned 1920)[https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/aksxAQAAMAAJ?gbpv=0 Brickbuilder] 6, no. 2 (February, 1897): 41.
  • House for Robert E. Smith,{{efn|name=Parkis|A contributing property to the Parkis–Comstock Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and amended in 1988.}} 576 Broad St, Providence, Rhode Island (1898)Parkis–Comstock Historic District (Boundary Increase) NRHP Registration Form (1988)
  • Mercantile Block,{{efn|name=Downtown}} 131 Washington St, Providence, Rhode Island (1901)
  • Commercial Block,{{efn|name=Downtown}} 55 Eddy St, Providence, Rhode Island (1906-08)
  • Ashley Building, 48 Weybosset St, Providence, Rhode Island (probably mid-1880s, demolished)

=Gallery of architectural works=

{{Gallery

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|File:William J. Braitsch and Company Plant.jpg

|William J. Braitsch and Company Plant, Providence, Rhode Island, 1890.

|File:Hoyt Grammar School, East Providence, Rhode Island.jpg

|A. P. Hoyt Grammar School, East Providence, Rhode Island, 1890-91.

|File:Almy Street School, Providence, Rhode Island.jpg

|Almy Street Primary School, Providence, Rhode Island, 1891.

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=Notes=

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=References=

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James Fludder

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|nationality = United States

|birth_date = 1847

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|death_date = 1901

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James Fludder (1847-1901) was an American architect from Newport, Rhode Island.James L. Yarnall, [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Newport_Through_Its_Architecture/9sCQ8ixFnXwC?hl=en&gbpv=0 Newport Through its Architecture] (Hanover: University Press of New England, 2005)

=Life and career=

Fludder was trained by Newport architect George C. Mason. About 1871 he established his own practice in Newport."A Group of American Architects" in [https://www.google.com/books/edition/American_Architect_and_Architecture/R5JMAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 American Architect and Building News] 15, no. 425 (February 16, 1884): 75. Like Mason and other Newport architects, he made a specialty of cotteges for summer residents. In 1877 he joined the American Institute of Architects, the third Newport architect to do so. In 1889 he was elevated to Fellowship.[https://aiahistoricaldirectory.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AHDAA/pages/36890887/ahd1014120 James Fludder], AIA Historical Directory of American Architects. Fludder practiced in Newport until his death in 1901.

Before 1877 Fludder trained B. Hammett Seabury, later an architect of Springfield, Massachusetts."Directory of Architects" in [https://www.google.com/books/edition/American_Art_Directory/YkdnQhlsvoUC?hl=en&gbpv=0 American Art Annual, 1905-1906], vol. 5, ed. Florence N. Levy (New York: American Art Annual, 1905): 500.

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=Notes=

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