Catalogue Raisonné – W. R. Emerson

Research to identify and locate Emerson designs has been a topic of interest for decades. In her 1969 exhibition catalogue, Cynthia Zaitzevsky identified 80 commissions, and Roger Reed identified 195 commission in his revised monograph, published in 1995. Both Reed and Zaitzevsky continued identifying Emerson buildings, but this new information could not easily be shared.

Starting where they left off, and then conducting extensive research in newspaper databases and other resources, this digital database makes it clear that Emerson was prolific and that his work extended far beyond New England.

page last updated February 15, 2024

.Year	.Client	.Commission Name	.Location	.Contractor Info	.Building Typology	.Status	.Notes
1855	Lord, John Adams		ME – Kennebunk, Summer Street – no. 32		house and stable	extant, stable reconstructed	A note in the collection of the Brick Store Museum describes this as the “First Commission of Ralph Waldo Emerson” – Lord was W.R. Emerson’s step-father
1856.58		Northampton State Hospital	MA – Northampton, Prince Road – no. 1		hospital	destroyed 2006	Cornerstone laid in 1856, but construction continued until 1858
1857	Jones, N., of the firm of Jones, Robbins & Co		MA – Boston, between High Street and Purchase Street, extending from Pearl Street to Gridley Street		commercial block		One of four stores, 5 stories in height, 70’x21’; Emerson in Preston’s firm at this time
1857	Jones, N., of the firm of Jones, Robbins & Co		MA – Boston, between High Street and Purchase Street, extending from Pearl Street to Gridley Street		commercial block		One of four stores, 5 stories in height, 70’x21’; Emerson in Preston’s firm at this time
1857	Jones, N., of the firm of Jones, Robbins & Co		MA – Boston, between High Street and Purchase Street, extending from Pearl Street to Gridley Street		commercial block		One of four stores, 5 stories in height, 70’x21’; Emerson in Preston’s firm at this time
1857	Jones, N., of the firm of Jones, Robbins & Co		MA – Boston, between High Street and Purchase Street, extending from Pearl Street to Gridley Street		commercial block		One of four stores, 5 stories in height, 70’x21’; Emerson in Preston’s firm at this time
1857			MA – Boston, Washington Street – no. 228 and 230 [numbering has changed]		commercial block		Ground floor alterations by Jonathan Preston; Emerson in Preston’s firm at this time
1858	Wells, Henrietta S.		MA – Boston, Walnut Street – no. 9		townhouse	extant	Preston & Emerson
1858	Cushman, W.L. [sold land and plans to Daniel C. Davis; sold to Warren Hapgood when complete]		MA – Boston, Massachusetts Avenue – no. 469 [previously 120 West Chester Park]	Patrick & Ayer, masons	townhouse	extant	Preston & Emerson; likely others in this area designed by Preston & Emerson
1858	Cushman, W.L. [sold land and plans to Daniel C. Davis; sold to Joseph G. Russell when complete]		MA – Boston, Massachusetts Avenue – no. 471 [previously 118 West Chester Park]	Patrick & Ayer, masons	townhouse	extant	Preston & Emerson; likely others in this area designed by Preston & Emerson
1858	Hammatt, Barnabas		MA – Boston, Pearl Street	Cummings & Carlisle, builders; C.M. Whittlesey, mason	commercial block		Two stores designed by Preston & Emerson; this may be the Richardson Block
1858	Preston, Jonathan, and Elisha N. Holbrook	Richardson Block	MA – Boston, Pearl Street – between High and Purchase Streets		commercial block	destroyed by fire 1872	Preston & Emerson
1859	Torrey, John G.		MA – Boston, Federal Street – no. 133-137	Pike, E.W.; exterior bronze painting by Mr. Paul of Melrose	commercial block		Preston & Emerson, “granite store”
1859	Torrey, John G.		MA – Boston, Federal Street – no. 139-141	Pike, E.W.; exterior bronze painting by Mr. Paul of Melrose	commercial block		Preston & Emerson, “granite store”
1859	Webster & Co		MA – Boston, Federal Street – no. 143-147	Nowell, G. and C; exterior bronze painting by Mr. Paul of Melrose	commercial block		Preston & Emerson, “granite store”
1859	Preston, Jonathan, James B. Dunn, and Freeman L. Cushman [first owner of completed house was Mary Hersey, wife of George E. Hersey]		MA – Boston, Massachusetts Avenue – no. 458 [previously 129 West Chester Park]		townhouse	extant	Preston & Emerson, likely; visual evidence suggests others in this area are also their design
1859	Preston, Jonathan, James B. Dunn, and Freeman L. Cushman [first owner of completed house was George Cutler]		MA – Boston, Massachusetts Avenue – no. 460 [previously 127 West Chester Park]		townhouse	extant	Preston & Emerson, likely; visual evidence suggests others in this area are also their design
1859	Preston, Jonathan, James B. Dunn, and Freeman L. Cushman [first owner of completed house was Eliza B. Wild]		MA – Boston, Massachusetts Avenue – no. 462 [previously 125 West Chester Park]		townhouse	extant	Preston & Emerson, likely; visual evidence suggests others in this area are also their design
1859	Preston, Jonathan, James B. Dunn, and Freeman L. Cushman [first owner of completed house was Eugenia M. Blanchard, wife of William G. Blanchard]		MA – Boston, Massachusetts Avenue – no. 464 [previously 123 West Chester Park]		townhouse	extant	Preston & Emerson, likely; visual evidence suggests others in this area are also their design
1859	Preston, Jonathan, James B. Dunn, and Freeman L. Cushman [first owner of completed house was Cornelia S. Lochman, wife of George Lochman]		MA – Boston, Massachusetts Avenue – no. 466 [previously 121 West Chester Park]		townhouse	extant	Preston & Emerson, likely; visual evidence suggests others in this area are also their design
1859	Preston, Jonathan, James B. Dunn, and Freeman L. Cushman [first owner of completed house was Stephen E. Westcott]		MA – Boston, Massachusetts Avenue – no. 468 [previously 119 West Chester Park]		townhouse	extant	Preston & Emerson, likely; visual evidence suggests others in this area are also their design
1859	Preston, Jonathan, James B. Dunn, and Freeman L. Cushman [first owner of completed house was Mary A. Nichols, wife of William F. Nichols]		MA – Boston, Massachusetts Avenue – no. 470 [previously 117 West Chester Park]		townhouse	extant	Preston & Emerson, likely; visual evidence suggests others in this area are also their design
1859	Preston, Jonathan, James B. Dunn, and Freeman L. Cushman [first owner of completed house was Anna M.C. Davis, wife of Henry C. Davis]		MA – Boston, Massachusetts Avenue – no. 472 [previously 115 West Chester Park]		townhouse	extant	Preston & Emerson, likely; visual evidence suggests others in this area are also their design
1859	Preston, Jonathan, James B. Dunn, and Freeman L. Cushman [first owner of completed house was Oscar H. Sampson]		MA – Boston, Massachusetts Avenue – no. 476 [previously 111 West Chester Park]		townhouse	extant	Preston & Emerson, likely; visual evidence suggests others in this area are also their design
1859	Preston, Jonathan, James B. Dunn, and Freeman L. Cushman [first owner of completed house was Leister M. Clark]		MA – Boston, Massachusetts Avenue – no. 478 [previously 109 West Chester Park]		townhouse	extant	Preston & Emerson, likely; visual evidence suggests others in this area are also their design
1859	Preston, Jonathan, James B. Dunn, and Freeman L. Cushman [first owner of completed house was William B. Fowle]		MA – Boston, Massachusetts Avenue – no. 480 [previously 107 West Chester Park]		townhouse	extant	Preston & Emerson, likely; visual evidence suggests others in this area are also their design
1859	Preston, Jonathan, James B. Dunn, and Freeman L. Cushman [first owner of completed house was Josiah F. Bumstead]		MA – Boston, Massachusetts Avenue – no. 482 [previously 105 West Chester Park]		townhouse	extant	Preston & Emerson, likely; visual evidence suggests others in this area are also their design
1859	Preston, Jonathan, James B. Dunn, and Freeman L. Cushman [first owner of completed house was Mary A. Carter, wife of Samuel Carter]		MA – Boston, Massachusetts Avenue – no. 484 [previously 103 West Chester Park]		townhouse	extant	Preston & Emerson, likely; visual evidence suggests others in this area are also their design
1859			MA – Boston, Massachusetts Avenue [originally called West Street, then West Chester Park]		townhouse	extant	Preston & Emerson (likely); this may relate to of the known entries, or another being sold by the developer – there are many on this street that appear very similar
1859	Preston, Jonathan, James B. Dunn, and Freeman L. Cushman [first owner of completed house was Albert F. Chandler]		MA – Boston, Massachusetts Avenue no. 474 [previously 113 West Chester Park]		townhouse	extant	Preston & Emerson, likely; visual evidence suggests others in this area are also their design
1859		Boston Theatre	MA – Boston, Washington Street – no. 539		theatre block	destroyed	Built in 1854 to designs by Preston, but lacked a formal entrance; new entry added around 1860 likely by Preston & Emerson who advertised they could do plans of the upper spaces to suit tenant needs.
1859	Adams, Charles	Melodeon Theatre	MA – Boston, Washington Street – no. 545		theatre block	extant	Built on Melodeon Estate by Preston & Emerson, and connected with the Adams House next door.
1859.60	Goodwin, William F., and Jonathan Preston [completed house sold to Thomas Aspinwall]		MA – Boston, Hancock Street – no. 33		townhouse; one of four townhouses, 33-39 Hancock	extant	Preston & Emerson
1859.60	Goodwin, William F., and Jonathan Preston [completed house sold to Julia Metcalf]		MA – Boston, Hancock Street – no. 35		townhouse; one of four townhouses, 33-39 Hancock	extant	Preston & Emerson
1859.60	Goodwin, William F., and Jonathan Preston [completed house sold to Catherine E. Tarbell, wife of John Tarbell]		MA – Boston, Hancock Street – no. 37		townhouse; one of four townhouses, 33-39 Hancock	extant	Preston & Emerson
1859.60	Goodwin, William F., and Jonathan Preston [completed house sold to Martha E. Bolles, wife of James A. Bolles]		MA – Boston, Hancock Street – no. 39		townhouse; one of four townhouses, 33-39 Hancock	extant	Preston & Emerson
1860		Primary School	MA – Boston, High Street Place [off High Street between Federal and Congress Streets]		school	destroyed by fire 1872	Preston & Emerson (likely) but only Emerson’s name is given in newspaper article
1860.61		Christ Church	MA – Quincy, Quincy Avenue – no. 12		church	destroyed by fire circa 1873	Preston & Emerson, reported cost of $6,500
1861	City of Boston	City Hall Project	MA – Boston, School Street [to front upon]		government building	unrealized	Proposal produced by Jonathan Preston (a City Alderman), created during the partnership of Preston & Emerson
1861		Bowditch School	MA – Boston, South Street		school	destroyed	Preston & Emerson; reported cost of $90,000
1865		Provident Institution for Savings	MA – Boston, Temple Place – no. 36 [previously numbered 12 Temple Place]		bank	extant, altered	Remodeled bank facade due to grade change; had been a house
1866		Civil War Monument Proposal	MA – Boston		monument	unrealized
1866		Church and Chapel	MA – Boston		church
1866		Customs House	MA – Boston		government building		Repaired under supervision of W. Ralph Emerson; cost of $8,607.40
1866		Marine Hospital	MA – Chelsea		hospital		Extensive repairs, new Mansard roof, “under supervision of W. Ralph Emerson”
1866		House	MA – Weymouth		house		Mentioned by William Barry in a letter to his mother
1866		Portland Maine Post Office Project	ME – Portland		government building	unrealized?	The plans for this building are unlike typical Mullett plans
1866		Portland Maine Customs House	ME – Portland		government building	unrealized?
1867		Sub-Treasury Office (in the former reading room of the Merchant’s Exchange Building)	MA – Boston, State Street	Vault added by Denio, Roberts & Co	government building	Destroyed 1889
1867	Bigelow Brothers & Kenard	Bigelow Brothers & Kenard Jewelry Store	MA – Boston, Washington Street – no. 131 [also facade on West Street]	Harmon, I. & H.M.; Masonry by Rumerey & Co; Interior walnut by Potter, Dennison & Co,	commercial block		Emerson & Fehmer
1868	Brewer, Gardner	Brewer Fountain	MA – Boston Common, near corner of Park Street and Tremont Street	Harmon, J.H. [likely I. & H.M.], Builders, Emerson & Fehmer oversaw	landscape feature	extant	Lienard designed the fountain, Mathurin Moreau cast the fountain
1868	Boston Athenaeum	“Plans of Reading Room Gallery”	MA – Boston, Beacon Street – no. 10 1/2		library
1868	Massachusetts General Hospital	Operating Theatre, and interior changes	MA – Boston, Fruit Street	Harmon	hospital	extant, altered	New structure contains elevator, offices, operating theatre, waiting rooms, etc.
1868	Lawrence, Amos, Estate		MA – Boston, Tremont Street – no. 148 [between Tremont, West, and Mason Streets]	Harmon, I. & H.M.	commercial block with stores and offices	destroyed	Compared to Kennard Brothers Building
1868.69	Mudge, E.R. and C.H. Joy		MA – Boston, Chauncy Street – no. 9-19	Harmon, Ivory	commercial block		Emerson & Fehmer, “started nearly two years ago” in 1870
1868.69		Rice Grammar School	MA – Boston, Dartmouth Street and Appleton Street	Tuttle, S.J. and G., and A. Lothrop, masonry; E.b. Witherspoon, carpenter; L. Cleary, plastering; C.E. Noyes painter;	school	extant	Emerson & Fehmer; documented cost of $107,476.77
1868.69	Town of Kennebunk	Town Hall	ME – Kennebunk, Summer Street [intersection with Portland Road]	Kimball, Orrin	government building	destroyed by fire 1920	Cost of $14,200, including the land purchase
1868.70	Bradford College	Academy Hall	MA – Haverhill, South Main Street – no. 320	Harmon, I.N., superintendent; Clement and Creasy (?) of Lawrence	school	extant, altered
1869	Appleton, William		MA – Boston, Beacon Street – no. 186	Harmon, I. & H.M.	townhouse	extant, heavily altered
1869	Wolcott, Joshua Huntington		MA – Boston, Beacon Street – no. 238		townhouse	extant, heavily altered	Emerson & Fehmer
1869	Lawrence, Abbott		MA – Boston, Beacon Street – no. 3	Harmon, I. & H.M. [1869 article says H.H. and T.W. Carter]	commercial block	destroyed	Emerson & Fehmer
1869	Peabody, Francis H.		MA – Boston, Berkeley Street – no. 247	Harmon, I. & H.M.	townhouse; one of two houses, 247-249 Berkeley	extant, heavily altered	Emerson & Fehmer
1869	Peabody, Oliver W.		MA – Boston, Berkeley Street – no. 249	Harmon, I. & H.M.	townhouse; one of two houses, 247-249 Berkeley	extant, heavily altered	Emerson & Fehmer
1869	Storer, D. Humphreys		MA – Boston, Boylston Street – no. 476 [pre-1891 number 182 Boylston]		townhouse	destroyed	Four stories with French roof
1869	Wales, Thomas B. Jr., George W. Wales, and Nathaniel Emmons, Trustees under will of Thomas B. Wales, Sr. [completed house occupied by Thomas B. Wales, Jr.]		MA – Boston, Brimmer Street – no. 23	Fitch, Jonas	townhouse	extant	Emerson & Fehmer
1869		City Exchange Building	MA – Boston, Devonshire Street		commercial block		Emerson & Fehmer
1869	Freeland, Charles W. [completed house sold to Charlotte Johnson, wife of Samuel Johnson]		MA – Boston, Marlborough Street – no. 29		townhouse; one of three matching brownstone houses, 29, 31, 33 Marlborough Street	extant
1869	Freeland, Charles W. [completed house occupied by James H. Freeland]		MA – Boston, Marlborough Street – no. 31		townhouse; one of three matching brownstone houses, 29, 31, 33 Marlborough Street	extant, heavily altered
1869	Freeland, Charles W.[completed house sold to the Estate of Joshua Stetson, and occupied by Ellen Stetson]		MA – Boston, Marlborough Street – no. 33		townhouse; one of three matching brownstone houses, 29, 31, 33 Marlborough Street	extant	Emerson & Fehmer
1869	Freeland, Charles W. [completed house sold to Eliza M. Newell, wife of George A. Newell]		MA – Boston, Marlborough Street – no. 35	Harmon, I. & H.M.	townhouse	extant	Emerson & Fehmer
1869	Freeland, Charles W. [completed house sold to Alexander Thomas]		MA – Boston, Marlborough Street – no. 37	Harmon, I. & H.M.	townhouse; one of a symmetrical pair of brick townhouses 37-39 Marlborough Street	extant	Emerson & Fehmer
1869	Freeland, Charles W. [completed house sold to Alice A. Dodge, wife of Henry C. Dodge]		MA – Boston, Marlborough Street – no. 39	Harmon, I. & H.M.	townhouse; one of a symmetrical pair of brick townhouses 37-39 Marlborough Street	extant	Emerson & Fehmer
1869	Walley, Samuel H.		MA – Boston, Newbury Street – no. 69	Harmon, I. & H.M.	townhouse	destroyed	Emerson & Fehmer
1869	Freeland, Charles W. [completed house sold to Hales W. Suter]		MA – Boston, Newbury Street – no. 71	Harmon, I. & H.M.	townhouse; one of two, 71-73 Newbury	destroyed	Emerson & Fehmer
1869	Freeland, Charles W. [completed house sold to Harriet H. Bingham, wife of Osmer A. Bingham]		MA – Boston, Newbury Street – no. 73	Harmon, I. & H.M.	townhouse; one of two, 71-73 Newbury	extant, heavily altered	Emerson & Fehmer
1869	Young Mens’ Christian Union	Hall	MA – Boston, Washington Street – no. 300		club		“New Hall”
1869		Old Ship Meeting House, renovations	MA – Hingham, Main Street – no. 107		church	extant, Emerson renovations largely removed
1869	Whiting, Thomas E.		MA – Winchester, Highland Avenue – no. 305		house	extant, moved and heavily altered	Described by newspaper as a “Swiss House.” House has been moved, stable at 11 Leslie Road
1869.1870		Creighton House	MA – Boston, Tremont Street – no. 245-247		hotel	destroyed	Emerson & Fehmer
1869.70		Primary School House	MA – Boston, Appleton Streets, adjoining Rice Grammar School	Tuttle, S.J. and G., masonry; W. & J. Rawson, carpenters; G.W. Walker & Co. heating	school		Emerson & Fehmer; documented cost of $60,212.13
1869.70		Sherwin Grammar School	MA – Boston, Windsor Street and Sterling Street	Sayward, William, mason; Chamberlin & Marston carpenters;	school	destroyed	Emerson & Fehmer; documented cost of $103,906.53 to build; with furniture and land: 133,334.10
1869.70	Sanford, M.H.	Edna Villa	RI – Newport, Washington Street – no. 72	Low, Messrs.	summer residence	extant	Emerson & Fehmer
1869.70	Billings, Frederick	Carriage Barn	VT – Woodstock, Elm Street – no. 54		carriage barn	extant	Attributed to WRE
1869.70	Billings, Frederick		VT – Woodstock, Elm Street – no. 54	McPherson, William, interiors	house renovation	extant, heavily altered	Remodeled Federal house to Stick Style; concurrent plans by Robert Copeland plan for grounds and interior decoration by MacPherson
1869.70	Billings, Frederick	Laundry building	VT – Woodstock, Elm Street – no. 54		outbuilding – laundry building	extant	Attributed to WRE
1870	Hovey, C.F., and Co.	C.F. Hovey and Co. Store	MA – Boston, Avon Street	Harmon, I. & H.M. and A.W. Folsom	commercial block		Store will be extended through to Avon Street, Emerson & Fehmer
1870	Jennison, Mary L. [Mrs. Samuel Jennison]		MA – Boston, Eliot Street – no. 118-124 [previously numbered 1, 2, 3 Carlton Place]		commercial block and dwelling		Emerson & Fehmer; remodeled existing buildings as Eliot Street was widened
1870			MA – Boston, Tremont Street, corner with Van Rensselaer Place – no. 209 (likely) or 217		commercial block		Plans may be picked up from “Fehmer & Emerson” [sic]
1870	Boardman, Samuel A.	Unity Hall [later called Larrabee’s New Brick Block]	MA – Melrose, Main Street – no. 500-504		commercial block	extant	Built using foundations and some walls of earlier building destroyed by fire in 1870. Later extensively remodeled. Designed by Emerson, but not clear whether that is WRE
1870.71	Lawrence, Abbott		MA – Boston, Tremont Street – no. 198-200		commercial block		To be occupied by Doe & Hunnewell
1870.71	Freeland, Charles		MA – Worcester, Ashland Street – no. 1	Eddy, Henry	townhouse	extant	This is not explicitly stated in MACRIS, but the building was built as one project but appears to have been four townhouses from the start
1870.71	Freeland, Charles (completed house occupied by George R. Bullens)		MA – Worcester, Ashland Street – no. 3	Eddy, Henry	townhouse	extant	Emerson & Fehmer
1870.71	Freeland, Charles (completed house occupied by David Manning)		MA – Worcester, Ashland Street – no. 5	Eddy, Henry	townhouse	extant	Emerson & Fehmer
1870.71	Freeland, Charles (completed house occupied by Henry W. Eddy)		MA – Worcester, Ashland Street – no. 7	Eddy, Henry	townhouse	extant	Emerson & Fehmer
1871	Forest Hills Cemetery	Receiving Tomb	MA – Boston [Jamaica Plain], Forest Hills Avenue – no. 95 [on Consecration Avenue in the cemetery]	Leighton, John W.	tomb	extant, heavily altered	Emerson & Fehmer; heavily altered
1871	Galloupe, Charles W.		MA – Boston, Beacon Street – no. 255	Harmon, I. & H.M.	townhouse	destroyed 1939	Remodeled by Little & Browne 1899, demolished 1939
1871	Haley, Charles L.		MA – Boston, Chauncy Street, corner with Bedford Street		commercial block
1871	Merwin, Elias		MA – Boston, Commonwealth Avenue – no. 126	Harmon, I. & H.M.	townhouse	extant	Attributed to Emerson & Fehmer
1871	Greenleaf, Richard C., Sr.		MA – Boston, Newbury Street – no. 28		townhouse, one of two townhouses, 28-30 Newbury	destroyed
1871	Greenleaf, Richard C., Sr [occuped by Richard C. Greenleaf, Jr.]		MA – Boston, Newbury Street – no. 30		townhouse, one of two townhouses, 28-30 Newbury	destroyed
1871	Bates, Charles S.		MA – Cohasset, North Main [approximately 85 North Main Street]		summer residence	destroyed circa 1923
1871	Rice, Reuben N.		MA – Concord, Main Street – no. 100 [approximately]		house	destroyed	destroyed
1871	Simpson, M.H.	“Extensive building operations”	MA – Framingham – Saxonville
1871		“Prepared plans for gentlemen in…”	MA – Hingham
1871		“Prepared plans for gentlemen in…”	MA – Lawrence
1871	Cunningham, Edward		MA – Milton, Edge Hill Road		house	destroyed 1969	Converted to be a convalescent home around 1905
1871	Simmons, G.W.		MA – Nahant, Baker Road – no. 25		house	extant	Not unlike the M.H. Sanford House, Newport
1871	Adams, Charles F., Jr.		MA – Quincy, President’s Hill [near present day President’s Lane]		house	destroyed
1871		“Prepared plans for gentlemen in…”	MA – Weymouth
1871		Putkins; Heir to Castles in the Air. A Comic Drama in One Act			book (play)
1871.72	Case, James B. [completed house sold to Frances Lee, wife of James Lee, Jr.]		MA – Boston, Commonwealth Avenue – no. 122		townhouse; one of four houses in a symmetrical block, 118-124 Commonwealth Avenue	extant	Emerson & Fehmer
1871.72	Cowing, Martha, wife of Walter H. Cowing		MA – Boston, Commonwealth Avenue – no. 124		townhouse; one of four houses in a symmetrical block, 118-124 Commonwealth Avenue	extant	Emerson & Fehmer
1872		Connecticut Statehouse Competition	CT – Hartford		government building	unrealized	Emerson & Fehmer
1872		Old Mather School	MA – Boston [Dorchester], Meetinghouse Hill	Sayward, William	school		Emerson & Fehmer
1872	Hubbell, Sarah Louise, wife of Peter Hubbell		MA – Boston, Commonwealth Avenue – no. 192	Standish & Woodbury	townhouse and stable	destroyed 1926	Emerson & Fehmer
1872	Burnham, Sarah, wife of John Burnham		MA – Boston, Commonwealth Avenue – no. 84	Harmon, I. & H.M.	townhouse	extant	Emerson & Fehmer
1872.73	Case, James B. [completed house sold to Elizabeth Harding, wife of William H. Harding]		MA – Boston, Commonwealth Avenue – no. 118		townhouse; one of four houses in a symmetrical block, 118-124 Commonwealth Avenue	extant	Emerson & Fehmer
1872.73	Case, James B.		MA – Boston, Commonwealth Avenue – no. 120		townhouse; one of four houses in a symmetrical block, 118-124 Commonwealth Avenue	extant	Emerson & Fehmer
1872.73	McGregor, James		MA – Boston, Pearl Street – no. 116-118		commercial block	destroyed	Emerson & Fehmer
1872.73	Winthrop, Estates of E.W. Miles and R.C. Winthrop	Miles and Winthrop Block	MA – Boston, Summer Street – no. 11-17		commercial block		According to early articles: Miles, Burr & Co, occupy 11 and 13; Springer Bros. occupy 13; 15 not leased; 17 Moore, Pickering & Co
1873	Beebe, James B.		MA – Boston, Devonshire Street [westerly side]		commercial block		Ohio stone building, double store of 5 stories and mansard roof
1873	Johnson, Charlotte A.		MA – Boston, Federal Street		commercial block	destroyed	Brick block of 3 stories
1873	Massachusetts General Hospital	Jackson Ward	MA – Boston, Fruit Street		hospital	destroyed	Estimated cost of $40,000
1873	Lawrence, James	Lawrence Building	MA – Boston, Milk Street		commercial block		Maybe have been a design by Fehmer alone due to the date
1873	Wheelwright, Susan C.		MA – Boston, Pearl Street – no. 33-35		commercial block	destroyed	Emerson & Fehmer
1873	Dalton, Charles H.		MA – Boston, Pearl Street – no. 92-94		commercial block		Emerson & Fehmer; 88-94 Pearl Street built as one building with one facade, but 88-90 designed by Alden Frink for James McGregor
1873	Faxon Brothers: John, J. Franklin, J. Warren	Faxon Building	MA – Boston, Summer Street – no. 62-64; also 37-41 Otis Street		commercial block	extant	Emerson & Fehmer;
1873	Johnson Estate, Charlotte A. Johnson		MA – Boston, Summer Street – no. 75-77		commercial block	destroyed	Lower floor and corner store will be occupied by George M. Glazier
1873	Haynes, John C.		MA – Boston, Summer Street – no. 89-91		commercial block	extant	Attributed to Emerson & Fehmer
1873	Rhodes & Ripley [Edward Ripley and Albert Rhodes]		MA – Boston, Summer Street – no. 93-95		commercial block	extant	Attributed to Emerson & Fehmer
1873	Beals, J.W. [Land of]		MA – Boston, Summer Street – no. 94-100	Tuttle, S.J. and G., masonry	commercial block		Five story, 66’x119’, with Mansard roof
1873	Mason, W.P. Estate	Kennedy’s Building	MA – Boston, Summer Street – no.26-38, also 84-88 Hawley Street & Snow Place		commercial block	extant, facade survives	Emerson & Fehmer
1873	Faxon, William and Charles Elm and Faxon Brothers: John, J. Franklin, J. Warren	Church Green Building	MA – Boston, Summer Street- no. 105-111; also 140-144 Bedford Street		commercial block	extant	Emerson & Fehmer,
1873	Gray, John C		MA – Boston, Washington Street – no. 228-232 [southern corner with Summer Street]		commercial block		Emerson & Fehmer. Occupied by Shreve, Crump & Low
1873	Weld, William F. and James M. Beebe	Beebe-Weld Building also known as the Beebe Block	MA – Boston, Winthrop Square – no. 5		commercial block	extant	Emerson & Fehmer; 2 large stores
1873	Forbes, William Hathaway	The Yellow House	MA – Milton, Marr Crest Drive – no. 68		house	extant, heavily altered	Eldest son of J.M. Forbes; husband of Edith Emerson (1841-1929), daughter of R.W. Emerson;
1874		Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital	MA – Boston, East Concord Street		hospital	extant, with additions	Additions in 1884 and 1892, some were by Allen & Kenway, but Emerson may have been involved in early alterations?
1874		Unitarian Church Remodeling	MA – New Bedford		church	extant, altered	To be remodeled
1874.75	Rice, Reuben N.	North Bridge, also known as Commemorative Bridge	MA – Concord		landscape feature	destroyed and replaced 1888	Reuben N. Rice obtained the plans, but not clear if they were donated or not. This bridge washed out
1875		St. Mark’s Episcopal Church	NC – Wilmington, North Sixth Street – no. 220		church	extant	First church specially-built for an African American congregation in the Diocese
1876	Hornblower, Edward		MA – Arlington, Pelham Terrace – no. 20	Baston, James, carpenter; Henry Bacon, mason; A. Ferguson, painter; R.H. Shattuck & Co., plumber; R.K. Carpenter, granite work;	house	extant	The house now at 28 Academy Street was built by Edward Hornblower several years later, was on the same property. It may have also been designed by Emerson.
1876	Kidder, Henry		MA – Milton, Adams Street – no 352	Ryan, P., plumber	house(?)	destroyed	Only known through a letter; reference to plumbing work and plans for gas house
1876	Forbes Sisters	Three Pines	MA – Milton, Fairfax Street – no. 7		house	extant, remodeled into apartments
1876		Design for Country House			country house	unrealized?
1877		Mother Goose House in Old South Meetinghouse	MA – Boston, Washington Street – no. 310	Lundy, Mr., stage carpenter of the Globe Theatre, painted by Orrin Richards, scenic artist	fair		Mother Goose Nursery in east gallery of Old South Meetinghouse; brought out again in 1879
1877	Hunt, William Morris	The Hulk	MA – Gloucester [Magnolia]		summer residence and painting studio	destroyed
1877	Hemenway, Augustus and Mary	Old Farm	MA – Milton, Canton Avenue – no. 1514		country house	extant, heavily altered	Remodeling of Nathaniel Davenport III House
1877.78	Eustis, William E.C.	Stonehouse	MA – Milton, Canton Avenue – no. 1426	Burt, J.H., & Co.	country house	extant
1878	Riedell, James A., & Company	Stable for James A. Riedell & Company	MA – Boston, Newbury Street – no. 320		stable	destroyed, 1964
1878		Town Hall Competition	MA – Milton		government building	unrealized
1878	Bancroft, John		MA – Milton, Adams Street		house	destroyed	Remodeling
1879		Old South Meetinghouse Fair	MA – Boston, Music Hall	Roeth	fair		Ball for Old South Preservation Fund
1879	Francis, Tappan Eustis		MA – Brookline, Davis Street – no. 35		house	extant	Perhaps additions and/or alterations to an existing building, or one under construction
1879		Depot for the Boston and Lowell Railroad	MA – Lawrence or Lowell				Could also be Charles T. Emerson, architect
1879	Glover, Theodore R.	Sundial House	MA – Milton, Adams Street – no. 320		house	extant, heavily altered	On the site of the Foye House
1879	Morrill, Charles J.	Redwood	ME – Bar Harbor, Barberry Lane – no. 10	Jordan, W.A.	summer residence	extant
1880	Greenough, J.P.	Two Houses	MA – Boston [Jamaica Plain]		house	unrealized
1880	Sturgis, James		MA – Boston [Jamaica Plain], Greenough Avenue		house	unlocated	2 1/2 story dwelling, reported cost of $9,000
1880	Hardon, Joseph		MA – Boston [Jamaica Plain], Greenough Avenue – no. 15		house	extant	Perhaps constructed by J.P Greenough
1880	Greenough, J.P.		MA – Boston [Jamaica Plain], Greenough Avenue – no. 9		house	extant	Potentially others on this street by Greenough are Emerson – Plumbing & Sanitary Engineer says house for J.P Greenough cost $8,000
1880	Gifford, R. Swain		MA – Dartmouth [Nonquitt]		painting studio
1880	Sanders, Thomas	Birchbrow Farm	MA – Haverhill, Sanders Road	Littlefield, J.P.	country house	destroyed 1946
1880	Reed, John		MA – Hull, Highland Street [likely]		house
1880	Kidder, Henry	Stable	MA – Milton, Adams Street – no. 352		stable	extant	Reported cost of $11,000
1880	Wolcott, J. Huntington		MA – Milton, Canton Avenue – no. 1733	Burt, J.H.	house, interior work	extant, extensive alterations	Interior alterations
1880	Stevenson, R.H. [Col.]		MA – Milton, Green Street – no. 41	Severance, F.M.	house	destroyed circa 1958	Sills in place by March 1880; reported cost of $15,000
1880	Clark, D.O.	Alterations to brick house	MA – Milton, Pleasant Street – no. 563		house	destroyed	Alterations to a 2 story brick house, reported cost of $10,000
1880	Hatch, George D.		MA – Newton, Waverly Avenue – no. 390		house	destroyed
1880	Thaxter, John	Champernowne Farm	ME – Kittery, Cutts Island		summer residence	extant
1880		Country House			house	unrealized?	unrealized
1880		Stable & Lodge			stable	unrealized?	unrealized
1880.81	Cochrane, Alexander		MA – Beverly, Hale Street – no. 433 [Prides Crossing]		stable	extant
1880.81	Cochrane, Alexander		MA – Beverly, Hale Street – no. 433 [Prides Crossing]		summer residence	extant	Landscape by Ernest Bowditch
1880.81	Houston, James A.		MA – Boston [Roxbury], Maple Street – no. 74	McNeil Brothers [of Boston]	house	destroyed circa 1926	This is illustrated by John Calvin Stevens, who marked the sketch as “Highlands” – Houston was associated with R.H. White
1880.81	Boston Art Club	Boston Art Club	MA – Boston, Dartmouth Street – no. 270	Norcross Brothers	club	extant
1880.81	Williams, Henry B. [completed house sold to Dwight Clapp]	Trinity Terrace	MA – Boston, St. James Avenue – no. 62	Standish & Woodbury	townhouse	destroyed 1887	Before the house was purchased by the Clapps in 1883 it was leased by J.M. Latta
1880.81	Williams, Henry B. [completed house sold to Charles S. Miller]	Trinity Terrace	MA – Boston, St. James Avenue – no. 64	Standish & Woodbury	townhouse	destroyed 1887
1880.81	Williams, Henry B. [completed house sold to Ellen Bigelow Williams]	Trinity Terrace	MA – Boston, St. James Avenue – no. 66	Standish & Woodbury	townhouse	destroyed 1887
1880.81	Williams, Henry B. [completed house sold to Sarah E. Child, wife of Edwin F. Child]	Trinity Terrace	MA – Boston, St. James Avenue – no. 68	Standish & Woodbury	townhouse	destroyed 1887
1880.81	Williams, Henry B. [completed house sold to James Sturgis]	Trinity Terrace	MA – Boston, St. James Avenue – no. 70	Standish & Woodbury	townhouse	destroyed 1887
1880.81	Williams, Henry B. [completed house sold to Francis Shaw Sturgis]	Trinity Terrace	MA – Boston, St. James Avenue – no. 72	Standish & Woodbury	townhouse	destroyed 1887
1880.81		Church of St. Silvia	ME – Bar Harbor, Kebo Street		church	destroyed	Reported cost of $2600.
1881	Loring, Charles G.	Pompey’s Garden	MA – Beverly, Hale Street – no. 431 [Prides Crossing]		summer residence	destroyed
1881	Loring, Charles G.		MA – Beverly, Hale Street – no. 447 [Prides Crossing]		outbuildings – gardener’s cottage, stable, barn	extant
1881	Atkinson, Edward	[called Pierce Hall when owned by First Parish Church]	MA – Brookline, Walnut Street – no. 382		school, conversion	destroyed by fire 1901 [building rebuilt but Emerson alterations were not]	Old town hall building converted to private school and theatre space by Edward Atkinson; school operated by Miss Rideoute and Miss Seamens.
1881	Balch, Francis V.		MA – Cohasset, Lothrop Lane – no. 55 [area called Sandy Cove]	“Alden of Cohasset”	summer residence	extant	The American Architect and Building News notes the client as F.O. Balch, but this is a typo; reported cost of $3,500
1881	Ladd, William J.		MA – Milton, Adams Street – no. 267		house	extant	Land from Mrs. Ladd’s uncle, J.M. Forbes; brother-in-law of W.R.E.
1881	Musgrave, Thomas	Edgemere	ME – Bar Harbor, Atlantic Avenue		summer residence	destroyed 1938
1881	Musgrave, Thomas	Edgemere (tea house – tower)	ME – Bar Harbor, Atlantic Avenue		outbuilding – teahouse	extant, heavily altered	Top portion moved to Reef Point by Beatrix Farrand
1881	Hinch, James	Buena Vista	ME – Bar Harbor, Eden Street		summer residence	destroyed by fire 1947	Attributed to WRE. Hinch later hired Emerson to do Rocklyn, and this house has features similar to others designed by WRE.
1881	Lyon, Samuel E., [occupied by Gen. and Mrs. William Smith]	Brookend	ME – Bar Harbor, Eden Street	Jordan, W.A.	summer residence	destroyed by fire 1963	Mrs. Smith was the daughter of Samuel Lyon; occupied in the summer of 1882
1881	Leeds, Mary	Highbrook	ME – Bar Harbor, Highbrook Road	Jordan, W.A.	summer residence	destroyed by fire 1947
1881	Sears, J. Montgomery	The Briars	ME – Bar Harbor, Wayman Lane	Barron, George A.	summer residence	destroyed 1968	Newspapers note that parts of this house were constructed in Boston and shipped to the site
1881	Sears, J. Montgomery	The Briars, Servants’ house	ME – Bar Harbor, Wayman Lane – no. 48		outbuilding – servant’s house	extant	There may be other surviving outbuildings by Emerson
1881	Durham, Miss		VA – Hampton [Fortress Monroe]		house	unlocated
1881.82	Gurnee, Walter S.	Beau Desert Stable	ME – Bar Harbor, Eden Street		stable	destroyed	Moved and extensively altered 1895-96
1881.82	Gurnee, Walter S.	Beau Desert	ME – Bar Harbor, Eden Street	Clark, J.E.	summer residence	destroyed circa 1938	Extensively altered 1895-96
1881.82	Scott, Rebecca B.	Thirlstane	ME – Bar Harbor, Kebo Street	Hodgkins, Asa D.	summer residence	destroyed by fire 1947
1881.82	Derby, Hasket	Shore Acres	ME – Bar Harbor, Main Street [driveway was present day Derby Lane]	Barron, George A.	summer residence	destroyed 1957
1881.82	Amory, Robert	The Eyrie	ME – Bar Harbor, off Spring Street	Clark, J.E.	summer residence	destroyed by fire 1899
1881.82	Amory, Robert (perhaps James Amory)	The Craigs	ME – Bar Harbor, off Spring Street	Clark, J.E.	summer residence	destroyed 1946
1882		Gallery Alterations, New England Institute Building	MA – Boston, Huntington Avenue	Kelly, John	gallery
1882	Potter, Asa	Delle Villa by Potter; Lydermere by Pope; Ledge Acres by Howe	MA – Cohasset, Diab Lane – no. 30		summer residence	extant, altered	1894 article refers to other buildings including houses for gardeners and farm hands, farm barn, stable, hennery, etc.
1882	Watson, Robert C.		MA – Milton, Adams Street – no. 271		house	extant	Land from his uncle, J.M. Forbes; brother-in-law of W.R.E.
1882	Cochrane, W.F. [Mrs.]	Fernierest	ME – Bar Harbor, Hancock Street	Jordan, W.A.	summer residence	destroyed 1903	Remodeled in 1892 for Charles W. Bergner. Later destroyed and replaced by a new cottage for John I. Kane.
1882	DesIsle, E.G., “and other Bar Harbor Men”	Hotel Project	ME – Isle au Haut		hotel	unrealized
1882	Hartshorn, G.E. [Mrs.]	Halidon Hall	RI – Newport, Harbor View Drive – no. 21	Wilbur, Wm. F.	summer residence	extant	Addition to 1850s house; 20’x36’
1882.83	Hemenway, Augustus		MA – Canton, Green Street – no. 110		house	extant
1882.83	Saunders, Maria D.	Homewood	ME – Bar Harbor, Eagle Lake Road	Clark, J.E.	summer residence	destroyed 1947
1882.83	Howard, William B.	Mossley Hall	ME – Bar Harbor, Highbrook Road	Clark, J.E.; A. Martin, master workman	summer residence	destroyed
1882.83	Sproul, Henry C.	Sproul’s Market	ME – Bar Harbor, Main Street		commercial block	destroyed
1882.83	Bourne, Edward E.		ME – Kennebunk Beach, Lord’s Point		summer residence	destroyed
1882.83	Eustis, Mary Channing		RI – Newport, Gibbs Avenue – no. 336		summer residence	extant
1883	Sherwin, Edward		MA – Boston [Jamaica Plain], Storey Place – no. 2		house	extant	Attributed to WRE
1883	Mandell, E.D.		MA – New Bedford, Hawthorn Street – no. 196		house	destroyed
1883	Garrison, William Lloyd Jr.		MA – Osterville		summer residence		Garrison built several houses in Osterville between 1879 and 1883
1883	Kinnicut, L.N.		MA – Worcester, Cedar Street	Ball, O.M.	house	unlocated	Reported cost of $14,000 – this could be somehow connected with the L. Kinnicut house on Highland Street
1883	Kinnicut, L.		MA – Worcester, Highland Street	Ball, O.M.	house	unlocated	Reported cost of $1,400
1883	Bruen, Mary L.		RI – Newport, Bellevue Avenue – no. 453	Barker, Nathan	house	extant	Reported cost of $18,000
1883	Noyes, Boutelle [Mrs.]		RI – Newport, Francis Street – no. 15	Barker, Nathan	house		1883.11.03 Newport Mercury says this is Clarence Luce
1883.84	Loring, Thatcher		MA – Brookline, High Street – no. 92	McLaren, A. & J. [of Boston]	house	extant
1883.84	Gardiner, James Terry	Ye Haven	ME – Northeast Harbor, South Shore Road – no. 6	Wescott, William, foundations; Clark, J.E.	summer residence	extant, heavily altered
1883.84		St. Peter’s Episcopal Church	ME – Rockland, White Street – no. 9	Glover, W.H.	church	extant, heavily altered	Emerson donated the plans. Reported cost of $2,000. Extensive alterations in 1891 made the original church the transept of a much larger building. Whether Emerson was involved in these alterations is not known but stylistically it appears that he was involved in the design.
1883.84	Pope, Alfred		OH – Cleaveland, Euclid Avenue		house	destroyed
1884	Dorchester Lodge No. 158, I.O.O.F.	Odd Fellows Hall	MA – Boston [Dorchester], River Street and Forest Hill Avenue corner		club	unknown
1884	Wentworth, Charles		MA – Cambridge, Brattle Street – no. 158		house	extant
1884	James, William		MA – Cambridge, Fresh Pond Lane [likely]		house	unrealized	Intended for land James planned to buy from John Gray “near Mount Auburn Cemetery.” James had previously consulted with H.H. Richardson but decided he was too busy in 1884 and obtained plans from W.R. Emerson in December 1884.
1884	Braman, G.T.W.	Stoneleigh [later called The Pool]	MA – Cohasset, Jerusalem Road – no. 478		summer residence	extant	Second Braman house on this site, earlier mansard roof housed moved and burned in 1970s
1884		Church	MA – Lowell		church
1884	Hemenway, Mary		MA – Manchester, Masconomo Street	Phillips & Killam builders; John H. Watson stonework;	summer residence	destroyed
1884	Parker, Charles H.	remodeling and enlarging	MA – Milton, Blue Hill Avenue [between Canton Avenue and Blue Hill Avenue]	Burt, J.H., & Co.	house		Reported cost of $10,000
1884	Lyon, Samuel E. [occupied by John DeKoven]	Baymeath [later Shore Cottage and Uferheim]	ME – Bar Harbor, Eden Street	Clark, J.E.; G.L. Wescott, masonry	summer residence	destroyed circa 1939	Reported cost of $10,000. Newspapers suggest it was designed by John E. Clark, but clearly based on the design for Brookend, and for the same client
1884	Sears, J. Montgomery	The Briars, Stable enlargement)	ME – Bar Harbor, Wayman Lane		stable	destroyed	Not clear if this was designed by Emerson or not
1884.85	Wilkins, Henrietta C.	The Knoll	ME – Bar Harbor, Eagle Lake Road	Clark, J.E.	summer residence	destroyed by fire 1947
1884.86	Touzalin, A.E.		MA – Milton, Highland Street		house	destroyed
1885	Trustees of Phillips Academy [occupied by Professor William Graves]	Hardy House, additions	MA – Andover, Salem Street – no. 7	Mason, C.B.	house	extant, Emerson alterations heavily remodeled	1804 house, remodeled and enlarged, porticos added; contract dated September 15, 1885, contact price of $3,150; addition demolished and replaced in 2000 by David P. Handlin & Associates
1885	Tremont House		MA – Boston, Tremont Street, corner with Beacon		hotel	destroyed 1895	Extensive alterations, reported to cost $80,000
1885	Hemenway, Augustus	Cow Barn	MA – Canton, Hemenway Drive – no. 50		barn	extant	Attributed to WRE
1885	Mount Desert Reading Room	Addition to Veazie Cottage for music room	ME – Bar Harbor, Newport Drive – no. 1		club	unrealized	Project abandoned, new building constructed
1885.85	Mount Vernon Ladies Association	Sun Dial	VA – Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon Memorial Highway – no. 3200		landscape feature	unrealized
1885.86	Potter, Walter	Clifftop [by 1920s]	MA – Cohasset, Jerusalem Road – no. 646		summer residence	extant, altered	Stable – now at 660 Jerusalem Road) was completed by summer of 1886, before house was started; gardener’s cottage at 662 Jerusalem Road. Both have been extensively altered. Stable may be replaced
1885.86	Potter, Walter	Clifftop [by 1920s]	MA – Cohasset, Jerusalem Road – no. 646		stable		Stable – now at 660 Jerusalem Road) was completed by summer of 1886, before house was started; gardener’s cottage at 662 Jerusalem Road. Both have been extensively altered. Stable may be replaced
1885.86	Potter, Walter	Clifftop [by 1920s]	MA – Cohasset, Jerusalem Road – no. 662		gardener’s house		Stable – now at 660 Jerusalem Road) was completed by summer of 1886, before house was started; gardener’s cottage at 662 Jerusalem Road. Both have been extensively altered. Stable may be replaced
1885.86	Walley, W.B.	Burnmouth	ME – Bar Harbor, Eden Street	Clark, J.E.	summer residence	destroyed 1979
1886	Rigby, Mary and Emily		MA – Boston [Dorchester], Savin Hill Avenue – no. 207		house	extant
1886	Derby, Hasket		MA – Boston, Beacon Street – no. 352	Willicut, L.D.	townhouse	extant
1886		Old South Meetinghouse	MA – Boston, Washington Street – no. 310		church	extant
1886	Parkinson, John		MA – Bourne, Monument Neck Road		summer residence	destroyed by fire 1994	Additions in place by 1901 (perhaps by E.M. Wheelwright?)
1886	Pierce, Jacob W.		MA – Brookline, Fisher Avenue – no. 150	Severance, F.M.	house	destroyed	Seems to have been destroyed by Newbury College, 1957
1886	Pierce, Jacob W.		MA – Brookline, Fisher Avenue – no. 195	Severance, F.M.	house	extant	Pierce was involved in the Fisher Hill Development, planned by Olmsted
1886	Allyn, John		MA – Cambridge, Berkeley Street – no. 11	Powers, David W.	house	extant
1886	Emerson, William R.		MA – Milton, Randolph Avenue – no. 201		house	extant	Built on land of his father-in-law
1886	Lincoln, Solomon		MA – Petersham, North Main Street – no. 32	Norton, Paul	house	extant, service wing enlarged
1886	Lincoln, Edward		MA – Worcester, Sever Street – no. 36		house	extant	Attributed to WRE
1886	Hinch, James	Rocklyn	ME – Bar Harbor, Eden Street	Martin, A.A., and George A. Barron	summer residence	destroyed by fire 1947	The Mount Desert Herald suggests the plans were by A.A. Martin, the builder, but Albert Levy’s photographs connect this design with WRE
1886	Lyon, Samuel E.	Edenfield, addition	ME – Bar Harbor, Eden Street		summer residence	destroyed circa 1960, altered before then	Attributed to WRE based on stylistic similarities and the fact that Lyons was using Emerson for other work at this same time
1886	Lyon, Samuel E. [sold to Mrs. George P. Bowler during construction]		ME – Bar Harbor, Eden Street	Clark, J.E.; Peckham, J.A. foreman	summer residence	destroyed by fire during construction, 1886
1886.87	Dexter, Lucy		MA – Cambridge, Sparks Street – no. 76		house	extant
1886.87	White, Ralph H.		MA – Newton [Chestnut Hill], Essex Road	McNeil Brothers [of Boston]	house	destroyed	Olmsted job #1024
1886.87	Mount Desert Reading Room	Mount Desert Reading Room Clubhouse	ME – Bar Harbor, Newport Drive – no. 1	Clark, J.E.	club	extant
1886.87	Lea, M. Cary	Graystone	ME – Bar Harbor, off Eden Street	Clark, J.E.; William Wescott mason	summer residence	destroyed circa 1932
1887	Touzalin, A.E.	House and Stable	CO – Colorado Springs, N. Nevada Avenue – no. 1121 [maybe]	Severance, F.M.	house and stable
1887		St. Margaret’s Catholic Church	MA – Beverly, Hale Street – no. 672 [Beverly Farms]	McLaren, John carpenter; F.M. Whippe windows; Altar designed by Roth (sic); Lawrence H. Watson for mason work; C. Toomy plastering;	church	extant
1887	Falkner, G.		MA – Boston [Jamaica Plain]	Wester, D.	house	unlocated
1887	Farnsworth, Edward M.		MA – Brookline, Clark Road – no. 44	Oakman;	house	destroyed by 2004
1887	Morse, E.W.		MA – Brookline, Sumner Road – no. 45	Bowker, W.H.	house	destroyed 1942; stable gone by 1927	Likely had a stable by Emerson like the Bearse house.
1887	Bearse, Horace L.		MA – Brookline, Sumner Road – no. 61	Flanagan Bros.	house	extant
1887	Saville, H.M. [Mrs.]		MA – Cambridge, Concord Avenue		house	unrealized
1887	Potter, Asa	Bowling Alley	MA – Cohasset	Wade, D.O.	bowling alley	unlocated	Part of “3 cottages and bowling alley project”- eaves propped up with “yellow Indian clubs” – 2 alleys, 2 billiards tables, 1 pool table, upstairs is a parlor, bathroom, and sleeping rooms
1887	Potter, Asa		MA – Cohasset, Jerusalem Road – no. 703 [likely]	Wade, D.O.	summer residence	unlocated	Part of “3 cottages and bowling alley project” – 2 of the Perkins cottages were moved and remodeled; this is likely one
1887	Potter, Asa		MA – Cohasset, Jerusalem Road – no. 711 [likely]	Wade, D.O.	summer residence	unlocated	Part of “3 cottages and bowling alley project” – 2 of the Perkins cottages were moved and remodeled; this is likely one
1887	Potter, Asa		MA – Cohasset, Jerusalem Road – no. 715	Wade, D.O.	summer residence	extant	Part of “3 cottages and bowling alley project” – this house likely replaced the “old cottage on Hudson estate”
1887	Shove, Charles M.		MA – Fall River, Highland Avenue – no. 450 [moved from 410 Highland Avenue]	Leeming, A.H., contractor; Miller & Johnston, plumbers	house	extant, moved and heavily altered	Reported cost of $11,000. Building was moved, heavily altered, and an addition made by W.A. Fuller, architect, in 1997.
1887	Forbes, William H.	Stone House	MA – Gosnold, Naushon Island		summer residence	extant
1887		Church of the Holy Trinity	MA – Marlborough, Main Street, corner with Cotting Avenue	Harris	church	destroyed 1963	Episcopal church, the gift of J. Montgomery Sears
1887	Damon, Frank H.		MA – Melrose, Hillside Avenue – no. 116	Upham, A.E.	house	unlocated
1887	Wadsworth, E.D.	House	MA – Milton, Highland Street – no. 27	Burt, J.H., & Co.	house	destroyed
1887	Plummer, C.		MA – New Bedford, Hawthorn Street – no. 163 [likely]		house		The American Architect and Building News spells the name Plumer, but directories suggest Plummer is correct
1887	Flannagan, James		MA – Newton, Watertown Street – no. 523	Flanagan, James	house	Extant
1887	Belcher, H.A.		MA – Randolph, North Main Street – no. 490	Flanagan Bros.	house	extant	Olmsted Job #1052 focused on grounds and location of stable designed by J.W. Beal. Belcher was involved in R.H. White.
1887		Dewey Memorial Hall	MA – Sheffield, Main Street – no. 91	Levi, James T. [of Norfolk, CT]	community building	extant	Dedicated October 20, 1887
1887	Minot, William		MA – Wareham, likely on Indian Neck, perhaps 25 Warren Point Road	Wing, George F.	house	unlocated
1887	Young, Benjamin Loring		MA – Weston, Young Road – no. 20	Flanagan Bros.	house	destroyed circa 2015
1887	Kimball, Frederick		MA – Worcester, Lincoln Street – no. 292		house	extant	Engineering and Building Record illustration caption incorrectly reads McKim
1887	Mason, A.H.	Mason Cottage, later Green Lodge	ME – Bar Harbor, off Spring Street	Clark, J.E.	summer residence	destroyed by fire 1907
1887	Thaxter, John	Champernowne Farm, barn	ME – Kittery, Cutts Island		barn, dairy	extant	Attributed to WRE
1887	Thaxter, John	Champernowne Farm, addition	ME – Kittery, Cutts Island		summer residence	extant	Attributed to WRE
1887	Smith, Cornelius B.		ME – Northeast Harbor		summer residence	unrealized	Rev. C.B. Smith preached at St. Jude’s during the summer of 1887
1887		Hotel Project	ME – York		hotel	unrealized?
1887	James, William	Stonewall	NH – Chocorua, Chocorua Mt Hwy – no. 1434		summer residence	extant	Attributed to WRE. Remodel of former Salvage Farm of circa 1798. This commission is attributed to Emerson due to James being a client and G.W. Allen’s biography claims that James employed “a Boston architect” for the work in New Hampshire
1887	Chapman, Nelson B.	Tianderah	NY – Gilbertsville, Spring Street – no. 111	Flanagan, J. and John H. Watson; John Savage, superintendent;	house	extant	Landscape by Ernest Bowditch. Stable by Emerson too
1887	Biddle, S.		PA – Ardmore		house
1887	Chew, Mrs.	Alterations to brick dwelling	PA – Germantown		house	unlocated
1887	Chew, Mrs.	Alterations to stable	PA – Germantown		stable
1887		Hotel	RI – Newport		hotel
1887.8	Willits, George S.		IL – Chicago, Pine Street, corner with Erie Street		house	destroyed
1887.8	Markoe, H.	Llan Gwydden	PA – Lower Gwynedd, Penllyn Pike – no. 820	Kitzleman, L.	house	extant	Later alterations by Wilson Eyre
1887.8	Lea, M. Cary		PA – Philadelphia [Chestnut Hill] – near present day Crefeld Street	Pierson, I.K.	house and stable	destroyed
1887.88	Collins, William Erastus		CT – Hartford, Asylum Avenue – no. 990		house	destroyed
1887.88	Wyman, George		MA – Boston [Dorchester], Crawford Street, no. 24	Merrill, J.C.	house		Reported cost of $8,000; described as Crawford Street, near Warren Street; this is likely also mentioned in the October 22, 1887 issue of The American Architect and Building News as a house for Mr. Wyman in Dorchester, to be built by J.E. Morrill (sic)
1887.88	Howard, George E.		MA – Springfield, Mill Street		house		The American Architect and Building News of November 26, 1887 suggests that Emerson was designing two houses for Howard, but it isn’t clear that a second was ever built.
1887.88	Howard, George E.		MA – Springfield, Mill Street – no. 165	Walton, S.E.	house	destroyed	Two houses
1887.88	Jayne, Horace		ME – Bar Harbor, Cleftstone Road	Marshall, Mr.	summer residence	destroyed by fire 1947
1887.88	Jones, Samuel H.	Fair Haven	ME – Kennebunkport, Ocean Avenue	Gooch, Mr.	summer residence	destroyed 1971
1887.88	Lockwood, E. Dunbar	Rock Ledge	ME – Kennebunkport, Ocean Avenue – no. 178	Smith, A.D.	summer residence	extant
1887.88	Stickney, Albert		ME – Kittery, Gerrish Island		summer residence	destroyed 1975
1887.88		St. Jude’s Episcopal Church	ME – Seal Harbor, Peabody Drive – no. 277		church	extant	Reported cost of 2,500.
1887.88	Newport Land Trust	“Land Trust Cottages”	RI – Middletown, Purgatory Road – no. 103		summer residence	destroyed	Olmsted Job #1070; Trustees are John C. Bancroft, Benjamin Kimball, A.S. Porter
1887.88	Newport Land Trust	“Land Trust Cottages”	RI – Middletown, Purgatory Road – no. 105		summer residence	extant	Olmsted Job #1070; Trustees are John C. Bancroft, Benjamin Kimball, A.S. Porter
1887.88	Newport Land Trust	“Land Trust Cottages”	RI – Middletown, Purgatory Road – no. 107		summer residence	extant	Olmsted Job #1070; Trustees are John C. Bancroft, Benjamin Kimball, A.S. Porter
1887.88	Newport Land Trust	“Land Trust Cottages”	RI – Middletown, Purgatory Road – no. 115		summer residence	extant	Olmsted Job #1070; Trustees are John C. Bancroft, Benjamin Kimball, A.S. Porter
1887.88	Newport Land Trust	“Land Trust Cottages”	RI – Middletown, Purgatory Road – no. 119		summer residence	extant	Olmsted Job #1070; Trustees are John C. Bancroft, Benjamin Kimball, A.S. Porter
1887.88	Newport Land Trust	“Land Trust Cottages”	RI – Middletown, Purgatory Road no. 117		summer residence	extant, heavily altered	Olmsted Job #1070; Trustees are John C. Bancroft, Benjamin Kimball, A.S. Porter
1887.89	Loring, William Caleb		MA – Beverly, Hale Street – [Prides Crossing]		summer residence	destroyed by fire 1970	Olmsted job #1071
1887.89	Holmes, Daniel H.J.		MA – Osterville	Miller & Ladd, contractors; J.W. Tallman, mason; Kelley, Hart, Rogers, and Haney, plumbers of Boston;	summer residence	destroyed
1887.89	Gaff, Mary F. [later Mrs. Charles M. Hinkle]		MA – Osterville, Main Street – no. 181	Bowditch, Ernest, landscape;	summer residence and outbuildings	extant, heavily altered, outbuildings extant	Only central portion of main house survives, but carriage house and caretaker’s house survive
1887.89	Gaff, Thomas T.	The Ship	MA – Osterville, Ships Eagle Lane – no. 52	Hinckley, John & Son; Ernest Bowditch, landscape;	summer residence	extant, altered	This is likely the house described in The American Architect and Building News as belonging to J.J. Gaff, which should have been T.T. Gaff
1888	Williams, Charles		MA – Brookline, Walnut Place – no. 35 [originally called Guild Place]		house	destroyed [partially]
1888		North Bridge, also known as Commemorative Bridge	MA – Concord	McInness and Parker	landscape feature	destroyed and replaced	Contract price of $1095.
1888		Hubbard Memorial Library	MA – Ludlow, Center Street – no. 24		library	extant, enlarged
1888	Converse, Elisha S.	Pine Banks	MA – Malden, Main Street – no. 1087		outbuilding – gatehouse	extant
1888	Olney, Richard		MA – Milton, Brush Hill Road		house	unrealized?
1888	Tileston, John B.	Briarfield	MA – Milton, Eliot Street		house	extant, heavily altered, now two houses	House was cut into two and moved, now at 18 and 22 Hawthorn Street
1888	Howard, W.B. (Mrs.)	Mossley Hall Gardener’s House	ME – Bar Harbor, Highbrook Road	Clark, J.E.	gardener’s house	destroyed
1888	Fitz, Walter Scott		NH – Jackson, Fanum Lane – no. 22		summer residence	extant
1888		House	OH – Cincinnati		house		Stone dwelling; reported cost of $30,000.
1888	Provident Life and Trust Company	Competition for New Bank	PA – Philadelphia		bank	unrealized	Competitors included W. Ralph Emerson, George C. Mason, George T. Pearson, and Frank Furness. Furness won and his bank was built at 1920 Spruce Street
1888	Brown, Miss		PA – Radnor		house	unlocated
1888		Vanor, alterations	PA – Radnor, King of Prussia Road		house	destroyed 1960	“Alterations and enlargements”
1888.89		Unitarian Church	ME – Bar Harbor, Ledgelawn Avenue	Clark, J.E.	church	destroyed 1978	Reported cost of $12,000
1888.89		Congregational Church	ME – Bar Harbor, Mount Desert Street – no. 29	Hodgkins, Asa D.	church	destroyed by fire 1942	Reported cost of $15,000
1888.89	Kimball, Daniel [Mrs.]	Sealights	ME – Sullivan, Miramar Avenue – no. 18	Gould, Aaron	summer residence	extant	Attributed to WRE; newspapers note that this was designed by Jarvis Hunt, but Hunt was then working as a draftsman in the office of WRE. Another article notes that Westray Ladd (another Emerson employee) was involved in a house at Sullivan Harbor at this time, which further connects Emerson with this summer colony
1889	Williams, Mr.	Remodel brick house	CT – Hartford, Prospect Street		house	destroyed
1889	Faxon, J. Franklin	J. Franklin Faxon Building	MA – Boston, Kingston Street – no. 121-127	Smith, James	commercial block	extant	Permit granted Dec. 1889
1889	Faxon, J. Franklin	J. Franklin Faxon Building	MA – Boston, Lincoln Street – no. 130-132	Woodbury & Leighton	commercial block	extant	Permit granted Dec. 1889
1889	Wales, George		MA – Brookline, Carlton Street – no. 22	Bowker, W.H.	house	extant	Permitted cost of $20,000.
1889	Morse, E.W.	Stable	MA – Brookline, Sumner Road – no. 45		stable
1889	Davis, Robert [permit for Mrs. J.W. Davis]		MA – Cambridge, Irving Street – no. 110	Morrill, J.M.E.	house	extant
1889	James, William		MA – Cambridge, Irving Street – no. 95	Briggs Bros.	house	extant	Reported cost of $10,000
1889	Kendall, J.S.	The Ledges	MA – Cohasset, Jerusalem Road	Heywood Bros., of Weymouth	summer residence	destroyed circa 1948, some outbuildings remain	This building was published and incorrectly identified as being in Swampscott in Engineering & Building Monthly, July 18, 1891. Estimated cost of $40,000. This was built on the former Peters Estate. Newspapers note that Kendall moved the Old Peters House to make space – Peters house was likely the house at 31 Deep Run, which was razed circa 2020; Other outbuilding survive on Deep Run including the Jully House (21 Deep Run), Stable (18 Deep Run), Barn (25 Deep Run). Also appears to be the building illustrated as “An Interior at Cohasset, Massachusetts” in the April 24, 1892 issue of Engineering Record
1889	Braman, G.T.W.	Stoneleigh Stable	MA – Cohasset, Jerusalem Road – no. 482		stable	extant, converted to residential
1889	Moors, Joseph B.	Belcliff	MA – Cohasset, Jerusalem Road Drive – no. 11		summer residence	destroyed	Article reads John B., but this is likely Joseph B., whose son was John F. Emerson enlarged the house by adding one floor. The upper stories were removed around 1950, and replaced circa 2015.
1889	Hills, E.A.		MA – Hingham, Martin’s Lane – no. 22	Nelson, William J.	summer residence	extant	Built near the site of Old Colony House.
1889	Hills, E.A.		MA – Hingham, Martin’s Lane – no. 34	Nelson, William J.	stable	extant	Carriage House and stable for house at 22 Martin’s Lane
1889	Upton, George B.	Alterations to frame dwelling	MA – Milton, Centre Street – no. 170	Severance, F.M.	house	extant
1889	Hicks, Josephine		MA – Milton, Randolph Avenue – no. 36		house	extant	In newspaper as a house for “The Misses Hicks” – Josephine lived with her sister, Emma at 125 Canton Avenue
1889	Dabney, A.S.	House	MA – Nahant, Nahant Road – no. 279	Wilson	summer residence	extant
1889	Lowell, John		MA – Newton [Chestnut Hill], Hammond Street – no. 531		house	extant	House built for his daughter
1889	Faxon, J. Franklin		MA – Quincy, Adams Street – no. 310 [original front faces Colonial Drive]		house	extant, altered
1889	West Chop Improvement Company	The Cedars	MA – Tisbury [West Chop, Martha’s Vineyard]	McCabe, F.B. (of Somerville)	hotel	extant
1889	West Chop Improvement Company	West Chop Casino	MA – Vineyard Haven, Iroquois Avenue – no. 167	McCabe, F.B. (of Somerville)	casino	extant, altered
1889	West Chop Improvement Company		MA – Vineyard Haven, Iroquois Avenue – no. 188	McCabe, F.B. (of Somerville)	summer residence	extant	Directors of the Land Company include: William Minot, Charles P. Bowditch, Stephen M. Weld, C.C. Jackson, William H. Forbes, Alex S. Porter, John P. Morse
1889	West Chop Improvement Company		MA – Vineyard Haven, Main Street – no. 1047	McCabe, F.B. (of Somerville)	summer residence	extant, altered	Directors of the Land Company include: William Minot, Charles P. Bowditch, Stephen M. Weld, C.C. Jackson, William H. Forbes, Alex S. Porter, John P. Morse
1889	West Chop Improvement Company		MA – Vineyard Haven, Main Street – no. 1063	McCabe, F.B. (of Somerville)	summer residence	extant	Directors of the Land Company include: William Minot, Charles P. Bowditch, Stephen M. Weld, C.C. Jackson, William H. Forbes, Alex S. Porter, John P. Morse
1889	Briggs, H.E.		MA – Walpole	Flanagan Bros.	house	unlocated	This may be a typo in The American Architect and Building News referring to the H.E. Bridge House, Walpole, NH
1889	Bridge, Hudson E.		NH – Walpole, Macri Lane – no. 24	Flanagan Bros. carpenters;	house	extant
1889	Leach, John E.	Remodel of the “Old Robinson House”	RI – Narragansett Beach		house
1889.90	Lincoln, Frances		MA – Worcester, Cedar Street – no. 39		house	extant
1889.90	Richardson, Charles L.		NH – Manchester, Myrtle Street – no. 235		house	destroyed
1890		St. Mary’s Episcopal Church	MA – Barnstable, Main Street – no. 3055	Jordan, Leslie	church	extant, heavily altered
1890	West Chop Improvement Company	The Cedars, Annex	MA – Vineyard Haven, Iroquois Avenue – no. 172		hotel		Separate structure to double capacity of The Cedars; attributed to Emerson due to earlier structure being by him and other building projects by him at this time
1890	Homans, John		MA – Vineyard Haven, Main Street – no. 1005	McCabe, F.B. (of Somerville); stairs by F.S. Atkins of Boston	summer residence	extant, altered	attributed to Emerson due to his involvement with the company’s efforts
1890	Greenough, Charles P.	Pierside	MA – Vineyard Haven, Main Street – no. 1015	McCabe, F.B. (of Somerville); stairs by F.S. Atkins of Boston	summer residence	extant, altered	attributed to Emerson due to his involvement with the company’s efforts
1890	Jackson, Charles C.		MA – Vineyard Haven, Main Street – no. 1027	McCabe, F.B. (of Somerville); stairs by F.S. Atkins of Boston	summer residence	destroyed by fire, June 1899	attributed to Emerson due to his involvement with the company’s efforts
1890		Battle Monument, U.S. Military Academy Competition	NY – West Point		monument	unrealized
1890	Grosvenor, William	Roslyn	RI – Newport, Beacon Hill Road – no. 26	Flanagan Bros.	summer residence	extant
1890	Grosvenor, Miss Rose Anne	Wyndham	RI – Newport, Beacon Hill Road – no. 36	Flanagan Bros.	summer residence	extant
1890	Grosvenor, William	Roslyn, Stable	RI – Newport, Beacon Hill Road – no. 8		stable
1890	National Zoological Park [Samuel P. Langley]	Bridge proposal	Washington D.C. – National Zoological Park		landscape feature		Requested this drawing in September 1890. Original bridge estimated to cost $26,699.05, prompting a request for a “temporary bridge” to cost $8,000.
1890	National Zoological Park [Samuel P. Langley]	Holt House, alterations and repairs for use as administration building	Washington D.C. – National Zoological Park		zoo	extant	Came in May to inspect; proposal dated June 3, 1890; some plans were implemented, others waited and were implemented in 1901; reported cost of $3,800
1890	National Zoological Park [Samuel P. Langley]	Buffalo Barn	Washington D.C. – National Zoological Park		zoo	destroyed	To house bison and elk; first building constructed for the Zoo; drawings sent August 1890; reported cost of $2,800
1890	West Chop Improvement Company		MA – Vineyard Haven	McCabe, F.B. (of Somerville)	summer residence		Likely unrealized
1890.91	Potter, Asa	Extensive rebuilding of older house	MA – Boston, Fairfield Street – no. 29	Flanagan Bros. carpenters; James Smith, mason,	townhouse	extant	Heavy remodel (perhaps a replacement) of 1876 house built by Asa A. Potter- Potter bought land nearby from George Braman
1890.91	West Chop Improvement Company [maybe Henry Lee, or maybe intended for his use]		MA – Vineyard Haven	McCabe, F.B. (of Somerville)	summer residence
1890.91	West Chop Improvement Company [maybe Robert G. Shaw, or maybe intended for his use]		MA – Vineyard Haven	McCabe, F.B. (of Somerville)	summer residence
1890.91	West Chop Improvement Company [maybe Walter Hunnewell, or maybe intended for his use]		MA – Vineyard Haven	McCabe, F.B. (of Somerville)	summer residence
1890.91	Bliss, Alexander	Juniper Hill	ME – York Harbor, York Street – no 383		summer residence	extant
1890.91	National Zoological Park [Samuel P. Langley]	Stable	Washington D.C. – National Zoological Park		stable		Nearly completed by March 1891
1890.91	National Zoological Park [Samuel P. Langley]	Belvedere Project	Washington D.C. – National Zoological Park		zoo	unrealized	mentioned in letter of December 31, 1890
1890.91	National Zoological Park [Samuel P. Langley]	Enclosure Fence	Washington D.C. – National Zoological Park		zoo		Nearly completed by March 1891
1890.91	National Zoological Park [Samuel P. Langley]	“National Zoological Park, Preliminary Study”	Washington D.C. – National Zoological Park		zoo		WRE working with F.L. Olmsted & Co. Sept. 4, 1890; considerations included bridge, aviary, carnivora [sic] house, elephant house, yards for foxes and wolves, pond and stonework, pavilion for seals, tool house, retaining wall for bear pits. Monkey house crossed out in letter of October 12, 1890; reptile house mentioned in March 4, 1891 report
1890.92	Lathrop, Brian	Aldis Cottage	ME – York Harbor, Aldis Lane	Moulton, A.O.	summer residence	destroyed 1980	Later altered by WRE and Holabird and Roche.
1890.92	National Zoological Park [Samuel P. Langley]	Carnivora House (Lion House)	Washington D.C. – National Zoological Park		zoo	destroyed 1972	Stone building for animals requiring heat; plans sent November 1890
1891	Spooner, W.H.		MA – Boston [Jamaica Plain], Centre Street – no. 484 [likely]	Merrill, J.M.E.	house	destroyed	Reported cost of $8,000, frame dwelling
1891	Chapman, Ellen		MA – Brookline, Upland Road – no. 51	Morrill, J.M.E.	house	extant	Permit granted May 1891
1891	Denny, Emily G.		MA – Brookline, Upland Road – no. 65	Morrill, J.M.E.	house	extant
1891	Carr, Lucien [Mrs.]		MA – Cambridge, Brattle Street- no. 163		house	unrealized?	Described as a remodel of the former Charles C. Little House but the building permit notes Rotch & Tilden, architects. Emerson’s name may have been a typo, or the project may have been changed. House burned 2005.
1891	Thaxter, Roland		MA – Cambridge, Scott Street – no. 7	Taylor, Harvey	house	extant
1891	Unitarian Universalist Church		MA – Middleborough, South Main Street – no. 25		church	extant, moved 1907
1891	Forbes, William H.		MA – Milton, Adams Street – no. 172		house	extant	Son of J.M. Forbes; cousin of Mrs. Emerson;
1891		Chautauqua	MD – Glen Echo, Macarthur Boulevard – no. 7300		fair		Became Glen Echo Park, had lecture and music halls, cottages – multiple architects involved – perhaps the entrance tower and gatehouse were by WRE?
1891	Hill, Junius	Tower addition	ME – Blue Hill, Parker Point Lane	Mayo, Eben W.	summer residence	destroyed	Tower addition on an 1885 house attributed to WRE. Attribution based on Emersonian features and the fact that the contractor was working on other Emerson project at the same time.
1891	Bridge, Hudson E. [gift to the Town of Walpole]	Bridge Memorial Library	NH – Walpole, Main Street – no. 48		library	extant	Bridge was involved in other Walpole projects
1891.92	Stover, George	Blue Hill Inn	ME – Blue Hill, South Street	Mayo, Eben W.	hotel	destroyed by fire May 19, 1933	Stover and Mayo were related
1891.92	Blake, Thomas D.	Belmont Cottage	ME – Castine, Perkins Street – no. 51	Mayo, Eben W.	summer residence	extant
1891.92		Hotel Claremont	NH – Claremont, Tremont Street – no. 18-34		hotel	extant, altered
1892	Bearse, Horace L.	Carriage Barn	MA – Brookline, Sumner Road – no. 61		carriage barn	extant
1892	Bergner, Charles W.	Fernierest	ME – Bar Harbor, off Hancock Street		summer residence	destroyed circa 1903	Addition to 1882 WRE House; replaced by John I. Kane Cottage
1892	Mayo, Eben W.		ME – Blue Hill, Beech Hill Road		house	extant
1893	Morse, Robert M.		MA – Boston [Jamaica Plain], Pond Street – no. 100 [also 60 Burroughs Street]	Burt, J.H., & Co	house	extant	Reported cost of $40,000
1893	Cheever, C.A. [likely Clarence Alonzo Cheever]		MA – Boston, Blue Hill Avenue – no. 1531	Burt, J.H., & Co.	house	destroyed	Reported cost of $9,000. It is not clear what this project was or if it happened. Cheever bought an existing house, but did build a new stable in 1894
1893	Loring, Thatcher		MA – Brookline, High Street – no. 92		carriage barn	extant	This may replace the earlier structure, or may be an alteration.
1893	Unknown	remodeling	MA – Brookline, St. Mary’s Street		house
1893	Rice, W.P.		MA – Somerville, Flint Avenue, near Flint Street		stable
1893	Lincoln, Frances		MA – Worcester, Sever Street – no. 38	Jaques, B.C.	house	extant	Perhaps built on speculation
1893	Lincoln, Frances		MA – Worcester, William Street – no. 61 [also 40 Sever]		house	extant	Part of a multi-house project
1893.94	Aldrich, Thomas Bailey	The Crags	ME – Tenants Harbor, Richardson Road – no. 12		summer residence	extant
1893.94	Bancroft, John	The Bluff	RI – Middletown, Tuckerman Avenue – no. 575	DeBlois, W.E., foundation	summer residence	extant	Bancroft was involved with other Emerson projects. Some websites and listings place this house around 1885, but newspapers show that construction happened between 1893-94.
1894	Rogers, W.S.	Stable	MA – Brookline	Bailey	stable	unlocated	2 story frame stable, 35’x64’; reported cost of $6,000
1894	Perrin, Arthur		MA – Brookline, Fisher Avenue – no. 132		house	destroyed
1894	Keith, Benjamin F.		MA – Brookline, Kent Street – no. 310		house	destroyed
1894	Blake, T.D.		MA – Brookline, St. Mary’s Street	Downer, F.J.	stable	unrealized?	Described as a 2 story frame stable, but has not been located on atlases
1894	Beal, J.A. [Mrs.]		MA – Milton, Brook Hill Road – no. 76	Crowe, Jonathan	house	extant	2 1/2 story frame gambrel dwelling 21’x47’, reported cost of $5,000
1894	Richardson, William S.		ME – Tenants Harbor, Richardson Road – no. 4		summer residence	extant
1894	National Zoological Park [Samuel P. Langley]	Elephant House	Washington D.C. – National Zoological Park		zoo	unrealized	In response to request for Elephant House design to cost $10,000
1894	National Zoological Park [Samuel P. Langley]	Additional buildings	Washington D.C. – National Zoological Park		zoo	unrealized?	Request for a Comfort Station (to cost $2,000) and Gatehouse (to cost $1,500).
1895	Meade, Caroline E., and Caroline H. Bowker	Double House	MA – Brookline, Brook Street – no. 53-55	Bowker, W.H.	house	extant
1895	Richards, R.A. [Mrs.]		MA – Cambridge, Brattle Street – no. 182		house	extant
1895	Richards, F.R		MA – Cambridge, Channing Street – no. 5		house	destroyed 1935
1895	Richards, R.F.		MA – Cambridge, Channing Street – no. 7	Miller & Ladd	stable	destroyed circa 1935
1895	Claflin, William	Business block	MA – Newton [Newtonville], Washington Street- no. 793-821 [likely]	Hunt, H.H.	commercial block	unknown
1895	Pulitzer, Joseph	Chatwold, additions and alterations project	ME – Bar Harbor, Schooner Head Road		summer residence	unrealized
1895.96	Bancroft, John	The Bluff, Carriage House	RI – Middletown, Tuckerman Avenue – no. 593		stable	extant
1896	Lowell, John		MA – Newton [Chestnut Hill]	Crane, Jonathan [likely Jonathan Crowe]	house	unlocated	There may have been multiple houses as part of this commission. Two articles give a size of 28’x72’, while another suggests 40’x42’, with a reported cost of $11,000.
1896	Smith, George A.		MA – Worcester, Burncoat Street – no. 142 [Corner of Burncoat and North Avenue – North Avenue later renamed Randolph Road]	Putnam, W.E.	house	extant	Described as being 30’x67’. North Avenue later renamed Randolph Road
1896	Olmsted, Frederick Law	Felsted	ME – Deer Isle, Seller Rock Run – no. 49	Glover, W.H. & Co.	summer residence	extant	Reported cost of $9,000
1896	French, F.H. [Mrs.]		NH – Manchester	Maynard	house		2 1/2 frame dwelling 30’x40’, reported cost of $7,000
1896.97	Shapleigh, Frank H.	Mapleknoll	NH – Jackson, Black Mountain Road – no. 44		summer residence	extant	Reported cost of $10,000
1896.97	Cap and Gown Club	Cap and Gown Clubhouse	NJ – Princeton, Prospect Avenue – no. 61		club	destroyed 1990	Original building moved around 1907 to 111 Prospect Avenue and became Dial Lodge. Later became a Knights of Columbus Hall.
1897	Ayer, Frederick		MA – Boston [Dorchester], Washington Street, corner with Hawthorn Place	Tufts, G.M.	houses and store	destroyed
1897	Little, J.B.		MA – Brookline, Kent Street – no. 232		house	extant	Additions and alterations
1897	Stedman, Henry Rust	Bournewood Hospital	MA – Brookline, South Street – no. 300	Rolfe & Duran	hospital	extant, altered	Permit granted October 1897
1897	Stedman, Henry Rust	Bournewood Hospital	MA – Brookline, South Street – no. 300	Rolfe & Duran	hospital	extant, altered	Permit granted October 1897; estimated to cost $10,000
1897	Stedman, Henry Rust	Stedman House	MA – Brookline, South Street – no. 300	Rolfe & Duran	hospital, residence	extant, altered	“addition of 22’x50’ of two stories and raise roof of the old part” – estimated to cost $7,000; Permit granted October 1897.
1897	Davis, Sarah H.		MA – Worcester, Burncoat Street – no. 131		house	extant
1897	Curtis, Joseph H.		ME – Northeast Harbor, Peabody Drive – no. 87	Candage, Byron & Son	summer residence	extant, altered	Additions and alterations to existing cottage
1897	Walker, Wilson L.	Cove Cottage	ME – York Harbor, Stage Neck Road		summer residence	destroyed	An 1890 article suggests there were three additional cottages owned by Walker, but it is not clear that whether they were designed by Emerson
1897	Walker, Wilson L.	Short Sands	ME – York Harbor, Stage Neck Road – no. 3		summer residence	extant	Later altered by John Calvin Stevens; an 1890 article suggests there may have been other cottages owned by Walker potentially designed by Emerson.
1897	Walker, Wilson L.	Stage Neck	ME – York Harbor, Stage Neck Road – no. 5		summer residence	extant	Later altered by John Calvin Stevens; an 1890 article suggests there may have been other cottages owned by Walker potentially designed by Emerson.
1897.98	Hubbard, C.W.	Riverside Park	MA – Newton, Riverside		club	destroyed by fire 1959	Three parts – two 30’x90’ wings, administration building 40’x200’
1898		St. Michael’s Episcopal Church	MA – Milton, Randolph Avenue – no. 112	Lawrence, John R.	church	extant	May have been designed by Ralph Lincoln Emerson, or he may have led this project; reported cost of $9,000.
1898		St. Michael’s Episcopal Church Rectory	MA – Milton, Randolph Avenue – no. 114		house	extant	May have been designed by Ralph Lincoln Emerson, or he may have led this project.
1898	Underwood, Henry D.		MA – Nantucket, Hulbert Avenue [likely]	Crowe, Jonathan	summer residence		Described as being 30’x80’, gambrel roof, reported cost of $5,000
1898	Warrin, Frank L., Jr.	Wyndcote	MA – Stockbridge, Yale Hill Road – no. 32		summer residence	extant
1898	Curtis, E.W. [Miss]		MA – Worcester, North Avenue [later renamed Randolph Road]	Richardson, W.B.	house	unlocated	Reported cost of $6,000
1898		Bar Harbor Hospital, proposal	ME – Bar Harbor, Wayman Lane – no. 10		hospital	unrealized
1898	Baldwin, Florence	Overledge	ME – Castine, Battle Avenue		summer residence	destroyed circa 1944	Reported cost of $10,000-$12,000
1898	Clark, Charles P.		ME – Kennebunkport, Pleasant Street – no. 6	Meserve, Frank	house	extant	Additions and alterations to existing house
1898	National Zoological Park [Samuel P. Langley]	Antelope House	Washington D.C. – National Zoological Park		zoo	destroyed 1968	Reported cost of $3,500
1899		Milton Preparatory School	MA – Milton, Randolph Avenue – no. 112		school	extant	Built as a private kindergarten
1899	Lawrence, Arthur	Rectory Addition	MA – Stockbridge, Main Street – no. 24		house	extant	Addition to house
1899	National Zoological Park [Samuel P. Langley]	Holt House proposal for new vestibule	Washington D.C. – National Zoological Park		zoo	extant	Cantilevered section over doorway
1899	National Zoological Park [Samuel P. Langley]	Additional buildings	Washington D.C. – National Zoological Park		zoo	unrealized?	Letter to WRE requests “rapid tooth-pick sketches” of aquarium, windmill, watermill. Also requests new design for Elephant House, to have an “indication of Indian architecture about the design.”
1899.1900	Davis, G. Pierpont	Pinecroft [later called Minnebama and Tick-Tock House]	RI – Westerly, Ninigret Avenue – no. 4		house	extant	Reported cost of $12,000
1900	Loring, A.P.		MA – Cambridge, Garden Street – no. 45		house	extant	Additions to existing unfinished house
1900		Roman Catholic Church	MA – Ludlow		church		With Page & Hayes of Springfield
1900	Amory, Robert		ME – Bar Harbor, off Spring Street		summer residence	destroyed circa 1941	This house was likely designed by Emerson, who came to check on progress during construction. Local papers attribute design to Goddard & Hunt, but they were likely only the contractors.
1900.01		Church of the Good Shepherd also known as St. George’s Episcopal Church	MA – Lee, Pleasant Street – no. 1526	Pilling, J.F.	church	extant	July 1900 newspaper article says this was designed by Ralph L. Emerson, but he died the previous year.
1900.01	Shapleigh, Frank H. [paid for plans of building]	Jackson Public Library	NH – Jackson, Main Street – no. 125		library	extant, moved in 1930	Mrs. Frank Shapeigh initiated this commission and the Shapleighs (also Emerson clients) paid for the plans
1901	Little, J.B.		MA – Brookline, Kent Street – no. 232		house	extant	Additions and alterations
1901	Gray, James		MA – Cambridge, Walker Street – no. 12	Hathaways, A., Sons	house	extant, altered
1901		Architecture and Furniture of the Spanish Colonies			book
1901.03	Guthrie, Charles S. [Mrs.]	Meadow Court	CT – New London, West Guthrie Place – no. 6	Maxim, C., & Co., of Waverly R.I.	house	extant	Olmsted job #417; reported cost of $15,000.
1902	Underwood, Henry D. [given to Town of Belmont]	Underwood Memorial Library	MA – Belmont, Pleasant Street – no. 644		library	extant	Reported cost of $40,000; opened June 1902, currently used as Belmont School Administration Offices
1903	Watson, Robert Clifford [Mrs.]		MA – Dartmouth, Mishaum Point, no. 116		summer residence	extant
1903		Church of Our Saviour	MA – Milton, Adams Street – no. 463 [also 11 Babcock Street]		church	extant
1904.05		Ocean Point Casino	ME – Boothbay		club	destroyed
1904.5		Union Church of Christ	MA – Ludlow, Center Street – no. 53		church	extant	Colonial Revival facade on 1845 church
1905	Perkins, E.C. [Miss]		MA – Milton, Adams Street		house		2 1/2 story addition
1908	Morse, William Gibbons	Morse Big House	MA – Barnstable, Ocean View Avenue – no. 307		summer residence	extant
1910	Watson, George		MA – Milton, Randolph Street – no. 216		house	extant
1865.70 (circa)	Rotch, William J.		MA – New Bedford, Irving Street – no. 19		house	extant	Addition to existing house. According to New Bedford Preservation this addition was cut off and moved to 113 Cottage Street.
1872 (circa)	Emerson, Ralph Waldo		MA – Concord, Cambridge Turnpike – no. 28		house	extant	Remodeling of interior after fire
1872 (circa)	Watson, Robert S.		MA – Milton, Adams Street		house	destroyed	Emerson & Fehmer, remodeling
1873 (circa)	Rogers, Charles O. [Heirs of]	J.B. Hunter & Co. Building	MA – Boston, Summer Street – no. 58-60		commercial block		Emerson & Fehmer
1873 (circa)	Faxon Brothers: John, J. Franklin, J. Warren	Faxon Building	MA – Boston, Summer Street – no. 66-72; also 38-50 Otis Street		commercial block	extant	Emerson & Fehmer;
1873 (circa)	Bangs, Edward	Traveler Building [after 1902]	MA – Boston, Summer Street – no. 74-78		commercial block	extant	Attributed to Emerson & Fehmer
1874 (circa)	Tebbetts, W.C. and C.L. Healy		MA – Boston, Summer Street – no. 83-87		commercial block	extant	Attributed to Emerson & Fehmer. This was built on the site of the building in which the Boston fire started. A. Hamilton & Co.; Lake, Cushing & Daniels upstairs. Part was rented by Albert A. Pope
1879 (circa)	Morrill, Charles J.	Redwood Stable	ME – Bar Harbor, Barberry Lane – no. 8		stable	extant
1880 (circa)	Huntington, E.M.		MA – Boston [Jamaica Plain], Forest Hills Street – no. 101		house	destroyed	2 1/2 story frame dwelling, reported cost of $6,000
1880 (circa)	Stevenson, R.H. [Col.]		MA – Milton, Green Street – no. 33		stable	extant
1881 (before)		Nautilus Cottage	MA – Gloucester [Magnolia]		summer residence		Being offered to rent by Alex S. Porter who was involved with other Emerson things
1882 (circa)	Potter, Asa	Caretaker’s House	MA – Cohasset, Jerusalem Road – no. 698B		summer residence	extant	Likely one of the outbuildings surviving from the Asa Potter estate; design displays Emersonian features
1882 (circa)	Potter, Asa		MA – Cohasset, Jerusalem Road – no. 700 [also 21 Howe Road]		stable	extant, heavily altered
1882 (circa)	Perkins, Edward C.		MA – Milton, Adams Street – no. 273		house	extant, heavily altered	Land from Mrs. Perkins’ uncle, J.M. Forbes; brother-in-law of W.R.E.
1883 (circa)	Barnard, James M.		MA – Milton, Adams Street – no. 297		house	extant, with large wing added	Land purchased in 1883
1883 (circa)	Lowell, Judge John	Barn	MA – Newton [Chestnut Hill], Hammond Street – no. 517		barn	extant
1883 (circa)	Lowell, Judge John		MA – Newton [Chestnut Hill], Hammond Street – no. 517		house	extant	This house was drawn by James Perkins in November 1883, meaning it must predate 1885
1884 (before)			MA – Boston [Dorchester], Crawford Street – no. 29		house	extant
1884 (circa)		“Design for a House at Beverly”	MA – Beverly		house		A pastel of this house was included in the Boston Architectural Club exhibition of 1897, but a drawing labeled “After W.R.E” by Robert Swain Peabody appears to depict this design and is dated November 30, 1884
1884 (circa)	Aldrich, Thomas Bailey	House of Odd Windows	MA – Boston, Pinckney Street – no. 24		house	extant	Remodeling a carriage house into a residence
1884 (circa)	Gifford, R. Swain	Remodel of farm house	MA – Dartmouth [Nonquitt]		house		Likely called the Anthony Farm, South Dartmouth
1885 (circa)	White, Cyrus		MA – Boston [Jamaica Plain], Greenough Avenue – no. 18		house	extant	Attributed to WRE. Cynthia Zaitzevsky notes that other houses in the area are likely WRE, this may be one
1885 (circa)			MA – Boston [Jamaica Plain], Storey Place – no. 3		house		Attributed to WRE. Cynthia Zaitzevsky notes that other houses in the area are likely WRE, this may be one
1885 (circa)	West, George		MA – Newton [Chestnut Hill], Chestnut Hill Road – no. 222		house	extant	Attributed to WRE. This house is very Emersonian, as is its stable, and it is located near other Emerson houses; house appears on 1886 map
1886 (circa)		Casino Project			casino	unrealized?	May not have been built
1887.88 (circa)	Markoe, H.	Llan Gwydden stable	PA – Lower Gwynedd, Penllyn Pike – no. 824		stable	extant
1888 (circa)	Chew, M.S.B. [Mrs.]	Vanor, Gardener’s Cottage	PA – Radnor, King of Prussia Road	Tourison, A.S.	gardener’s house	destroyed circa 1960
1888 (circa)	Chew, Samuel [Mrs.]		PA – Radnor, Hare’s Lane and Biddulph Road [between]	Tourison, A.S.	house	destroyed by fire 1962	Given to Anne S.P.C. Alston, later owned by Charles Morris Young,
1888 (circa)	Chew, Samuel [Mrs.]		PA – Radnor, Hare’s Lane and Biddulph Road [between]	Tourison, A.S.	house	destroyed by fire June 1947	Given to Elizabeth B. Chew, later owned by W.W. Montgomery
1888 (circa)			PA – Radnor, Patton Lane – no. 168		house	extant
1890 (circa)	Gifford, R. Swain		MA – Dartmouth, Mattarest Lane – no. 3 [Nonquitt]		house	extant, altered	House was renovated and altered by Fernau Hartman architects
1890.92 (circa)	Field, Henry	Rock Ledge	ME – York Harbor, Aldis Lane – no. 24	Moulton, A.O.	summer residence	destroyed by fire 1944	Stables built 1896, F. Wakefield architect; also an Emersonian laundry building on the site [extant but altered]. Field was brother to Marshall Field, but died before the house was completed. His widow married Thomas N. Page.
1894 (circa)	Braman, G.T.W.	Stoneleigh Casino	MA – Cohasset, Jerusalem Road – no. 480		casino	extant, converted to residential	Boston Sunday Post of August 5, 1894 describes is as recently built
1895 (circa)	Lathrop, Brian	Aldis Cottage, alterations	ME – York Harbor, Aldis Lane		summer residence	destroyed 1980	Alterations by WRE. Later enlarged by Holabird and Roche, landscape by Ossian C. Simonds; No date, but I guessed 1895 based on similar style to Olmsted House
1897 (or before)			OH – Cincinnati		house	unlocated
unknown			MA – Cohasset, North Street – no. 103		house	extant	Attributed to WRE. This house was owned by C.S. Bates (an Emerson client) at one point and includes several Emersonian features
unknown	Morrison, Marianne	John Paul Jones House, porch addition	NH – Portsmouth, Middle Street – no. 43		house	destroyed	porch addition

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