Arthur H. Vinal Explained

Arthur H. Vinal
Birth Date:	July 1, 1855
Nationality:	American
Birth Place:	Quincy, Massachusetts
Death Place:	West Harpswell, Maine
Embedded:	Embed: yes Office: 3rd City Architect of Boston Termstart: 1884 Termend: 1888 Predecessor: Charles J. Bateman Successor: Charles J. Bateman

Arthur H. Vinal (July 1, 1855 – August 25, 1923) was an American architect who lived and worked in Boston, Massachusetts. Vinal was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, on July 1, 1855, to Howard Vinal and Clarissa J. Wentworth.^[1] Vinal apprenticed at the firm of Peabody & Stearns in Boston before leaving to start his own practice in 1875.^[2] Vinal started a partnership with Henry F. Starbuck in 1877; the firm broke up when Starbuck moved away. Vinal served as the third City Architect of Boston from 1884 to 1888. Vinal is principally known for his Richardsonian Romanesque High Service Building at the Chestnut Hill Reservoir (1887). In addition to his other public buildings, Vinal designed numerous residences in Boston and nearby suburbs (not all, or even mostly, romanesques).

Other works

• Methodist Church, Farmington, Maine (1877)
• Bangor Opera House, Bangor, Maine (1881)
• 23 Warren Avenue, Boston, MA (1881)
• 29 Melville Avenue, Dorchester, MA, shingle style, (1884)
• 35 Melville Avenue, Dorchester, MA was built and designed by and for Arthur H. Vinal in 1882. By 1894, a W.T. Sullivan lived here.
• 37 Melville Avenue, Dorchester, MA was designed by Arthur H. Vinal c. mid 1880s. By 1894, its owner was Sophia B. Adams.
• Mt. Kineo House Hotel, Mount Kineo, Moosehead Lake, Maine (opened July 29, 1884)
• Back Bay fire and police station, 941–955 Boylston Street, Boston (1886, Richardsonian Romanesque) - latter now Boston Architectural College
• Fisher Hill Reservoir, Brookline, Massachusetts (1887)
• Dorchester Temple Baptist Church (1889, shingle style)
• Calais Free Library, Calais, Maine (opened July 4, 1893)
• 158, 160, 162, 164, 166, 168, 170, 172, 174, St. Botolph Street, Boston, MA (1894)
• apartment building, 492–498 Massachusetts Avenue and 779–781 Tremont Street, South End, Boston (1897)
• 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 101, 103, 015, 107, 109, 111, 113 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA (1900)
• 114, 116, 118, 120 Hemenway Street, Boston, MA (1900)
• 76. 78. 80. 82. 84. 86. 88. 90. 92, 94, 96, 98, 100, 102, 104, 106, 108, 110 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA (1902)
• Globe Theater (burlesque and later B movie house), later known as the Center and the Pagoda, 690 Washington Street, Boston (1903, French Renaissance)

References

• National Register nomination for Bowditch School, Jamaica Plain
• Biography of Henry F. Starbuck
• Dorchester Atheneum
• History of Chestnut Hill Reservation, Mass. Department of Conservation and Recreation
• Spaulding & Slye Colliers press release
• Web site: Center Theatre . 2007-09-22 . Cinema Treasures . Ian Grundy. https://web.archive.org/web/20071023065930/http://cinematreasures.org/theater/3271/. 23 October 2007 . live.

External links

• https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomewatson/2344423886/ Globe Theatre, Washington St., Boston. It was later the center and then the Pagoda. The theater closed in 1995
• https://www.flickr.com/photos/army_arch/3550844921/

Notes and References

1. Web site: Arthur H. Vinal . Back Bay Houses. 3 August 2013 .
2. Web site: Massachusetts MPS Lynch-O'Gorman House . National Archives Catalog . U.S. National Archives and Records Administration . Norfolk County, Massachusetts . 63792459.