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2 unusual facts about Clarence H. Blackall


Clarence H. Blackall

He arrived in Boston, Massachusetts in 1882, where he was recognized for both his architectural innovations and his designs of significant Boston landmarks including the Colonial Theatre, Wilbur Theatre, Modern and Metropolitan (now the Wang Center for Performing Arts) theatres.

He designed the 1894 Carter Winthrop Building, which was the first steel frame structure in the city of Boston.


Anna Rice Cooke

Other children were Clarence H. Cooke, George P. Cooke, Richard A. Cooke, Alice T. Cooke and Theodore A. Cooke.

Clarence H. Johnston, Sr.

Gilbert wrote to Johnston urging him to make a similar trip, but around that time, Johnston received a job offer from Herter Brothers in New York.

Gahagan Mounds Site

The burial mound at the site has been excavated twice, in 1912 by Clarence Bloomfield Moore and then in 1939 by Clarence H. Webb.


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