Frederick W. Stickney
American architect (1853–1918)
Frederick Warren Stickney (June 17, 1853 – January 18, 1918) was an American architect.
Early years
Stickney was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, to Daniel and Betsey Stickney. He attended MIT and later worked at the New York office of William Robert Ware & Henry Van Brunt. At Ware & Van Brunt, Stickney worked alongside other MIT graduates, including Ware's son William Rotch Ware, Charles Allerton Coolidge, and George Foster Shepley.
Career
In February 1882, Stickney joined about twenty other prominent young men of Lowell to form a gentleman's club called the Yorick Club, with him appointed as secretary. Other members included Fred C. Church and Percy Parker.
Stickney opened his office at 131 Devonshire Street in Boston, alongside at least a dozen other architectural firms on the same street, including Henry Van Brunt and Arthur Rotch.
In 1884, Stickney designed a summer cottage for Rev. H.T. Rose in Water Mill Long Island, which now stands as a part of the Southamptons. It is known as Rosemary Lodge and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
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