Clinton Smith (May 6, 1846, Middlebury, Vermont - August 2, 1905) was an American architect. He designed many buildings in Middlebury and around Vermont.
16-431: Clinton Smith may refer to: Clinton Smith (architect) (1846–1905), American architect Clinton Smith (basketball) (born 1964), basketball player Ron Clinton Smith (born 1951), actor [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
32-787: A position in the War Department at Washington, D.C. as Chief of Construction and Repair under Hon. Redfield Proctor , then secretary of War in Harrison's administration, and with his family removed to the capital city. He served the government acceptably exactly fourteen years when he resigned his position partly on account of impaired health and partly from a wish to accept another position under Senator Redfield Proctor which offered him outside exercise and air of which so much desk work deprived him. His desk work, however, had been constantly alleviated by long trips to inspect buildings under construction at army posts and reservations in all parts of
48-742: A position in the War Department at Washington, D.C., as Chief of Construction and Repair under Hon. Redfield Proctor , then secretary of War in Harrison's administration, and moved his family to that city, where Smith was actively engaged in literary pursuits. They had 6 children: Charles Lynn Smith (1869-1875), Clifton Roberts Smith (1878-1923), Delmar White Smith (1874-1949, contracting builder in Manila), Harold Smith (1882-1967), Leon Neil Smith (1889-1936), Helena Mercy Smith (b. 1872) (wife of Prof. Charles J. Bullock of Harvard). Clinton Smith designed many buildings in Middlebury and around Vermont, such as
64-672: The United States, thus he became known to a wide circle of friends in every walk of life. His resignation took effect June 1, 1905 and he became one of the incorporators of "The Talpin Construction Co.", in Washington and began the erection of its first building a large marble apartment house Champlain Apartment Building on K street in that city. This furnished him congenial and absorbing occupation until he
80-577: The Vermont marble quarries. Her childhood was passed among the Green Mountains. She grew up with a mind imbued with a stern morality, tempered by a love of humanity, which led her in girlhood to be intelligently interested in the abolition of slavery. She was educated under Mrs. H. F. Leavitt. in the female seminary established by Emma Willard , in Middlebury, Vermont . Olive White Smith
96-822: The court house, town hall, Methodist church, Baptist church, Beckwith block, Dyer block and many residences, including the South Pleasant Street, Middlebury, residence where they lived. He designed the Shard Villa, the stone residence in Salisbury, Vermont , of Columbus Smith. He designed also the library annex to the Capitol building in Montpelier, Vermont , and the Vermont State Hospital at Waterbury. She died on August 26, 1918, and
112-405: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clinton_Smith&oldid=1134432551 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Clinton Smith (architect) Clinton Smith
128-547: The prohibitory liquor law of her State was evaded. After spending much time and energy in interviewing judges, justices, sheriffs and States' attorneys, she came to the conclusion that those officers, holding their positions through the votes of a political party, would go no further in good works than that party demands. Her parlors was a gathering place for temperance people and prohibitionists. She wrote some temperance articles and addresses, as well as short poems and stories, for New York papers and magazines. All of her life she
144-469: The true site of the town was determined. His father George Smith will be remembered in Addison County, Vermont , as an educator and contracting builder. Clinton Smith was the architect and builder of many of the best buildings in Middlebury, Vermont , such as the court house, town hall, Methodist church, Baptist church, Beckwith block, Dyer block and many residences. His first work of consequence
160-465: Was born on the homestead farm of his family in the east part of Middlebury, Vermont , on May 6, 1846. He was the oldest son of George Smith and Julia Willmarth. He was descended from those who have been identified with the history of Vermont from the earliest times. His maternal ancestors made a record in the war of the Revolution and the war of 1812. His paternal grandfather came to Middlebury before
176-467: Was buried at Foote Street Cemetery, Middlebury. Olive White Smith Alice Matilda "Olive" White Smith (December 25, 1846 - August 26, 1918) was an American writer and poet. Alice Matilda "Olive" White was born in Clarendon, Vermont , on December 25, 1846. Her ancestors were among the early settlers of Vermont. Her father, Charles White, was a pioneer geologist and the discoverer of several of
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#1732802164718192-675: Was connected with Sunday-school work in the Methodist Episcopal Church. She was a contributor to the Rural New Yorker , the New York Weekly Witness , the Demorest's Magazine and other periodicals. She used the pen-names "Alicia" and "August Noon." Olive White married architect Clinton Smith (1846-1905) and their home was in Middlebury, Vermont, until 1891, when her husband accepted
208-465: Was generally known in literature as Mrs. Clinton Smith. Home and foreign missions claimed her attention, and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union found in her an enthusiastic friend. Although her home was in a retired corner of the great world, so deep was her interest in public affairs that she lived in the current of passing events. Possessing a reverence for law she marveled at the ease with which
224-604: Was his third attack of that dread disease. The first one was at the age of 14 years, the next 10 years later. Each attack was exceptionally severe and heightened by complications. His funeral was attended at his suburban residence "Smitholm" on August 4, 1905. Clinton Smith married Alice Matilda "Olive" White . They had 6 children: Charles Lynn Smith (1869-1875), Clifton Roberts Smith (1878-1923), Delmar White Smith (1874-1949, contracting builder in Manila), Harold Smith (1882-1967), Leon Neil Smith (1889-1936), Helena Mercy Smith (b. 1872) (wife of Prof. Charles J. Bullock of Harvard). He
240-409: Was stricken by an alarming illness on July 28, 1905. Two trained nurses and his family attended his bedside. All that medical skill could accomplish was employed in vain. His disease was pronounced typhoid fever of a virulent type. He suffered hemorrhage after hemorrhage yet made a gallant fight for life till weakness prostrated every faculty and he breathed his last on the evening of August 2, 1905. This
256-506: Was the erection of Shard Villa , the stone residence in Salisbury, Vermont , of Columbus Smith. He was widely known throughout the state also in adjacent parts of New Hampshire and New York, as a builder of churches and public buildings, among them the library annex to the Capitol building in Montpelier, Vermont , and the Asylum for the Insane at Waterbury, Vermont . In 1891 he accepted
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