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Robert Swain Peabody (1845-1917)
Name
Peabody, Robert Swain
Personal Information
Birth/Death: (1845-1917)
Occupation: American architect
Location: Boston, MA
This record has not been verified for accuracy.
AIA Affiliation
Member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) 1874-decease
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) 1889. (On the merger of the Western Association of Architects with The American Institute of Architects in 1889, all AIA members were made Fellows because WAA members were known as Fellows.)
President of the American Institute of Architects 1900-1901
Biographical Sources
Biographical Directories:
Entry in Henry F. Withey, A.I.A., and Elsie Rathburn Withey, Biographical Dictionary of American Architects (Deceased) (Los Angeles: New Age Publishing Company, 1956. Facsimile edition, Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc., 1970)
Entry under Peabody and Stearns in Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects (New York: Macmillan, 1982)
Entry in R. Randall Vosbeck, FAIA, A Legacy of Leadership: Presidents of the AIA, 1857-2007 (Washington, DC: The American Institute of Architects, 2008)
Obituaries:
Journal of the American Institute of Architects, obituary, October 1917
Related Records
Archival Holdings
The American Institute of Architects Archives
Membership file contains correspondence about his death. Other record groups in the AIA Archives may relate to his actions as AIA president, such as the president's address to the annual convention published in the convention proceedings, or correspondence in the general office files.
Boston Public Library, Special Collections, Central Library
See holdings under Peabody and Stearns (firm)