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1972
GUSN-169808
Charles Howland Hammatt Billings was a versatile artist and architect who was commissioned to create designs for a pyrotechnic display on Boston Common, a Pilgrim monument, a theater and a clubhouse, among others. But many of Billings' accomplishments have gone unrecognized. With more research, argues Richard Stoddard, Billings may emerge as a major figure in the history of art and architecture in Victorian Boston.
Article ID 189
SC001
Old-Time New England
SC001.1972.062.227.001
Charles Howland Hammatt Billings was a versatile artist and architect who was commissioned to create designs for a pyrotechnic display on Boston Common, a Pilgrim monument, a theater and a clubhouse, among others. But many of Billings' accomplishments have gone unrecognized. With more research, argues Richard Stoddard, Billings may emerge as a major figure in the history of art and architecture in Victorian Boston.
Volume 62, Number 227 (Winter, 1972)
Richard Stoddard (Author)
(1972). Old Time New England. Boston, Mass.: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.
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Boston, Mass.
Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities
Old Time New England
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