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George C. Mason & Son

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52: 32: 20: 60: 40: 68: 530: 104:(1849-1924). Mason established his office in 1860, and was the first true architect to work out of Newport. His son began working for him in 1867, and became a partner in January 1871. Mason Jr. married a 51: 31: 19: 570: 245: 550: 269: 555: 560: 565: 238: 115:. They were mainly noted for their residential designs for summer residents, though they also designed churches and civic structures of occasion. 108:
woman in 1886, and opened a branch office of the firm in that city in 1888. The firm was dissolved with the elder Mason's death in 1894.
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Loring Andrews Cottage, 553 Bellevue Ave., Newport, RI (1871–72) - Replaced by Friedham in 1888, also by Mason & Son.
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Parkgate (Seth B. Stitt Cottage), 141 Pelham St., Newport, RI (1879) - For Seth B. Stitt. Now Elks Lodge #104.
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Graystone (Fitch J. Bosworth Cottage), Ochre Point & Victoria Aves., Newport, RI (1882–83) - Demolished.
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With the exception of the Philadelphia work, almost all of the Masons' known architectural work is in
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The West Broadway Neighborhood, Newport, Rhode Island: Statewide Historical Preservation Report N-N-2
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Frederick Sheldon Cottage, Narragansett Ave. & Annandale Rd., Newport, RI (1871–72) - Demolished.
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Free Chapel of St. John the Evangelist, 61 Poplar St., Newport, RI (1875–76) - Now the parish house.
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White Gate (John B. Landers Cottage), 188 Narragansett Ave., Jamestown, RI (1875) - Altered by
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St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, 87 Narragansett Ave., Jamestown, RI (1880) - Demolished 1967.
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Stone Gables (Sarah T. Z. Jackson Cottage), 100 Rhode Island Ave., Newport, RI (1889–90)
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Mason & Son also submitted designs in the architectural competition for the new
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Kay Street-Catherine Street-Old Beach Road Historic District NRHP Nomination
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Maple Shade (John D. Ogden Cottage), 1 Red Cross Ave., Newport, RI (1871–72)
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Heartseas (Charles N. Beach Cottage), 45 Ayrault St., Newport, RI (1873–74)
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St. George's Episcopal Church, 14 Rhode Island Ave., Newport, RI (1885–86)
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Acorn House (Edward Cunningham Cottage), 1 Cottage St., Newport, RI (1871)
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Conley, Patrick T., Robert O. Jones, and William McKenzie Woodward.
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Addison C. Thomas House, 96 Rhode Island Ave., Newport, RI (1889–90)
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Francis Morris Cottage, 86 Rhode Island Ave., Newport, RI (1882–83)
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Cranston School, 15 Cranston Ave., Newport, RI (1876) - Demolished.
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Historic and Architectural Resources of Jamestown, Rhode Island
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Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission.
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in 1890. Their entry did not make it past the first round.
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Charles Wheeler Cottage, 247 Eustis Ave., Newport, RI (1881)
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Edward L. Brinley House, 6 Sunnyside Pl., Newport, RI (1873)
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Fire Station No. 4, 4 Equality Park Pl., Newport, RI (1884)
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Swedish M. E. Church, 24 Annandale Rd., Newport, RI (1887)
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Isaac P. White House, 66 Ayrault St., Newport, RI (1872)
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Mary Mitchell House, 13 Francis St., Newport, RI (1880)
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Annual Report of the Board of Education, January, 1874
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Misses Hazard Cottage, 54 Kay St., Newport, RI (1871)
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Philip B. Case House, 60 Kay St., Newport, RI (1871)
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Newport


Fort Adams



Luce Hall
Naval War College
architectural
Newport, Rhode Island
George C. Mason
George C. Mason Jr.
Philadelphia
Newport County, Rhode Island
J. Winthrop Chanler Cottage
Commandant's Residence
Fort Adams
Rogers High School
George C. Mason House
Redwood Library
Jamestown, RI
Hurricane Gloria
George C. Mason Jr. House
Island Cemetery
Abington, PA
Theodore Havemeyer Cottage
Philadelphia, PA
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church

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