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In redesigning the 1773 Red Lion Inn building in 1897 following "a devastating fire" that started in the pastry kitchen, Wilson designed an 80-room building with a separate kitchen building.
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of 1871, an Italianate architecture building, is his earliest credited work. It is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. It was replaced as town hall by
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also lived and died was particularly massive. It was destroyed by a fire in 1956. It was rebuilt, but the newer structure is not considered up to par with the original.
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H. Neill Wilson started his career working for his father, a prominent Cincinnati architect, in 1873. He moved on after seven years and established himself in
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to make way a bank building. A brown brick Hilton Hotel took "its revered place in the old heart of the capital city" before
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at 249 Wahconah Street in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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Biographical Dictionary of Cincinnati Architects, 1788-1940, Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati
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and cost $ 60,000 to build. The bank remains in business and was recently renovated and restored.
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building remains, although it was expanded after initial construction, as well as the
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His "splendid" Berkshire, County "cottages" were featured in an illustrated book by
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description of renovation project and photographs of Hoosac savings Bank interior
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IN THE BERKSHIRE HILLS; THE MAGNIFICENT SUMMER RESIDENCE OF D.W. BISHOP AT LENOX
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was expanded during the early 20th Century by the architectural firm of
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in 1891 at a cost of one million dollars. It was purchased in 1917 by
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exterior, the hand-painted ceiling, the fireplaces with polished
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near Bucks Lane in Stockbridge Massachusetts was listed as a
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House, acquired and occupied late in the 20th Century as the
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May 5, 2007 The Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Massachusetts)
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building in Ohio and several massive summer cottages in
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American Architect and Building News February 18, 1888
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Edition illustrated Publisher The History Press, 2008
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The building at 1077 Celestial, 288:Red Lion Inn, Pittsfield, Massachusetts 233:Red Lion Inn, Pittsfield, Massachusetts 792:September 24 ???? Berkshire Eagle 735:"National Register Information System" 729: 727: 725: 723: 721: 705:Pittsfield: Gem City in the Gilded Age 489:brick building on Congress Avenue in 479:Procter House]] (1889) in Pittsfield 476:House (1888) in Lenox, Massachusetts 278:Glendale Town Hall and Police Station 270:Glendale Town Hall and Police Station 7: 740:National Register of Historic Places 504:Berkshire County Home for Aged Women 229:Berkshire County Home for Aged Women 225:National Register of Historic Places 173:in 1885 and did several projects in 329:summer residence on West Shore of 14: 941:Vintage postcard of Brighton Hall 447:American Queen Anne architecture 284:’s building that remains in use. 179:American Institute of Architects 134:; and for most of his career in 336:The Orchard in Berkshire County 927:Painter, AIC (2006), 122, 123; 508:Richardsonian Romanesque style 493:that remains "largely intact". 487:Richardsonian Romanesque style 302:Arts & Crafts architecture 95:to design the 900 acre grounds 16:American architect (1855–1927) 1: 840:May 17, 1904 Hartford Courant 611:ROLLIN HILLYER COOKE (1906). 272:(now Glendale Police Station) 526:Hoosac Savings Bank Building 522:, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. 380:Lakeside in Berkshire County 966:Architects from Minneapolis 758:Interlaken for D. W. Bishop 683:The Springfield gas machine 500:at 334 Bristol, Connecticut 443:William Russell Allen House 439:. It was demolished in 2006 368:area on Lenox West Road on 217:William Russell Allen House 1002: 986:People from Glendale, Ohio 961:Architects from Cincinnati 888:North Adams, Massachusetts 530:North Adams, Massachusetts 418:Interlaken (Massachusetts) 386:Blythewood (Massachusetts) 298:Tudor Revival architecture 924:Jackson and Gilder (2006) 615:. THE LEWIS PUBLISHING CO 520:Wollison-Shipton Building 352:that was commissioned by 322:(1892) in Stockbridge, MA 136:Pittsfield, Massachusetts 108:Pittsfield, Massachusetts 59:Pittsfield, Massachusetts 28: 868:. National Park Service. 850:Glendale lyceum website 828:history, Glendale, Ohio 715:. 117 pages, page 31,32 672:(includes aerial photo) 100:H. (Henry) Neill Wilson 879:A Walk Through History 404:Hotel Ten Eyck Project 344:(1893), also known as 273: 96: 745:National Park Service 433:Benjamin H. Cox House 310:Elzner & Anderson 268: 197:(ca. 1891) building. 93:Frederick Law Olmsted 78: 930:Nuxhall, SGC, 49, 1. 422:Lenox, Massachusetts 350:Lenox, Massachusetts 231:building (1888) and 87:, built in 1893 for 898:Hoosac Savings Bank 429:James W. McLaughlin 354:Anson Phelps Stokes 89:Anson Phelps Stokes 910:New England Design 884:2010-06-16 at the 824:2009-09-03 at the 788:2011-07-28 at the 670:Shadowbrook Castle 647:The New York Times 592:2010-09-17 at the 585:Walter E. Langsam 468:W.P. Burbank House 346:Shadowbrook Castle 327:Wirt Dexter Walker 274: 243:Wirt Dexter Walker 202:Jackson and Gilder 189:In Ohio, Wilson's 181:in February 1887. 97: 23:Henry Neill Wilson 747:. March 13, 2009. 713:978-1-59629-408-0 642:"H. Neill Wilson" 424:for D. W. Bishop 420:(1894) design in 374:historic district 366:Shadow Brook Farm 146:, Massachusetts. 116:James Keys Wilson 73: 72: 993: 913: 907: 901: 895: 889: 876: 870: 869: 866:(includes photo) 858: 852: 847: 841: 835: 829: 816: 810: 809: 807: 799: 793: 779: 773: 767: 761: 755: 749: 748: 731: 716: 701: 686: 681:Bernard A. Drew 679: 673: 666: 660: 659: 657: 655: 638: 625: 624: 622: 620: 608: 597: 583: 437:Mt. Auburn, Ohio 362:Society of Jesus 316:Leonard Beckwith 294:Rookwood Pottery 282:Samuel Hannaford 208:residence where 191:Rookwood Pottery 175:Berkshire County 165:Wilson moved to 144:Berkshire County 140:Rookwood Pottery 126:; on his own in 114:with his father 106:– 1926 in 33: 19: 1001: 1000: 996: 995: 994: 992: 991: 990: 946: 945: 937: 921: 919:Further reading 916: 908: 904: 896: 892: 886:Wayback Machine 877: 873: 860: 859: 855: 848: 844: 836: 832: 826:Wayback Machine 817: 813: 805: 801: 800: 796: 790:Wayback Machine 781:Scott Stafford 780: 776: 768: 764: 756: 752: 733: 732: 719: 702: 689: 680: 676: 667: 663: 653: 651: 640: 639: 628: 618: 616: 610: 609: 600: 594:Wayback Machine 587:H. Neill Wilson 584: 543: 539: 498:Brightwood Hall 485:, (ca. 1891) a 483:Glendale Lyceum 449:because of its 358:Andrew Carnegie 348:, an estate in 306:Mt. 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Glendale, Ohio
Pittsfield, Massachusetts

postcard
Shadowbrook
Anson Phelps Stokes
Frederick Law Olmsted
Glendale, Ohio
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
architect
James Keys Wilson
Cincinnati
Ohio
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Rookwood Pottery
Berkshire County
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Pittsfield
Massachusetts
Berkshire County
American Institute of Architects
Rookwood Pottery
Glendale Lyceum
Jackson and Gilder
Shadowbrook
Andrew Carnegie

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