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Despite having fallen into relative obscurity, Bucklin was a very prominent designer in
Providence from the 1840s to the 1870s. He designed at least half a dozen Westminster Street office buildings, as well as several more in other parts of downtown. From 1839 to 1844 Tallman & Bucklin had charge
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and established his own office. Also at this time, Tallman & Bucklin's partnership was dissolved. Bucklin worked alone for many years. By 1880 he had taken his son, James A. Bucklin (1840-1901), as a partner in J. C. Bucklin & Son. Although son James largely took over the practice, he
124:, working there for seven years. In 1822, at the age of 21, he established a partnership with William Tallman (d.1862). The firm of Tallman & Bucklin was a design-build firm, similar to Greene's business. in 1846, 20-year-old
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of the city's first major period of school-building, designing 12 buildings citywide. Bucklin also was the designer of several other municipal structures.
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Summer Street School, Summer & Pond Sts., Providence, RI (1839–40) - Demolished.
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Brownell Building, 107 Westminster St., Providence, RI (1878) - Demolished 1925.
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Fountain Street School, 157 Fountain St., Providence, RI (1839–40) - Demolished.
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Knight Street School, 347 Knight St., Providence, RI (1839–40) - Demolished.
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Arnold Street School, 41 Arnold St., Providence, RI (1839–40) - Demolished.
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Reynolds Building, 37 Weybosset St., Providence, RI (c.1867) - Demolished.
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Federal Street School, 97 Federal St., Providence, RI (1842) - Demolished.
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Howard Building, 171 Westminster St., Providence, RI (1856) - Demolished.
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Amos C. Barstow House, 245 Morris Ave., Providence, RI (1886) - Altered.
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Root Building, 180 Westminster St., Providence, RI (1866) - Burned 1890.
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East Street School, 28 East St., Providence, RI (1841) - Demolished.
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