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Wallace Briggs was born in Worcester to Cornelius W. and Lucy R. (Wallace) Briggs. His father was a mechanical engineer. He attended the public schools and graduated from Worcester Classical High School. He attended a special course in architecture at the
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and had been associated with his father's business since 1920. In 1949 he changed the firm's name to L. W. Briggs
Associates, which practiced through the 1960s.
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1958 - Worcester Mutual Fire
Insurance Company Building, 49 Elm St, Worcester, Massachusetts
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Technical High School (additions), 34 Grove St, Worcester, Massachusetts
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before coming home to
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Warehouse, 21 Illinois St, Worcester, Massachusetts
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Courthouse Annex, 2 Main St, Worcester, Massachusetts
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1913 - Mrs. Irving H. Verry House, 4 Military Rd, Worcester, Massachusetts
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1950 - Center School Addition, 11 Ash St, Hopkinton, Massachusetts
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185:(1866-1940) was an American architect practicing in
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649:"Fire Alarm and Telegraph Headquarters Building".
298:An Italian Renaissance-style house, published in
280:, 470 West Boylston St, Worcester, Massachusetts
729:. Massachusetts Historical Commission. n.d. Web.
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616:. Massachusetts Historical Commission. n.d. Web.
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612:"Worcester Industrial Technical Institute".
552:(New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1962): 79.
444:, 179 Burncoat St, Worcester, Massachusetts
364:1939 - Leicester Town Hall, 3 Washburn Sq,
480:Charles Nutt, "Lucius Wallace Briggs," in
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400:In association with Cornelius W. Buckley.
353:1935 - Auburn High School, 99 Auburn St,
341:, 1 Lincoln Sq, Worcester, Massachusetts
255:Briggs married Lillian Fraser Vickers of
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662:"Katz and Leavitt Apartment House".
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482:History of Worcester and its People
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407:Narragansett Regional High School
328:1928 - Center School, 11 Ash St,
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502:Leon Keach, "Lucius W. Briggs,"
323:Katz and Leavitt Apartment House
245:American Institute of Architects
130:Katz and Leavitt Apartment House
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271:L. W. Briggs Company, 1912-1949
238:Worcester Polytechnic Institute
231:Worcester Technical High School
223:Frost, Briggs & Chamberlain
84:Frost, Briggs & Chamberlain
599:"In the Italian Villa Style".
389:Wachusett Regional High School
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741:23 March 1950: 289. New York.
550:American Architects Directory
548:"Briggs, Stuart Wallace," in
339:Worcester Memorial Auditorium
99:Worcester Memorial Auditorium
418:On the site of the original
61:Worcester, Massachusetts, US
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574:"Worcester Country Club".
565:Dec. 1912: 357. Worcester.
561:"The Carnegie Libraries".
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517:Architecture and Building
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433:Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
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411:Templeton, Massachusetts
366:Leicester, Massachusetts
330:Hopkinton, Massachusetts
278:Greendale Branch Library
187:Worcester, Massachusetts
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47:Worcester, Massachusetts
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409:, 464 Baldwinville Rd,
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290:Worcester Country Club
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801:1957: 72. New York.
638:American Contractor
588:American Contractor
212:Fuller & Delano
208:Barker & Nourse
145:Memorial Auditorium
563:Worcester Magazine
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310:A major expansion.
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