Arthur H. Vinal

Arthur H. Vinal (1854 – 1923) was an American architect who lived and worked in Boston, Massachusetts. Vinal started a partnership with Henry F. Starbuck in 1877; the firm broke up when Starbuck moved away. Vinal was City Architect of Boston from 1884 to 1887. Vinal is principally known for his Richardsonian Romanesque High Service Building at the Chestnut Hill Reservoir (1887). In addition to his other public buildings, Vinal designed numerous residences in Boston and nearby suburbs (not all, or even mostly, romanesques).

Arthur H. Vinal
Born	Arthur H. Vinal 1854
Died	1923
Nationality	American
Occupation	Architect

Other works

• Methodist Church, Farmington, Maine (1877)
• Bangor Opera House, Bangor, Maine (1881)
• 23 Warren Avenue, Boston, MA (1881)
• 29 Melville Avenue, Dorchester, MA, shingle style, (1884)
• 35 Melville Avenue, Dorchester, MA was built and designed by and for Arthur H. Vinal in 1882. By 1894, a W.T. Sullivan lived here.
• 37 Melville Avenue, Dorchester, MA was designed by Arthur H. Vinal c. mid 1880s. By 1894, its owner was Sophia B. Adams.
• Mt. Kineo House Hotel, Mount Kineo, Moosehead Lake, Maine (opened July 29, 1884)
• Back Bay fire and police station, 941–955 Boylston Street, Boston (1886, Richardsonian Romanesque)
• Fisher Hill Reservoir, Brookline, Massachusetts (1887)
• Dorchester Temple Baptist Church (1889, shingle style)
• Calais Free Library, Calais, Maine (opened July 4, 1893)
• 158, 160, 162, 164, 166, 168, 170, 172, 174, St. Botolph Street, Boston, MA (1894)
• apartment building, 492–498 Massachusetts Avenue and 779–781 Tremont Street, South End, Boston (1897)
• 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 101, 103, 015, 107, 109, 111, 113 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA (1900)
• 114, 116, 118, 120 Hemenway Street, Boston, MA (1900)
• 76. 78. 80. 82. 84. 86. 88. 90. 92, 94, 96, 98, 100, 102, 104, 106, 108, 110 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA (1902)
• Globe Theater (burlesque and later B movie house), later known as the Center and the Pagoda, 690 Washington Street, Boston (1903, French Renaissance)

Images

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  23 Warren Ave (South End) Boston, MA, 1881
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  941–955 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 1886
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  The High Service Building at Chestnut Hill Reservoir, Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 1887
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  Fisher Hill Reservoir gatehouse, Fisher Avenue, Brookline, Massachusetts, 1887
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  Dorchester Temple Baptist Church, Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1889

References

• National Register nomination for Bowditch School, Jamaica Plain
• Biography of Henry F. Starbuck
• Dorchester Atheneum
• History of Chestnut Hill Reservation, Mass. Department of Conservation and Recreation
• Spaulding & Slye Colliers press release
• Ian Grundy. "Center Theatre". Cinema Treasures. Archived from the original on 23 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-22.

External links

• https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomewatson/2344423886/ Globe Theatre, Washington St., Boston. It was later the Center and then the Pagoda. The theater closed in 1995
• https://www.flickr.com/photos/army_arch/3550844921/