Charles H. Kimball

Charles H. Kimball
Born	March 31, 1852 Lovell, Maine
Died	1887 Portland, Maine
Occupation	Architect
Practice	Kimball & Coombs, C. H. Kimball
Buildings	Deering High School, Marble Block, Church of the New Jerusalem

Church of the New Jerusalem, Fryeburg, 1878.

Frontier National Bank Building, Eastport, 1882.

Charles H. Kimball (1852-1887) was an American architect from Maine.

Life

Kimball was born in Lovell in 1852, and was the son of a dentist. His family moved to Portland when he was very young. Kimball graduated from Portland High School in 1869. By 1871 he was working for George M. Harding, a local architect.^[1] In 1874 he left Portland for Lewiston and established a practice with George M. Coombs, a native of that city.^[2] Kimball & Coombs dissolved later that year, and Kimball had opened his own office in Portland by 1875. He practiced alone until 1887, his death. He never married.^[1]

He is notable as one of the only Maine architects to embrace the Stick Style. His buildings in this mode include the original Deering High School, the Church of the New Jerusalem in Fryeburg, and the former Kezar Falls M. E. Church.

Architectural works

Kimball & Coombs, 1874

• 1874 - Albert F. Ames House, 73 Talbot Ave, Rockland, Maine^[3]

C. H. Kimball, 1875-1887

• 1875 - P. Fox Varnum Houses, Varnum St, Portland, Maine^[1]
  • Demolished.
• 1876 - James E. Wengren House, 11 Mellen St, Portland, Maine^[1]
• 1877 - Deering High School, 432 Stevens Ave, Deering, Maine^[4]
  • Demolished.
• 1877 - George C. Frye House, 296 Congress St, Portland, Maine^[1]
  • Demolished.
• 1877 - Marble Block, 129 Main St, Biddeford, Maine^[5]
• 1878 - Church of the New Jerusalem, 4 Oxford St, Fryeburg, Maine^[6]
• 1880 - Frank L. Bartlett House, 27 Pine St, Portland, Maine^[1]
• 1880 - Daniel M. Bonney House, 8 Court St, Farmington, Maine^[7]
• 1881 - Shailer School, 58 North St, Portland, Maine^[8]
• 1882 - Frontier National Bank Building, 30 Water St, Eastport, Maine^[9]
• 1883 - Kezar Falls M. E. Church, 5 School St, Kezar Falls, Maine^[10]
• 1884 - James H. Waugh House, 252 Main St, Farmington, Maine^[11]

References

1. Pancoast, John E. "About". http://themarbleblock.org/. n.d. Web.
2. "Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Maine: William H. Stevens, 1818-1880". http://www.state.me.us/. 1995. Web.
3. Rockland Residential Historic District NRHP Nomination. 1987.
4. Manufacturer and Builder Dec. 1877: 272.
5. Graham, Gillian. "Arts and design center planned for Biddeford’s Marble Block". Portland (ME) Press Herald 29 July 2013. Web.
6. Church of the New Jerusalem NRHP Nomination. 1986.
7. Farmington Historic District NRHP Nomination. 1994.
8. Annual Report of the Receipts and Expenditures of the City of Portland for the Financial Year 1880-81. 1881.
9. Eastport Historic District NRHP Nomination. 1982.
10. Briggs, Margaret W. Church of the New Jerusalem: A New Church in Fryeburg. 1980.
11. Farmington Historic District NRHP Nomination. 1994.