Edgar Allen Poe Newcombe

  • American


E A P Newcomb was born in Boston in 1846, son of another Boston architect Levi Newcomb. He was a partner in the architectural firm of Levi Newcomb from 1866 to 1876, and headed the firm from 1876 until 1901, when he moved to Honolulu, Hawaii. In Hawaii he entered into a partnership with C W Dickey for three years, then opened his own office. - NRHP

Notable Position Organization From To
Founder Dickey and Newcombe

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Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1846/04/23 Edgar Allen Poe Newcomb is born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Sarah Ann and Levi Newcomb. Born
1889/00/00 E A P Newcomb designs the Tower House. Architect George F Jr and Carrie Tower City of St Louis
1891/00/00 Probably designed by Edgar A P Newcomb, who Carpenter will hire to design the city's Carpenter Memorial Library, the Frank Pierce Carpenter Residence is completed. Architect Frank Pierce Carpenter House Manchester, NH
1891/00/00 Construction begins on a Queen Anne style Victorian residence for patent medicine manufacture, Edward Wells. Architect Edward Wells House Burlington
1901/00/00 Charles William Dickey and Edgar Allen Poe Newcomb form the architectural partnership of Dickey and Newcomb. Partnership
1904/00/00 On the slopes of Tantalus Mountain, construction begins on Alfred Hocking House in the Makiki residential district of Honolulu. Architect Alfred Hocking House Honolulu
1914/00/00 Carpenter Memorial Library is built from 1912 to 1914 at cost of $355,000. Oak tables and the desk in the Rotunda are original. The children's room, originally on the south side of the main floor, was one of the first of its kind in a public library. Architect Victory Park Historic District Manchester, NH
1914/11/01 Designed by E A P Newcomb, the Gothic Revival Sacred Heart Church-Punahou with stained glass windows designed in France, is dedicated in a ceremony presided over by Vicar Apostolic and Bishop of Zeugma, Libert H Boeynaems. Architect Sacred Heart Church Honolulu
1923/11/10 After a lengthy illness, Edgar Allen Poe Newcomb dies at the Moana Hotel in Waikiki. The Reverend Canon John Usborne officiated over the services at the hotel. Newcomb was cremated and his ashes were interred at Nuuanu Cemetery. Died Moana Surfrider Honolulu
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