Boston Herald, Friday, March 6, 1942, p. 33
C.H. Blackall, Architect, Dies.
Was 85; Designed Tremont Temple, Etc.
CONCORD, March 5 -- Clarence Howard Blackall, 85, nationally known architect and designer of Tremont Temple, the Copley Plaza and other Boston buildings including the Metropolitan Theatre and the Little Building, died here tonight at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Hans Miller.
Credited with erecting the first steel frame building in Boston, he specialized in theaters, hotels and office buildings,also numbering among his accomplishments the Colonial and Wilbur theaters in Boston, Temple Obabei Shalom and the Lowell Auditorium.
MANY ACTIVITIES
During his architectural career he had been active in civic life and had served as Boston schoolhouse commissioner, treasurer of the Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank, chairman of the fire prevention commission of Boston and chairman of the board of appeal in Cambridge for 24 years.
He was born in New York, Feb. 3, 1857, the son of the Rev. Christopher Ruby Blackall and Eliza Davis Black. He received his S.B. degree from the University of Illinois in 1877, and his A.M. in architecture in 1881. For two years he studied architecture at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, and for the next two years traveled and studied architecture as the first holder of the Rotch traveling scholarship in architecture.
BUSINESS ASSOCIATES
His first practical experience was with the firm of Peabody & Stearns, following which [in 1889] he became a member of the firm of Blackall, Clapp, Whittemore & Clark.
He was one of the founders and first president of the Boston Architectural Club, a founder and former secretary of the Cambridge Municipal Art Society, a founder and first secretary of the New York Architectural League, and a fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
He was the author of many articles in leading architectural magazines.
Besides his daughter, he leaves a son, Robert M. Blackall of Northampton, six grandchildren and one great grandchild. His wife, the former Emma L. Murray of Cambridge, where he lived for many years, died a few years ago.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at Christ Church, Cambridge, at 3 o'clock.
C.H. Blackall, Architect, Dies.
Was 85; Designed Tremont Temple, Etc.
CONCORD, March 5 -- Clarence Howard Blackall, 85, nationally known architect and designer of Tremont Temple, the Copley Plaza and other Boston buildings including the Metropolitan Theatre and the Little Building, died here tonight at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Hans Miller.
Credited with erecting the first steel frame building in Boston, he specialized in theaters, hotels and office buildings,also numbering among his accomplishments the Colonial and Wilbur theaters in Boston, Temple Obabei Shalom and the Lowell Auditorium.
MANY ACTIVITIES
During his architectural career he had been active in civic life and had served as Boston schoolhouse commissioner, treasurer of the Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank, chairman of the fire prevention commission of Boston and chairman of the board of appeal in Cambridge for 24 years.
He was born in New York, Feb. 3, 1857, the son of the Rev. Christopher Ruby Blackall and Eliza Davis Black. He received his S.B. degree from the University of Illinois in 1877, and his A.M. in architecture in 1881. For two years he studied architecture at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, and for the next two years traveled and studied architecture as the first holder of the Rotch traveling scholarship in architecture.
BUSINESS ASSOCIATES
His first practical experience was with the firm of Peabody & Stearns, following which [in 1889] he became a member of the firm of Blackall, Clapp, Whittemore & Clark.
He was one of the founders and first president of the Boston Architectural Club, a founder and former secretary of the Cambridge Municipal Art Society, a founder and first secretary of the New York Architectural League, and a fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
He was the author of many articles in leading architectural magazines.
Besides his daughter, he leaves a son, Robert M. Blackall of Northampton, six grandchildren and one great grandchild. His wife, the former Emma L. Murray of Cambridge, where he lived for many years, died a few years ago.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at Christ Church, Cambridge, at 3 o'clock.
Boston Herald, Friday, March 6, 1942, p. 33
C.H. Blackall, Architect, Dies.
Was 85; Designed Tremont Temple, Etc.
CONCORD, March 5 -- Clarence Howard Blackall, 85, nationally known architect and designer of Tremont Temple, the Copley Plaza and other Boston buildings including the Metropolitan Theatre and the Little Building, died here tonight at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Hans Miller.
Credited with erecting the first steel frame building in Boston, he specialized in theaters, hotels and office buildings,also numbering among his accomplishments the Colonial and Wilbur theaters in Boston, Temple Obabei Shalom and the Lowell Auditorium.
MANY ACTIVITIES
During his architectural career he had been active in civic life and had served as Boston schoolhouse commissioner, treasurer of the Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank, chairman of the fire prevention commission of Boston and chairman of the board of appeal in Cambridge for 24 years.
He was born in New York, Feb. 3, 1857, the son of the Rev. Christopher Ruby Blackall and Eliza Davis Black. He received his S.B. degree from the University of Illinois in 1877, and his A.M. in architecture in 1881. For two years he studied architecture at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, and for the next two years traveled and studied architecture as the first holder of the Rotch traveling scholarship in architecture.
BUSINESS ASSOCIATES
His first practical experience was with the firm of Peabody & Stearns, following which [in 1889] he became a member of the firm of Blackall, Clapp, Whittemore & Clark.
He was one of the founders and first president of the Boston Architectural Club, a founder and former secretary of the Cambridge Municipal Art Society, a founder and first secretary of the New York Architectural League, and a fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
He was the author of many articles in leading architectural magazines.
Besides his daughter, he leaves a son, Robert M. Blackall of Northampton, six grandchildren and one great grandchild. His wife, the former Emma L. Murray of Cambridge, where he lived for many years, died a few years ago.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at Christ Church, Cambridge, at 3 o'clock.
C.H. Blackall, Architect, Dies.
Was 85; Designed Tremont Temple, Etc.
CONCORD, March 5 -- Clarence Howard Blackall, 85, nationally known architect and designer of Tremont Temple, the Copley Plaza and other Boston buildings including the Metropolitan Theatre and the Little Building, died here tonight at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Hans Miller.
Credited with erecting the first steel frame building in Boston, he specialized in theaters, hotels and office buildings,also numbering among his accomplishments the Colonial and Wilbur theaters in Boston, Temple Obabei Shalom and the Lowell Auditorium.
MANY ACTIVITIES
During his architectural career he had been active in civic life and had served as Boston schoolhouse commissioner, treasurer of the Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank, chairman of the fire prevention commission of Boston and chairman of the board of appeal in Cambridge for 24 years.
He was born in New York, Feb. 3, 1857, the son of the Rev. Christopher Ruby Blackall and Eliza Davis Black. He received his S.B. degree from the University of Illinois in 1877, and his A.M. in architecture in 1881. For two years he studied architecture at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, and for the next two years traveled and studied architecture as the first holder of the Rotch traveling scholarship in architecture.
BUSINESS ASSOCIATES
His first practical experience was with the firm of Peabody & Stearns, following which [in 1889] he became a member of the firm of Blackall, Clapp, Whittemore & Clark.
He was one of the founders and first president of the Boston Architectural Club, a founder and former secretary of the Cambridge Municipal Art Society, a founder and first secretary of the New York Architectural League, and a fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
He was the author of many articles in leading architectural magazines.
Besides his daughter, he leaves a son, Robert M. Blackall of Northampton, six grandchildren and one great grandchild. His wife, the former Emma L. Murray of Cambridge, where he lived for many years, died a few years ago.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at Christ Church, Cambridge, at 3 o'clock.
Gravesite Details
Service: 06/25/1942
