Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . hree most prominent buildings wherethis has been strictiy adhered to are, that admittedly fine civic building, the City Hall at Providence, (which was awarded to him in an anonymouscom])etition of twenty-four architects), the Tudor onBeacon street, and the Boston Tavern. The townhalls of Brookline and Stoughton, the Nevins Me-morial Hall in Methuen, the Library of DartmouthCollege, the high schools in Springfield, Mass., andNashua, , all t
Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . hree most prominent buildings wherethis has been strictiy adhered to are, that admittedly fine civic building, the City Hall at Providence, (which was awarded to him in an anonymouscom])etition of twenty-four architects), the Tudor onBeacon street, and the Boston Tavern. The townhalls of Brookline and Stoughton, the Nevins Me-morial Hall in Methuen, the Library of DartmouthCollege, the high schools in Springfield, Mass., andNashua, , all testify to his skill, not only bytheir beauty, but by their adaptability to the uses fo)which they are designed. In mercantile buildings,strength, simplicity, and ample provision for lighthas been his rule. He was the recipient of one ofthe three medals and diplomas awarded by theLTnited States Centennial Commission to New Eng-land architects for bold and excellent design. was married in 1864 to Miss Emeline \\.Goodwin, a Boston school-teacher. Th(imps(in, Charlks F., was born in Orange,Mass., Dec. 15, 1852. He is of English CHARLES F. THOMPSON. among his ancestry some of the oldthis country. Stejihen Fossett, his 422 BOSTON OF TO-DAY, motliers grandfather, left England in 1650, and afew years later settled in Boston. The latters sonwas brought up here, and at one time lived in the onlyhouse on the island of East Boston, then NoddlesIsland, situated in what is now the very centre,and supplied English vessels with produce fromhis farm. The relatives on the fathers side cameover from England in 1700, and also settled nearBoston. One of them at least is known to havefought in the Revolutionary War. Charles parents moved from Orange to Fitch-burg in-i857, and from there to Lynn in 1862. InLynn he received his education in the publicschools; and soon afterward began his business was employed for a time in various capacities inshoe factories in
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