Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . he tide of the Boston FireBrick Works, Fiske & Coleman, managers. Thebusiness was thus continued until 1885, when Wil-liam Homes was admitted to partnership, and thefirm became Fiske, Coleman, & Co. In 1S81 theBoston Terra Cotta Company was formed for themanufacture of architectural terra-cotta, and whilea separate corporation, it was placed under themanagement of Fiske, Coleman, & Co., the manu-facture being carried on at their Federal-streetwork
Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . he tide of the Boston FireBrick Works, Fiske & Coleman, managers. Thebusiness was thus continued until 1885, when Wil-liam Homes was admitted to partnership, and thefirm became Fiske, Coleman, & Co. In 1S81 theBoston Terra Cotta Company was formed for themanufacture of architectural terra-cotta, and whilea separate corporation, it was placed under themanagement of Fiske, Coleman, & Co., the manu-facture being carried on at their Federal-streetworks. This business soon outgrew its quarters,and in 1886 the fire-brick plant of Newton, Morton,iS; Co., on K street, South Boston, was purchased,and the manufacture of fire-brick and gas-retortswas moved there, the Federal-street works beingreserved solely for the manufacture of ^mong the many prominent buildings furnishedwith bricks and terra-cotta from these works are theYouths Companion building, the Shoe and LeatherExchange, the Columbia Theatre, the Iv\eter Cham-bers, in this city ; the fjrockton Court House ; the. GEORGE M. FISKE. Potter Building, Park Row, and the Catholic Club,Sgth street, New York City ; the Brooklyn Eagle building, Brooklyn, ; the Young Mens Library,Buffalo, ; the Park Theatre, Philadelphia ; andthe new Pension Building, Washington. Anotherimportant branch of the clay-working industry in late years entered upon by Mr. Fiske and his as-sociates, is the production of faience for interior andexterior decoration. Notable work successfullyexecuted is seen in the corridors of the Charles-gate apartment-house, on Beacon street, and thoseof the Adams House extension, the arches of theStony Brook bridge, Boston park department, andin the house of M. J. Jessop in Lenox. Mr. Fiskeis the inventor of the Boston brick ashlar, a newand unique form of building material, upon whichhe has secured several patents. Mr. Fiske resides inNewton, where he
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