Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . hen he was obligedby ill health to relinquish all work for a his return from an extended trip in the ^^estwith health restored, he was asked by James , then supcrimcndent of public buildings,temporarily to (ill a \acnncy in that departmentoccasioned by the tleath of a clerk. This was thebeginning of a long and successful career in thecitys service. Mr. Lee continued as clerk in office until 1871; then he was appointe
Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . hen he was obligedby ill health to relinquish all work for a his return from an extended trip in the ^^estwith health restored, he was asked by James , then supcrimcndent of public buildings,temporarily to (ill a \acnncy in that departmentoccasioned by the tleath of a clerk. This was thebeginning of a long and successful career in thecitys service. Mr. Lee continued as clerk in office until 1871; then he was appointedI hief clerk in the newly created department for thesurvey and inspection of buildings. He served inthat capacity, organizing the office and building upa complete set of records, until 1875, when he waselected by the city council clerk of important position he held for ten years, beingtuianimously re lected each year. When, in 1885,the board of police for the city of Boston was es-tablished by legislative act, he was appointed bythe governor one of three members; and in 1889he was reaiipointed for the full term of five GEORGE E. -EIGHTON. Numerous proofs of their prominence and abilityas builders are to be found in Boston and elsewhere. 388 BOSTON OF TO-DAY. notably the New Public Library on Copley square, retical and practical, into their schoolthe Eliot Church in Newton, St. Stephens Church mained there three years, and then went in Lynn, the chapel for the St. Paul School inConcord, ; private residences on the BackBay; and a large number of mercantile buildings,banks, etc., among them the Lincoln Building onLincoln street, the Auchmuty Building on King-ston street, occupied by Brown & Durrell, the JordanBuilding on the corner of Kingston and Bedfordstreets, the Boylston Building on the corner ofWashington and Boylston streets, the HanardMedical School, the business house of John & Sons on \\ashington street, and the FarlowBuilding on State
Size: 1337px × 1870px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookidbostonoftoda, bookyear1892
