Edgar Allen Poe Newcomb

Edgar Allen Poe Newcomb (April 23, 1846 – November 10, 1923) was an architect, also known as E. A. P. Newcomb and Edgar A. P. Newcomb. The majority of his accomplishments were in Boston and Honolulu. Newcomb was also a bass vocalist who composed dozens of songs and at least one opera. Initial success He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 23, 1846, to Levi Newcomb and his wife Sarah Ann. Edgar Allen Poe Newcomb was the nephew of sculptor Thomas Ball. While a student at Ogdensburg Free Academy in New York, he dropped out of school at age 16 to learn the architecture business from his father. The first three decades of his architectural career were with his father's firm L. Newcomb & Son in Boston. He was interested in religious architecture and twice toured Europe visiting the cathedrals. During his association with L. Newcomb & Son, the firm is credited as designing the following (partial listing): Boston & Lowell Railroad Station (Northern Union Station of Boston) Memorial Hall at Bowdoin College Dormitory at Tuft's College Felton Hall dormitory at Cambridge First Baptist Church of Portland, Maine Numerous residences in Buffalo and St. Louis First Baptist Church, Haverhill, Massachusetts Sanitarium an Andover, Massachusetts Hotel Bristol Hawaii