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The Classicist No. 13, 2016 E . R . B u tler & C o. Selected Historical Projects Enoch Robinson & Henry Whitney (1826) E. & G.W. Robinson & Co. (1827–1839) E. Robinson & Co. (1839–1904) G.N. Wood & Co. (1904–1914) Wm. Hall & Co. (1843–1920) L.S. Hall & Co. (1914–1918) John Tein Company (1883–1939) Ostrander & Eshleman (1921–1992) W.C. Vaughan Co. (1902-2000) Quincy Spindle Mfg. Co. ( -1999) (New England Lock and Hardware Co.) & E.R. Butler & Co. (1990) E. ROBINSON & CO. COLLECTION Engraved EU Design Series Door Knobs & Roses Design Pattern I with ER Rose, Bit Key, & Ferrule E. & G.W. ROBINSON COLLECTION GH Design Series Pressed & Hand-Ground Black Crystal Door Knobs & Eschutcheons Patterned after E. & G.W. Robinson’s Mechanical Patent of 1837 Nichols house MuseuM the pARkeR house MAssAchusetts histoRicAl society williAM k. vANdeRBilt estAte FoRd house wiNteRthuR MuseuM the oldest house ceNtRAl syNAgogue Charles Bulfinch, Architect (oMNi pARkeR house) Edmund March Wheelwright, Architect “eAgle’s Nest” Walter Gropius & Marcel Breuer, Architects gARdeN ANd liBRARy (goNzález-AlvARez house) Henry Fernbach, Architect BostoN, MA William Washburn, Architect BostoN, MA vANdeRBilt MANsioN MuseuM liNcolN, MA Henry Francis DuPont, Architect st. AugustiNe, Fl New yoRk, Ny Restoration, 1830 BostoN, MA 1899 Warren & Wetmore, Architects 1939 New cAstle, de Restoration, 1960 Restoration, 1998–2001 1855 ceNteRpoRt, N.y. Restoration, ca. 1951–1969 old stAte house the white house 1936 gov. goRe MANsioN edwARd cARRiNgtoN house heRMès iNteRNAtioNAl s.A. Robert Twelves, Architect the old south MeetiNg house John Hoban, Architect wAlthAM, wA 1717 MeetiNg house pRovideNce, Ri New yoRk FlAgship Isaiah Rogers (Alteration) BostoN, MA Benjamin Henry Latrobe (Alteration), 1801 dillAwAy-thoMAs house Restoration, ca. 1939 west BARNstABle, wA Restoration, 1962 McKim, Mead & White, Architects BostoN, MA Restoration, 1857 McKim, Mead & White (Restoration), 1902 BostoN, MA Restoration, 1952–1958 Beyer, Blinder, Belle (Restoration), 1984 Restoration, 1830 wAshiNgtoN, dc Restoration, ca. 1937 sAleM MARitiMe NAtioNAl histoRic site goveRNoR goodwiN MANsioN Beyer, Blinder, Belle (Restoration), 2007 giBsoN house MuseuM Restoration, 1902 sAleM, MA goveRNoR's pAlAce chAse house New yoRk, Ny cAptAiN RoBeRt BeNNet FoRBes house Edward Clarke Cabot, Architect gRAce chuRch Restoration, ca. 1939 (tRyoN pAlAce coMplex) stRAwBeRy BANke histoRic distRict 1999–2007 Isaiah Rogers, Architect BostoN, MA copley plAzA hotel James Renwick, Jr., Architects Perry, Shaw, & Hepburn (Restoration) Perry, Shaw, & Hepburn (Restoration) MiltoN, MA 1860 Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, Architect New yoRk, Ny BRowN uNiveRsity New BeRN, Nc poRtsMouth, Nh tweed couRthouse 1833 BostoN, MA Restoration, ca. 1937 pRovideNce, Ri Reconstruction, 1954–1956 Restoration, ca. 1963–1965 John Kellum, Architect tReAsuRy BuildiNg 1912 Restoration, ca. 1940–1950 Leopold Eidlitz (Alteration), 1877 the heRMitAge Robert Mills, Architect gARdNeR-piNgRee house FiRst pARish MeetiNg house kiNgs chApel house John G. Waite Associates (Restoration), 1999 Joseph Reiff & William C. Hume (Restoration) Isaiah Rogers (Alteration), 1862 NeBRAskA stAte cApitol sAleM, MA JAcksoN house cohAsset, MA BostoN, MA New yoRk, Ny NAshville, tN Ammi Burnham Young & Alexander Hamilton Bowman (Alteration), 1862 Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, Architect Restoration, ca. 1938 Elliot Noyes, Architect Restoration, ca. 1955 Restoration, ca. 1964 Restoration, 1999–2001 Restoration, 1835 Alfred B. Mullett (Alteration), 1867 liNcolN, Ne doveR, MA wAshiNgtoN, dc 1922–1932 gRopius house 1941 hARvARd BusiNess school old goveRNoR’s MANsioN gRAcie MANsioN cushiNg-col. BeNtoN house 1861–1865 Walter Gropius & Marcel Breuer, Architects cAMBRidge, MA Charles B. Cluskey, Architect Jamie Drake (Restoration) “BellMoNt” coloNiAl williAMsBuRg liNcolN, MA FARNswoRth house Restoration, 1955 Milledgeville, gA New yoRk, Ny Asher Benjamin, Architect old city hAll Perry, Shaw, & Hepburn (Restoration) 1938 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Architect Restoration, 1967 Restoration, 2002 BelMoNt, MA Gridley James Fox Bryant & Arthur Gilman, Architects williAMsBuRg, vA plANo, il hARvARd uNiveRsity Ca. 1840–1855 BostoN, MA Restoration, 1927–1934 JosephiNe M. hAgeRty house 1945–1951 cAMBRidge, MA heRitAge plANtAtioN hARRisoN gRAy otis house ii 1862–1865 Marcel Breuer, Architect Restoration, ca. 1955 sANdwich, MA Charles Bulfinch, Architect loNgFellow house MuseuM oF FiNe ARts cohAsset, MA old wye chuRch 1968–1971 BostoN, MA wAshiNgtoN’s heAdquARteRs old NAvAl hospitAl Guy Lowell, Architect 1938–1939 Perry, Shaw, & Hepburn (Restoration) NAthANiel Russell house Restoration, 2011 cAMBRidge, MA Ammi B. Young, Architect BostoN, MA wye Mills, Md chARlestoN, sc JohN wRight stANly house Restoration, 1840 wAshiNgtoN, dc Restoration, 1928 MARcel BReueR house Restoration, 1947–1949 Restoration, ca. 1955 (tRyoN pAlAce coMplex) geoRge w. Bush liBRARy 1866 Marcel Breuer, Architect John Hawks, Architect Robert A.M. Stern, Architects williAM hickliNg pRescott house chuRch oF the heAveNly Rest liNcolN, MA the glAss house / JohNsoN house RAdcliFFe college (1879-1999) New BeRN, Nc uNiveRsity pARk, tx “heAdquARteRs house” MAssAchusetts stAte house Mayers, Murray & Phillip, Architects 1938–1939 Philip Johnson, Architect cAMBRidge, MA Restoration, 1968 2012 Asher Benjamin, Architect Charles Bulfinch, Architect New yoRk, Ny New cANAAN, ct Restoration, 1955–1956 BostoN, MA Charles Brigham (Alteration) 1929 wye house 1947–1949 poRt toBAcco couRt house AstoR Beechwood MANsioN 1845 BostoN, MA Robert Key, Builder hARRisoN gRAy otis house i poRt toBAcco, Ml Beechwood ARt MuseuM Restoration, 1895 u. s. depARtMeNt oF the iNteRioR queeNstowN, Ml house iN the MuseuM gARdeN Charles Bulfinch, Architect Restoration, 1971 Downing & Vaux, Architects tReMoNt teMple Waddy Butler Wood, Architect Restoration, 1938–1939 MuseuM oF ModeRN ARt (MoMA) Abbott Lowell Cummings (Restoration) Richard Morris Hunt (Alteration), 1881 William Washburn (Restoration) FANeuil hAll wAshiNgtoN, d.c. Marcel Breuer, Architect BostoN, MA scRipps NeuRoscieNces ReseARch iNstitute McKim, Mead & White (Alteration), 1901 BostoN, MA John Smibert, Architect 1936 FischeR house & studio pocANtico hills, Ny Restoration, 1960 AiA NAtioNAl hoNoR AwARd, 1997 John Grosvenor (Restoration), 2015 Restoration, 1853 BostoN, MA “wAldeNMARk” 1949–1950 Tod Williams Billie Tsien, Architects NewpoRt, Ri Restoration, 1898–1899 Walter Gropius & Marcel Breuer, Architects sAN diego, cA Restoration, 2016 wRightstowN towNship, Bucks couNty, pA 1995 1939 E . R . B u tler & C o. MANUFACTURERS WWW.ERBUTLER.COM CATALOGUES AVAILABLE TO THE TRADE SHOWROOMS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY © E.R. BUTLER & CO. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Technical Drawing: John Sykes Fetterman Rendering: Margitta Zachert Typography: John Packer Fetterman Packer Sykes John Zachert John Margitta Drawing: Rendering: Typography: Technical.
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