John Kimball Sr.
John Kimball | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 15, 1758 |
| Died | October 30, 1831 (aged 73) Waterford, Maine, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Spouse | Susanna Knight |
| Buildings | McLellan-Sweat Mansion |
John Kimball (October 15, 1758 – October 30, 1831) was an American architect and housewright.
Early life
Kimball was born in Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay, in 1758.[1]
Career
Kimball moved to Portland, Maine, from Newburyport, Massachusetts, in 1791, although it is believed he worked in Portland as early as 1786.[2] In 1800, he designed the McLellan–Sweat Mansion.[3] He also designed the city's Quinby House and Fickett House.[4]
Personal life
Kimball married Susanna Knight in 1781.[5] They had ten children[6] between 1783 and 1802, and moved to Waterford, Maine, in 1810, where Kimball was a farmer for the remainder of his life. His son, William, died a year after the family's relocation, having been on a foreign voyage. Another son, Joseph, had died at sea in 1808, while Moses died in Waterford in 1796 at the age of eleven months.[5]
He was the grandfather of Maine artist Charles Frederick Kimball (1831–1903), son of John Kimball Jr.[7]
Death
Kimball died in 1831,[1] aged 73. He was interred in Elm Vale Cemetery in South Waterford, Maine, alongside his wife, who predeceased him by four years.
References
- ^ a b A Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Maine - State of Maine
- ^ Zimmer, Edward F. (1987). The Architectural Career of Alexander Parris (1780-1852). Boston University. p. 24.
- ^ Maine Forms of American Architecture. published under the auspices of the Colby Museum of Art [by] Downeast Magazine. 1976. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-89272-019-4.
- ^ Portland Historic Resources Inventory - City of Portland
- ^ a b Morrison, Leonard Allison; Sharples, Stephen Paschall (1897). History of the Kimball Family in America, from 1634 to 1897: And of Its Ancestors the Kemballs Or Kemboldes of England : with an Account of the Kembles of Boston, Massachusetts. Damrell & Upham. p. 143.
- ^ Town), Waterford (Me; Warren, Henry Pelt (1879). The History of Waterford: Oxford County, Maine, Comprising Historical Address, by Henry P. Warren; Record of Families, by Rev. William Warren, D.D.; Centennial Proceedings, by Samuel Warren, Esq. Hoyt, Fogg & Donham. p. 269.
- ^ The Arts in Nineteenth-century Portland - Jessica Skwire Routhier