Edwin E. Lewis

Edwin E. Lewis (1846–1928) was an American architect from Gardiner, Maine.

Edwin E. Lewis
Born1846 (1846)
Cornish, New Hampshire
Died1928 (aged 81–82)
Gardiner, Maine
NationalityUnited States
OccupationArchitect
Free Public Library, Skowhegan, 1889.
Opera House Block, Norway, 1894.
Patten Block (at right), Gardiner, 1896.

Life and career

Lewis was born in Cornish, New Hampshire in 1846. His family later moved to Croydon, and then Claremont. In February 1865, at the age of 19, he enlisted in the Union Army. He returned to Claremont later that year, where he became a carpenter. He married in 1866. He and his wife later went to Keene, and moved to Gardiner in 1875. There he practiced as a contractor, and became known for the designs he built. In 1883 he received his first architectural commission, a building in Richmond. The following year he opened an architectural office in Gardiner.[1]

Lewis practiced until November 1897, when he was appointed Chief Engineer and General Superintendent of Construction at Togus, probably due to the extensive work he had done there while in private practice. He retired from that position in 1917, and died in 1928.[1]

Works

References
  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-07-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Smith, Danny D. and Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr. Postcard History Series: Gardiner. 2008.
  3. Farmington Historic District NRHP Nomination. 1994.
  4. Rockland Residential Historic District NRHP Nomination. 1987.
  5. Shettleworth, Earle G., Jr. Postcard History Series: Waterville. 2013.
  6. Norway Historic District NRHP Nomination. 1988.
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