Henry Forbes Bigelow

Bigelow was born in Clinton, Massachusetts to Henry Nelson Bigelow (1839–1907) and Clarissa Nichols (née Forbes) Bigelow (1841–1876). His father was the managing agent of the Bigelow Carpet Company of Clinton, which had been founded by his father and uncle. His maternal grandfather was Franklin Forbes. While there, he was a member of the fraternity of Delta Psi (aka St. Anthony Hall). After graduating from college, he took post-graduate classes in Europe for a year. == Career ==

In 1889, Bigelow received his first commission—designing new buildings for St. Mark's School, his preparatory school where his father had been a trustee since 1883. As he lacked a practice of his own, construction of the building was entrusted to architects from the Boston firm of Winslow & Wetherell under George Homans. Wetherell and Walter T. Winslow. Bigelow designed three mansions for his family. In 1899, he renovated a house at 1073 Brush Hill Road in Milton, Massachusetts into a stucco Italian villa that the family used as a summer house until 1917. His primary residence was at 142 Chestnut Street on Beacon Hill in Boston. Designed by Bigelow in 1915 in the Italian style, the family mansion featured a large courtyard. In June 1916, an entire issue of The American Architect was dedicated to this house, with eighteen full-page photographs. Another family summer home was Pineapple Court, a Spanish Revival style villa at 89 West Street in Beverly Farms, Massachusetts. == Professional affiliations ==

Bigelow became a member of the American Institute of Architects in 1901 and was elected to the College of Fellows in 1905. He was an associate fellow in the Boston Society of Architects and a member of the Boston Architectural Club. Starting in 1919, he was a trustee of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, serving as chairman of the committee on the new wing and as a member of the museum committee. He was also a member of the Boston Art Commission. ==Personal life==

On October 14, 1896, Bigelow married Eliza Frothingham Davis (1871–1907) in All Saints' Church in Boston. She was the daughter of Maria L. Robbins and the Hon. Edward L. Davis of Boston and Worcester. He was a trustee of St. Marks School and was an Episcopalian. Bigelow died in 1929 at his summer home in Beverly Farms, Massachusetts at the age of 62. ==Selected works==

Notes == Gallery of architectural works ==