George Thomas Tilden was an American architect

Architect

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 active in Boston

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, Massachusetts

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Descended from the Tyldens

Tylden (family)

The Tylden family represent a landholding family with origins in England in the Middle Ages. A branch of the family emigrated to the American colonies in the early 17th century and established the Tilden family line in America.-History:...

, an English landholding dynasty and one of the early settlors of America, Tilden was born in Concord, New Hampshire

Concord, New Hampshire

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 to William Tilden, noted Boston Unitarian

Unitarianism

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 clergyman, and educated at Phillips Exeter Academy

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. He started his architectural training in the Boston office of Ware & Van Brunt, attended classes at Lowell Institute

Lowell Institute

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 (MIT's predecessor), and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts

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 in Paris

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In 1880 Tilden opened an office in Boston as partner with Arthur Rotch

Arthur Rotch

Arthur Rotch was an American architect active in Boston, Massachusetts.Rotch was born in Milton, Massachusetts to Benjamin Smith Rotch and Annie Bigelow Lawrence...

 under the name of Rotch & Tilden

Rotch & Tilden

Rotch & Tilden was an American architectural firm active in Boston, Massachusetts from 1880 through 1895.The firm was organized by partners Arthur Rotch and George Thomas Tilden...

, and over the next 15 years they maintained one of the most active architectural offices in New England. As well as buildings in New York City

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, Washington, D.C.

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, and Charleston, South Carolina

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, the firm's work included the Milton

Milton, Massachusetts

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 Town Hall, Sargent Normal School and Gymnasium at Cambridge

Cambridge, Massachusetts

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, the Wellesley College Art Museum, Plymouth High School, Jesup Hall at Williams College

Williams College

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, the Billerica

Billerica, Massachusetts

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 Public Library, the Blue Hill Observatory, and Boston's American Legion Building.

From 1895-1915 Tilden practiced alone in Boston, after which he retired to his home in Milton, Massachusetts

Milton, Massachusetts

Milton is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States and part of the Greater Boston area. The population was 27,003 at the 2010 census. Milton is the birthplace of former U.S. President George H. W. Bush and architect Buckminster Fuller. Milton also has the highest percentage of...

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