Samuel J. F. Thayer was an American architect

Architect

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, notable for designing buildings such as the Providence City Hall

Providence City Hall

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 and the Cathedral of St. George

Cathedral of St. George Historic District

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, as well as the city halls of Brookline

Brookline, Massachusetts

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, Stoughton

Stoughton, Massachusetts

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, and Methuen, Massachusetts

Methuen, Massachusetts

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He lived for a time in South Boston, Massachusetts

South Boston, Massachusetts

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, and enlisted in the 5th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers during the Civil War, serving from October 1862 to July 1863.

He shot himself in a fit of despondency, dying on February 28, 1893.

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