Nathaniel Cannon Smith (1866–1943), professionally known as Nat. C. Smith, was an American painter and architect of New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Life and career
Nathaniel Cannon Smith was born January 18, 1866, in New Bedford, Massachusetts, to William T. and Caroline A. (Brownell) Smith. He attended the New Bedford public schools, graduating from New Bedford High School in 1885. For the next three and one-half years he was a student and associate of Edward G. Dobbins, engraver and illustrator. Though he began to advance in that trade, he decided instead to study architecture, sailing for Paris in 1889.[1] He was a student of the Beaux-Arts de Paris and was a member of the atelier of Henri Duray.[2] In 1893 Smith returned to New Bedford, where he established himself as an architect. With the exception of the years 1913 to 1919, when he was in partnership with Myron P. Howland, Smith was a private practitioner for his entire career.[1] He was in active practice until his retirement circa 1940.
Smith married in 1897 to Alice M. Adams of New Bedford. They had one daughter.[1]
Though an architect by profession, Smith was also a painter who exhibited in New Bedford and elsewhere.[4][1]
Smith died in New Bedford in 1943.
Legacy
Several buildings built to Smith's designs have been listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places, and others contribute to listed historic districts.[5]
Architectural works
Nat. C. Smith, 1893-1913
1894 - Union for Good Works Building, 12 Market St, New Bedford, Massachusetts[6]
1895 - William H. Wood House, 408 County St, New Bedford, Massachusetts[7]
1934 - Warming House, Buttonwood Park, Oneida St, New Bedford, Massachusetts[30]
References
^ abcdef"Nathaniel Cannon Smith," in History of New Bedford, vol. 2, ed. Zephaniah W. Pease (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1918): 66-67.
^ abAmerican Art Annual, vol. 4, ed. Florence N. Levy (New York: American Art Annual, 1903)