Abel C. Martin

Legacy Like Gilman, Martin took on students who aimed to practice architecture. Of these, the most prominent would be Henry F. Starbuck, who was in his office from 1867 to 1872. Additionally, in 1874 Robert Gould Shaw (a cousin of the Civil War officer of the same name) was in his office, though he soon left to join his brother's architectural practice, G. R. & R. G. Shaw.

Martin's First Church in Cambridge is one of his largest surviving works, and has been cited for its quality by writers such as Henry-Russell Hitchcock in his study of H. H. Richardson and his influences, and by Keith N. Morgan in his survey of the architecture of metropolitan Boston.

Architectural works

+ Year Project Address City State Notes Image Reference 1860 Houses for Peleg W. Chandler and others 149-159 Beacon St Boston Massachusetts A contributing property to the Back Bay Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. 1860 House for John L. Gardner Sr. 303 Berkeley St Boston Massachusetts A contributing property to the Back Bay Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. 1860 House for Barnabas T. Loring 150 Beacon St Boston Massachusetts Demolished in 1904. 1865 Centenary Methodist Church 170 Commercial St Provincetown Massachusetts Burned in 1908. 1865 Clarendon Hotel 523 Tremont St Boston Massachusetts Demolished. 1866 Centenary United Church 479 Rue Dufferin Stanstead Quebec 100px 1866 Wesleyan Methodist Church of Wilbraham Main St and Mountain Rd Wilbraham Massachusetts Now used by the Wilbraham & Monson Academy. 100px 1867 Forster School Sycamore St Somerville Massachusetts Demolished. 100px 1867 South Baptist Church 423 W Broadway South Boston, Boston Massachusetts Demolished. 1867 Trinity Methodist Church (former) 60 Green St Charlestown, Boston Massachusetts Extant but heavily altered. 1868 Bowditch School 35 Flint St Salem Massachusetts 1868 Clarendon Street Baptist Church 2 Clarendon St Boston Massachusetts Extant but heavily altered. 100px 1868 Trinity Methodist Church Bridge St Springfield Massachusetts Demolished in 1922. 100px 1869 Trinity Methodist Church 250 Cambridge St Cambridge Massachusetts Demolished. 1870 First Church in Cambridge, Congregational 11 Garden St Cambridge Massachusetts 100px 1871 Houses for Samuel Eliot 156-160 Mount Vernon St Boston Massachusetts A contributing property to the Beacon Hill Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. 1872 Brighton Abattoir Market St Brighton, Boston Massachusetts Destroyed by fire in 1910. 100px 1872 Houses for Abel C. Martin 3-4 Otis Pl Boston Massachusetts Abel C. and Clara Martin lived at 4 Otis Place. A contributing property to the Beacon Hill Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. 1872 House for George B. Upton Jr. 19 Marlborough St Boston Massachusetts A contributing property to the Back Bay Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. 1872 Remodeling of Massachusetts Hall,Bowdoin College 255 Maine St Brunswick Maine Martin gutted the building's upper two floors to make way for the Cleaveland Cabinet, a museum of natural history dedicated to Parker Cleaveland. This was funded by Cleaveland's son-in-law Peleg W. Chandler, an existing client of Martin's. The work was reversed in 1937 and the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. 100px 1872 Otis Place School 5 Otis Pl Boston Massachusetts This was the home of Clara Martin's school for girls. A contributing property to the Beacon Hill Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. 1873 Chauncy Hall School (former) 585 Boylston St Boston Massachusetts Demolished. 100px 1873 Engine House No. 29 20 Chestnut Hill Ave Brighton, Boston Massachusetts Altered. 1874 First Reformed Presbyterian Church 131 Arlington St Boston Massachusetts Demolished. 1874 Houses for Samuel Eliot 6-7-8 Otis Pl Boston Massachusetts A contributing property to the Beacon Hill Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. 1875 Mercantile building 85 Purchase St Boston Massachusetts Demolished. 1877 Mercantile building for Henry Guild 67 Batterymarch St Boston Massachusetts 1877 Remodeling of St. John Episcopal Church 27 Devens St Charlestown, Boston Massachusetts Originally designed by Richard Bond in 1841. 100px 1878 Mercantile building for Henry G. Dorr 281 Franklin St Boston Massachusetts 1879 House for George D. Noyes 287 Walnut St Brookline Massachusetts 1879 Park Theatre 617 Washington St Boston Massachusetts Later remodeled by Clarence H. Blackall as a movie theatre. Demolished in 1990. 100px