Amos P. Cutting

The Franklin Wesson House in Worcester, designed by Cutting in the High Victorian Gothic style and completed in 1874. The Uxbridge Town Hall, designed by Cutting in the High Victorian Gothic style and completed in 1879. The Warren Public Library, designed by Cutting in the Richardsonian Romanesque style and completed in 1890. The former Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church in New Britain, Connecticut, designed by Cutting in the Richardsonian Romanesque style and completed in 1891. The New Hampshire State Library in Concord, New Hampshire, designed by Cutting in the Neoclassical style and completed in 1895. The Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier, Vermont, designed by Cutting in the Neoclassical style and completed in 1896. The Fogg Library in South Weymouth, designed by Cutting, Carleton & Cutting in the Renaissance Revival style and completed in 1898. The Tatnuck School in Worcester, designed by Cutting, Carleton & Cutting in the Tudor Revival style and completed in 1909. The Hadley Furniture Company Building in Worcester, designed by Cutting, Carleton & Cutting in the Colonial Revival style and completed in 1924. Amos P. Cutting (September 13, 1839 – February 6, 1896) was an American architect in practice in Worcester, Massachusetts. He entered practice in 1868 and developed a practice specializing in the design of churches and public buildings. Shortly before his death he organized the firm of Cutting, Carleton & Cutting; it maintained his specialties and outlived him by over thirty years.

Life and career Amos Porter Cutting was born September 13, 1839, in Lyme, New Hampshire, to Hiram Cutting and Harriet Newell Cutting, née Chapin. When he was a toddler the family moved to Newport, Vermont. He was trained as a carpenter in Newport and Springfield, Massachusetts, and settled in Worcester in 1862. There he worked for Russ & Eddy, manufacturers of millwork. He was soon joined there by his elder brother, George H. Cutting, who would become a successful general contractor in Worcester. While working as a carpenter, Cutting studied architecture in his spare time.

In 1868 Cutting opened an architects' office in Worcester. From to he worked in partnership with John E. Holman under the name Cutting & Holman, and from 1890 to with Walter R. Forbush under the name Cutting & Forbush. In 1895 he organized a third and final partnership with Elbridge S. Carleton and Frank H. Cutting, his son, under the name Cutting, Carleton & Cutting.

In 1887 Cutting joined the Western Association of Architects (WAA); he was one of the organization's easternmost members. In 1889 the WAA merged with the American Institute of Architects (AIA), and Cutting, like all members, was made a Fellow. In 1892 he was a founding member of the former Worcester chapter.

Personal life Cutting was married in 1868 to Lora Jennie Smith of Worcester. They had ten children, five sons and five daughters, seven of whom lived to adulthood.

Legacy Cutting's firm continued under the name Cutting, Carleton & Cutting until Carleton's death in 1932. Frank H. Cutting continued to practice and died in 1957.

Worcester architects C. Leslie Chamberlain and Walter B. Nourse of the notable firms of Frost, Briggs & Chamberlain and Barker & Nourse worked for Cutting. J. William Patston, architect of the Quinsigamond Firehouse and other buildings, also worked for Cutting.

At least seven of Cutting's works have been listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places, in addition to four by Cutting, Carleton & Cutting. Others contribute to listed historic districts.

Architectural works All dates are date of completion.

A. P. Cutting, 1868–1876, 1878–1890 and 1891–1895 1872 – Dresser House, 72 Main St, Southbridge, Massachusetts 1872 – Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, Walnut St, Worcester, Massachusetts 1874 – Methodist Episcopal Church of Hyde Park, Central Ave and Winthrop St, Hyde Park, Boston 1874 – Plymouth Congregational Church, Pearl and Chestnut Sts, Worcester, Massachusetts 1874 – Franklin Wesson House, 8 Claremont St, Worcester, Massachusetts 1875 – Warren First Congregational Church-Federated Church, 25 Winthrop Ter, Warren, Massachusetts 1876 – First Congregational Church, 177 N Main St, Concord, New Hampshire 1879 – Uxbridge Town Hall, 21 S Main St, Uxbridge, Massachusetts 1881 – Hotel Wilson, 6 N Main St, Uxbridge, Massachusetts 1885 – Leicester Inn, 1019 N Main St, Leicester, Massachusetts 1885 – New Hampshire Savings Bank Building, 116 N Main St, Concord, New Hampshire 1885 – William H. Sawyer house, 107 Lincoln St, Worcester, Massachusetts 1888 – Frederick G. Davis house, 78 Burncoat St, Worcester, Massachusetts 1888 – Southbridge Town Hall, 41 Elm St, Southbridge, Massachusetts 1889 – David Prouty High School (former), 195 Main St, Spencer, Massachusetts 1890 – George H. Cutting house, 67 Cedar St, Worcester, Massachusetts 1890 – Eagle Hotel remodeling, 110 N Main St, Concord, New Hampshire 1890 – Warren Public Library, 934 Main St, Warren, Massachusetts 1891 – Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, 69 Main St, New Britain, Connecticut 1891 – YMCA, 96 State St, Newburyport, Massachusetts 1892 – New Hampshire Centennial Home for the Aged (former), 96 Pleasant St, Concord, New Hampshire 1893 – Charlton City United Methodist Church (former), 16 Stafford St, Charlton, Massachusetts 1893 – Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, 1555 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1893 – Wesley United Methodist Church, 56 S Main St, Waterbury, Vermont 1894 – First Congregational Church, 1 Concord St, Nashua, New Hampshire 1894 – Northborough Free Library, 34 Main St, Northborough, Massachusetts 1895 – New Hampshire State Library, 20 Park St, Concord, New Hampshire 1896 – Kellogg-Hubbard Library, 135 Main St, Montpelier, Vermont

Cutting & Holman, 1876–1878 1876 – Lyman School for Boys expansion, Lyman St, Westborough, Massachusetts 1876 – Addison Macullar house, 2 Oread St, Worcester, Massachusetts 1880 – Millbury Town Hall, 95 Elm St, Millbury, Massachusetts 1882 – George M. Kimball house, 266 N Main St, Concord, New Hampshire

Cutting & Forbush, 1890–1891 1890 – Daniel N. Bates house, 66 Cedar St, Worcester, Massachusetts 1891 – Lothrop's Opera House, 17 Pleasant St, Worcester, Massachusetts

Cutting, Carleton & Cutting, 1895–1932 1896 – Gilman Block, 215 Main St, Worcester, Massachusetts 1896 – Mathewson Street United Methodist Church, 134 Mathewson St, Providence, Rhode Island 1898 – Fogg Library, 1 Columbian Sq, South Weymouth, Massachusetts 1901 – Dudley Free Public Library (former), 1 Village St, Dudley, Massachusetts 1903 – Oxford Free Public Library, 339 Main St, Oxford, Massachusetts 1904 – Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St, Worcester, Massachusetts 1907 – Oxford High School (former), 351 Main St, Oxford, Massachusetts 1908 – Ralph L. Morgan house, 96 William St, Worcester, Massachusetts 1909 – Tatnuck School, 1083 Pleasant St, Worcester, Massachusetts 1910 – Rochdale School, 1098 Stafford St, Leicester, Massachusetts 1914 – Hillswold Farm, the Edmund E. Hills estate, 575 Hartford Tpk, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts 1924 – Hadley Furniture Company Building, 657 Main St, Worcester, Massachusetts 1927 – May Street School, 265 May St, Worcester, Massachusetts 1929 – Lincoln Street School, 549 Lincoln St, Worcester, Massachusetts