Arthur H. Smith

Arthur H. Smith (born 1869) was an English-American architect who practiced in the small city of Rutland, Vermont.

Life and career Smith was born in 1869 in London, and attended the University of Edinburgh. He immigrated to the United States in 1889, a civil engineering firm who wanted to expand to include architectural services, which Smith would provide. In 1895 John W. Burke left the firm, and Thomas F. Chappell and Smith formed a new partnership, Chappell & Smith. This firm was dissolved in about 1897.

Smith would go on to be the region's most prominent architect, practicing well into the 20th century. 1894 - Episcopal Church of Our Saviour, 316 Mission Farm Rd, Killington, Vermont 1896 - Arthur H. Smith House, 72 Crescent St, Rutland, Vermont The architect's own residence. 1896 - James Walker House, 74 Crescent St, Rutland, Vermont

Arthur H. Smith, from 1897 1897 - Barlow Street School, 39 Barlow St, St. Albans, Vermont 1897 - Messenger Street School, 75 Messenger St, St. Albans, Vermont 1898 - Franklin County Jail, 30 Lincoln Ave, St. Albans, Vermont 1906 - Gryphon Building, 122 West St, Rutland, Vermont 1910 - Grand Theatre, 106 West St, Rutland, Vermont 1912 - Herman W. Vaughan House (Linden Terrace), 191 Grove St, Rutland, Vermont 1924 - Woodruff Hall, Castleton University, Castleton, Vermont 1927 - Leavenworth Hall, Castleton University, Castleton, Vermont Burned in 1971.