Charles Sumner Sedgwick

Charles Sumner Sedgwick (1856 – March 12, 1922) was an American architect.

Early life and marriage Sedgwick was born in 1856, in New York.

Career He started his career as an architect in Binghamton, New York and moved to Minneapolis in 1884 and completed several projects in the city and surrounding areas and states. Several of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Sedgwick is a designated Minneapolis master architect by the city's heritage preservation authority.

Death He died on March 12, 1922, aged 65 or 66, at St. Barnabas Hospital in Minnesota, from Bright's disease. He was buried in Lakewood Cemetery.

Works Sedgwick was most known for his residential commissions, but also designed churches, school buildings, and commercial structures. Nehemiah P. Clarke House (1892–93), 356 3rd Ave., S., St. Cloud, MN (Sedgwick, Charles S.), NRHP-listed Westminster Presbyterian Church (1897), 1201–1213 Nicollet Mall with Warren H. Hayes, NRHP-listed Dayton's (1902) at 700 Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis (later converted to a Macy's before closing down) Burton Hall (University of Minnesota) interior at the University of Minnesota (1895) with Leroy Buffington designing the exterior. The building was formerly used as a library

Budge Hall (1899 – demolished 1981) and Science Hall (renamed Minard Hall in honor of Dean A. E. Minard) at North Dakota State University Minard Hall has been added on to and extensively renovated over the years. William F. Bruell House (1902), Address Restricted, Redfield, South Dakota (Sedgwick & Saxton), NRHP-listed Four story commercial building at 256 1st Avenue North (1902) in Minneapolis Morris Carnegie Library (1905), Nevada and 6th Sts., Morris, MN (Sedgwick & Saxton), NRHP-listed First Lutheran Church (1916) 434 First Street Southwest in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota Park Avenue Covenant Church, Minneapolis Park Avenue Congregational Church, at Park and Franklin Avenues, Minneapolis