Edwin E. Lewis

Edwin E. Lewis (1846–1928) was an American architect from Gardiner, Maine.

Life and career Lewis was born in Cornish, New Hampshire in 1846. His family later moved to Croydon, and then Claremont. In February 1865, at the age of 19, he enlisted in the Union Army. He returned to Claremont later that year, where he became a carpenter. He married in 1866. He and his wife later moved to Keene, and then to Gardiner in 1875. There he practiced as a contractor, and became known for the designs he built. In 1883 he received his first architectural commission, a building in Richmond. The following year he opened an architectural office in Gardiner.

Lewis practiced until November 1897. He was then appointed Chief Engineer and General Superintendent of Construction at Togus, probably due to the extensive work he had done there while in private practice. He retired from that position in 1917, and died in 1928. 1887 - Crosby Inn, Main & Franklin Sts, Belfast, Maine 1889 - Calais National Bank Building, 345 Main St, Calais, Maine 1890 - Masonic Building, 16 Common St, Waterville, Maine 1890 - William M. Shaw House, 40 Norris St, Greenville, Maine 1890 - Union Hall, 18 Central St, Danforth, Maine 1891 - Gardiner Savings Institution Building, 190 Water St, Gardiner, Maine 1896 - Patten Block, 185 Water St, Gardiner, Maine 1896 - Plummer Street Intermediate School, 12 Plummer St, Gardiner, Maine 1897 - Masonic Block, 169 Water St, Gardiner, Maine Demolished. 1897 - Myrtle Street School, Myrtle St, Waterville, Maine Burned in 1981.