George Albert Clough

George Albert Clough (May 27, 1843 – December 30, 1910) was an architect working in Boston in the late 19th century. He designed the Suffolk County Courthouse in Pemberton Square, and numerous other buildings in the city and around New England. Clough served as the first City Architect of Boston from 1876 to 1883.

Life and career George Albert Clough was born May 27, 1843, in Blue Hill, Maine. He attended the Blue Hill Academy and worked as a draftsman for his father, the shipbuilder Asa Clough. He moved to Boston in 1863, entering the firm of Snell & Gregerson as a student. He remained with Snell until 1869, when he established his own practice. In 1876 he was elected City Architect of Boston, the first person to hold the office. He continued in that position until 1883, when he was replaced by Charles J. Bateman. He was awarded his largest commission, the Suffolk County Courthouse, in competition two years later in 1885. This building was completed in 1893, largely to Clough's design but with modifications he disapproved of. where he died in 1939.

Personal life In 1876 Clough married Amelia M. Hinckley of Thetford, Vermont, the sister of Lyman G. Hinckley. They had three children.

Legacy Historian Walter Muir Whitehill described him as "a competent but not very inspired practitioner."

A number of Clough's projects have been listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places.

Architectural works

Gaston Grammar School, City Point, South Boston, 1873 Fields Corner Municipal Building, Dorchester, Boston, 1874 Framingham Reservoir No. 1 Dam and Gatehouse, E end of Framingham Reservoir No. 1, off Winter St. N of Long Ave. Framingham, Massachusetts, 1876 Framingham Reservoir No. 3 Dam and Gatehouse, SE end of Framingham Reservoir No. 3, off MA 9/30 Framingham, Massachusetts, 1876 English High and Latin School, Montgomery St., Boston, 1877 Framingham Reservoir No. 2 Dam and Gatehouse, Between Framingham Reservoirs Nos. 1 and 2, W of jct. of Winter and Fountain Sts. Framingham, Massachusetts, 1877 Marcella Street Home, Boston, 1880 Prince School, corner Newbury St. and Exeter St., Boston, 1881 Old State House (Boston, Massachusetts), restored by Clough 1881-1882 Dillaway School, Boston, 1882 Calf Pasture Pumping Station Complex, Dorchester, Boston, 1883 Goddard Hall, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, 1883 Lyman School for Boys, Westborough, Massachusetts, c.1885, NRHP-listed Barncastle, 125 South St. (formerly 'Ideal Lodge') Blue Hill, Maine, 1884 B.M.C. Durfee High School building, Fall River, Massachusetts, 1886 Buck Memorial Library, Bucksport, Maine, 1887 Bridge Academy, ME 127 and ME 197 Dresden, Maine, 1890 St. Mark's Methodist Church, 90 Park St. Brookline, Massachusetts, 1892 Curtis Hall, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, 1893 Suffolk County Courthouse, Pemberton Square, Boston, 1893 New England Historic Genealogical Society building extension, Somerset St., Boston, 1894 William Hayes Fogg Memorial Building, Berwick Academy, Maine, 1894 Church of the Gate of Heaven, South Boston, c.1896 Parker House, 185 South St. Blue Hill, Maine 1900 remodeling. Rockland Public Library, Rockland, Maine, 1903 Vinalhaven Public Library, Carver St. Vinalhaven, Maine, 1906 Bridgewater state workhouse Westboro insane asylum Northampton insane asylum Dana Hall, Wellesley, Mass Sudbury Aqueduct Linear District, along Sudbury Aqueduct from Farm Pond at Waverly St. to Chestnut Hill Reservoir

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