Harris M. Stephenson

St. John's Episcopal Church in Jamaica Plain, Boston, designed by Appleton & Stephenson in the Gothic Revival style and completed in 1882. The former Free Surgical Hospital for Women in Boston, designed by Appleton & Stephenson in the Richardsonian Romanesque style and completed in 1886. St. John's Episcopal Church in Keokuk, Iowa, designed by Appleton & Stephenson in the Gothic Revival style and completed in 1888. The former Henry C. Nevins Home for Aged and Incurables in Methuen, designed by Stephenson in the Châteauesque style and completed in 1906. Harris M. Stephenson (January 18, 1845 – May 16, 1909) was an American architect in practice in Boston from 1870 until his death in 1909.

Life and career Harris Marshall Stephenson was born January 18, 1845 in Boston to Benjamin Turner Stephenson and Nancy Kelleran Stephenson, née Hall. He attended the public schools before joining the office of his uncle, architect Samuel C. Bugbee. In 1861 Bugbee relocated to San Francisco and Stephenson moved to the office of Nathaniel Jeremiah Bradlee. Circa 1870 he left Bradlee to begin his own practice, Appleton & Stephenson, in partnership with Daniel Appleton. They dissolved their partnership circa 1888 and Stephenson practiced independently for the remainder of his life.

Stephenson's practice was centered around Boston and Massachusetts, but he also completed projects in California, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York and elsewhere. They had one child, Harris Walter Stephenson, who was born in 1874.

Stephenson died May 16, 1909 at his home in Jamaica Plain at the age of 64. 1882 – St. John's Episcopal Church, 1 Roanoke Ave, Jamaica Plain, Boston 1884 – Blow-Me-Down, the Charles Cotesworth Beaman house, Wilson Rd, Cornish, New Hampshire 1886 – St. George's Episcopal Church, Woodbridge Rd, York Harbor, Maine 1888 – Edward Burgess house, 503 Beacon St, Boston 1888 – St. John's Episcopal Church, 208 N 4th St, Keokuk, Iowa 1890 – Turk's Head Inn, 151 South St, Rockport, Massachusetts 1891 – George A. Ballantine house, 326 Beacon St, Boston 1895 – Jacob Amos house, 16 W Oneida St, Baldwinsville, New York 1897 – Meriden Congregational Church, 5 Mitchell Dr, Meriden, New Hampshire 1901 – Emerson Hall, 67 Court St, Castine, Maine 1904 – German Reformed Christ Church, 120 Chestnut Ave, Jamaica Plain, Boston 1906 – Henry C. Nevins Home for Aged and Incurables (former), 110 Broadway, Methuen, Massachusetts