Henry Warren Rogers

Henry Warren Rogers (1831-1915) was an American architect practicing during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Lynn, Massachusetts.

Early life and career Henry W. Rogers was born November 20, 1831, in Lynn, Massachusetts, to Warren and Elizabeth (Potter) Rogers. He attended the public schools of Lynn and Marshfield, to which town his family moved in 1841. In 1846 he was apprenticed to Isaac Waterman, a shipbuilder of Medford, Massachusetts. In 1853 he instead took up housebuilding, and returned to Lynn in 1855. For some years he was employed as a foreman by Nehemiah Lee. His own death occurred on December 30, 1920.

Personal life Rogers was first married to Caroline Augusta Bates (1834-1875) in 1854. She died in 1875, and he remarried in 1880, to Olive Ann Randall (1847-1938) of North Berwick, Maine. Rogers had three children, all with Caroline Augusta: Henrietta Eunice (1855-1919), Hamilton Everett (1857-1920) and Clarence Abel Rogers (1859-1941). Both sons followed him into the architecture profession. Henry Warren Rogers died January 30, 1915.

Architectural works + Year Project Address City State Notes Image References 1880 Boyden House 280 Union St Lynn Massachusetts Extant but heavily altered. 1882 House for Joseph E. Hood 4 Ash St Danvers Massachusetts 1884 Receiving Tomb,Swampscott Cemetery 400 Essex St Swampscott Massachusetts Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Swampscott Cemetery in 2013. 100px 1890 Fabens Building 312 Union St Lynn Massachusetts Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. 100px 1890 Woodbury Building 145 Munroe St Lynn Massachusetts Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Central Square Historic District in 1985. 1891 Dagyr Building 11 Willow St Lynn Massachusetts Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Central Square Historic District in 1985. 1891 Pevear Building 501 Washington St Lynn Massachusetts Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Central Square Historic District in 1985. 1892 Factory for the Aaron F. Smith Company 589 Essex St Lynn Massachusetts 1892 Tenements for Patrick B. Magrane 12-20 Elm and 225-229 S Common Sts Lynn Massachusetts 1895 House for Frances G. Keene 11 Grosvenor Park Lynn Massachusetts Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Diamond Historic District in 1996. 1896 House for John Cotter 15 Harwood St Lynn Massachusetts 1896 House for Charles E. Forbes 34 King St Lynn Massachusetts Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Diamond Historic District in 1996. 1897 Aborn School 409 Eastern Ave Lynn Massachusetts 1897 House for Byron E. Glover 179 Ocean St Lynn Massachusetts 1897 House for Stephen B. Howe 68 Newhall St Lynn Massachusetts 1897 Clift Rodgers Free Library (former) 83 Old Main St Marshfield Hills Massachusetts Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Marshfield Hills Historic District in 2009. 100px 1898 House for Ernest Dodge 6 Rodman St Roslindale, Boston Massachusetts Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Woodbourne Historic District in 1999. 1898 Lewis School 583 Chestnut St Lynn Massachusetts 1901 Lynn Realty Company Building No. 1 190-192 Broad St Lynn Massachusetts Demolished. 1902 Lynn Realty Company Building No. 2 678 Washington St Lynn Massachusetts Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. 100px 1907 Lynn Realty Company Building No. 6 266 Broad St Lynn Massachusetts Demolished. 1907 Lynn Realty Company Building No. 7 278 Broad St Lynn Massachusetts Demolished. 1911 House for Lloyd G. Lewis 87 Ocean St Lynn Massachusetts 1915 Garage and apartment for Frederick S. Pevear 21 Henry Ave Lynn Massachusetts 1916 House for Cornelius J. Shea 31 King St Lynn Massachusetts Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Diamond Historic District in 1996. 1917 Convent for St. Mary R. C. Church 32 City Hall Sq Lynn Massachusetts