Horace Greeley Wadlin

Horace G. Wadlin (October 2, 1851 – November 5, 1925 ), of Reading, Massachusetts, was an American statistician, economist, librarian, and architect.

Biography He was born in 1851 in Wakefield, Massachusetts. He was also the chief supervisor of the 1890 and 1900 censuses for Massachusetts. In 1906, he retired from the Bureau of Statistics to become the librarian of the Boston Public Library. He announced his resignation as the librarian of the Boston Public Library in December 1916.

Wadlin was a member of the American Economic Association, the American Social Science Association, and the American Statistical Association, serving as vice president of the latter organization.

Architectural works

Several of his architectural works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Architectural works include: Bowser Gazebo, 25 Linden St. Reading, MA, NRHP-listed Highland School, 64 Middlesex Ave. Reading, MA, NRHP-listed House at 199 Summer Avenue, 199 Summer Ave. Reading, MA, NRHP-listed House at 57 Woburn Street, 57 Woburn St. Reading, MA, NRHP-listed Reading Municipal Building, 49 Pleasant St. Reading, MA, NRHP-listed Walnut Street School, 55 Hopkins St. Reading, MA, NRHP-listed Old Dyer Library Building, Saco, Maine

His home at 206 Woburn Street is "one of the clearest examples of Shingle style" in the city. That house is included in the NRHP-listed Woburn Street Historic District.

Literary works Reports on Statistics of Labor of Massachusetts (14 vols., 1888–1901) Annual Statistics of Manufactures of Massachusetts (16 vols., 1888–1901) Decennial Census of Massachusetts (7 vols, 1895) The Public Library of the City of Boston: A History (1911)