Nathaniel Cannon Smith

Nathaniel Cannon Smith (1866–1943), professionally known as Nat. C. Smith, was an American painter and architect of New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Life and career Nathaniel Cannon Smith was born January 18, 1866, in New Bedford, Massachusetts, to William T. and Caroline A. (Brownell) Smith. He attended the New Bedford public schools, graduating from New Bedford High School in 1885. For the next three and one-half years he was a student and associate of Edward G. Dobbins, engraver and illustrator. Though he began to advance in that trade, he decided instead to study architecture, sailing for Paris in 1889. He was a student of the Beaux-Arts de Paris and was a member of the atelier of Henri Duray. In 1893 Smith returned to New Bedford, where he established himself as an architect. With the exception of the years 1913 to 1919, when he was in partnership with Myron P. Howland, Smith was a private practitioner for his entire career.

Smith married in 1897 to Alice M. Adams of New Bedford. They had one daughter.

Architectural works Nat. C. Smith, 1893-1913 1894 - Union for Good Works Building, 12 Market St, New Bedford, Massachusetts 1895 - William H. Wood House, 408 County St, New Bedford, Massachusetts 1896 - Quequechan Club, 306 N Main St, Fall River, Massachusetts 1896 - Thomas A. Thornton House, 114 Hawthorn St, New Bedford, Massachusetts 1897 - Dunbar Street School House (George H. Dunbar School), 338 Dartmouth Street, New Bedford, Massachusetts 1897 - Slocum Building, 908 Purchase St, New Bedford, Massachusetts 1898 - Edward H. Abbe Houses (6), Clinton Pl, New Bedford, Massachusetts A planned cul-de-sac. 1898 - William L. Chadwick House, 117 Mill St, New Bedford, Massachusetts 1898 - New Bedford Textile Institute, 1213 Purchase St, New Bedford, Massachusetts 1899 - Union Baptist Church, 109 Court St, New Bedford, Massachusetts 1900 - John Duff House (Remodeling), 479 County St, New Bedford, Massachusetts 1902 - Y. M. C. A. Building, 199 N Main St, Fall River, Massachusetts 1903 - Jennie Smith Grinnell House, 32 Maple St, New Bedford, Massachusetts 1909 - New Bedford Free Public Library (Remodeling), 613 Pleasant St, New Bedford, Massachusetts 1910 - Nathaniel C. Smith House, 1 Howland Ter, New Bedford, Massachusetts Home of the architect. 1912 - Brockton Public Library, 304 Main St, Brockton, Massachusetts 1913 - The Whaleman, New Bedford Free Public Library

Smith & Howland, 1913-1919 1913 - Ulrich C. Collette Building, 1566-1570 Acushnet Ave, New Bedford, Massachusetts 1914 - Thomas B. Wilcox, Jr. House, 9 Maple St, New Bedford, Massachusetts 1915 - Cummings Building, 96 William St, New Bedford, Massachusetts 1916 - Henry Watson House, 383 W Clifton St, New Bedford, Massachusetts 1917 - Office Building, Oak Grove Cemetery, New Bedford, Massachusetts

Nat. C. Smith, from 1919 1919 - J. V. O'Neil House, 572 Rockdale Ave, New Bedford, Massachusetts 1921 - Clarence A. Cook School (Old), 91 Summer St, New Bedford, Massachusetts 1922 - Charles L. Neild House, 554 Rockdale Ave, New Bedford, Massachusetts 1923 - Tifereth Israel Synagogue (Old), 42 S 6th St, New Bedford, Massachusetts 1927 - Crapo Memorial Gallery, Swain School of Design, 19 Hawthorn St, New Bedford, Massachusetts 1934 - Warming House, Buttonwood Park, Oneida St, New Bedford, Massachusetts