Portrait of Architect Clarence H. Blackall (1857-1942), circa 1877

Portrait of Architect Clarence H. Blackall (1857-1942), circa 1877

circa 1877

Architect Clarence H. Blackall (1857-1942) was known for his hundreds of theaters, but he also designed one of Boston’s first skyscrapers, the nine-story Carter Winthrop Building at 7 Water St. Blackall also designed 17 theaters in and around Boston. The Colonial Theater, Boston’s oldest surviving theater, dating from 1900; the Metropolitan Theatre, now the Wang Theatre for the Performing Arts; the Wilbur Theatre, Tremont Temple; and the Modern Theatre remain.

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Public domain. Courtesy of the University of Illinois Archives, 26/4/1, Alumni and Faculty Biographical, 1882-1995

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