Thomas Podmore
Thomas Podmore (1859–1948) was an architect from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. In addition to his lengthy architectural career as an architect, Podmore is noteworthy for his experiments with the fabrication of concrete products.
Early life[edit]
Thomas Podmore was born at Cherrington, Shropshire, England in 1859, the son of a farmer, and was baptized at the nearby village of Tibberton on March 23, 1859.[1] In 1881, he was living on St. Ann Street in Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, employed as an "architect's assistant."[2]
Career in America[edit]
Podmore emigrated to the United States about 1883, worked for a few years in New York, then moved to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. There, in 1886, he joined forces with Albert Hamilton Kipp (1850–1906) to form the architecture firm Kipp & Podmore.[3] The firm dissolved by mutual consent at the end of 1891.[4]
In 1903, Podmore received a patent for a "machine for molding concrete blocks,"[5] and in 1907 founded the Podmore Concrete Co., for the manufacture of concrete blocks by a method of Podmore's own devising.[6]
Podmore retired in 1928 after the completion of his last building, Sprague Memorial Hall, in Kingston, Pennsylvania.[7] He died in 1948.[8]
Principal Architectural Works[edit]
- Nelson Memorial Hall, Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pennsylvania, built in 1887 — as Kipp & Podmore.[9]
- Methodist Episcopal Church, Dallas, Pennsylvania, completed in 1889 — as Kipp & Podmore.[10]
- Armory, Gaylord Avenue, Plymouth, Pennsylvania, built in 1891 — as Kipp & Podmore.[11]
- State Street School, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, built in 1891 — as Kipp & Podmore.[12]
- St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Plymouth, Pennsylvania, built in 1893.[13]
- Wyoming Valley Country Club, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, built 1896.[14]
- W. G. Eno Residence, Ross Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, built 1899.[15]
- J. B. Woodward Residence, Northampton Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, built 1899.[16]
- Town Hall, Edwardsville, Pennsylvania, built 1899.[17]
- Wyoming Valley Country Club Enlargement, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, built 1903.[18]
- Grace English Lutheran Church, 500 S. Franklin St, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, dedicated May 1911.[19]
- R. R. M. Carpenter Residence, Wilmington Delaware, built in 1911.[20]
- Wilkes-Barre Contagious Hospital, East Division Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, completed 1918.[21]
- Walter S. Carpenter Jr. Residence, Wilmington, Delaware, completed in 1918.[22]
- Nesbitt Memorial Athletic Field, Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pennsylvania, dedicated October 1922.[23]
- Sprague Hall, Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pennsylvania, completed in 1928.[24]
Gallery[edit]
-
Nelson Memorial Hall, Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pennsylvania, completed 1887. -
Nelson Memorial, Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pennsylvania, photographed in 2013. -
Methodist Episcopal Church, Dallas, Pennsylvania, completed 1889. -
Armory, Gaylord Avenue, Plymouth, Pennsylvania, completed 1891. -
St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Plymouth, Pennsylvania, completed 1893. -
Wyoming Valley Country Club, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, built 1896. -
Town Hall, Edwardsville, Pennsylvania, completed 1899. -
Wyoming Valley Country Club Enlargement, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, completed 1903. -
Sprague Memorial, Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pennsylvania, completed 1928.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ familysearch.org, English Births & Christenings.
- ^ familysearch.org, 1881 UK Census, Stoke-upon-Trent.
- ^ Wilkes-Barre Record, December 25, 1886, page 1.
- ^ Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader, December 26, 1891, page 4.
- ^ "Patents," The National Builder, November 1904, page 35.
- ^ "Notes of the Industry," Rock Products, Vol. VI, No. 10, April 22, 1907, page 48.
- ^ The Wilkes-Barre Record, February 3, 1948, page 13.
- ^ Wilkes-Barre Record, August 16, 1948
- ^ The Sunday Leader, September 11, 1887, page 8.
- ^ Wilkes-Barre Record, June 1, 1939, page 4.
- ^ Sunday News, June 8, 1890, page 3.
- ^ The Plymouth Tribune, October 16, 1891, page 8.
- ^ Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader, October 18, 1893, Page 8.
- ^ The Wilkes-Barre Record, October 19, 1896, page 5.
- ^ Dollar Weekly News, December 16, 1899, page 3.
- ^ Dollar Weekly News, December 16, 1899, page 3.
- ^ The Wilkes-Barre Record, December 18, 1899, page 13.
- ^ The Wilkes-Barre Record, April 25, 1903, page 7.
- ^ The Susquehanna Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (1917).
- ^ Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader, January 27, 1911, page 19.
- ^ The Evening News (Wilkes-Barre), December 10, 1918, page 1.
- ^ The Evening Journal (Wilmington, Delaware), June 29, 1918, page
- ^ The Wilkes-Barre Record, October 4, 1922, page 5.
- ^ The Wilkes-Barre Record, March 21, 1928, page 17.