George W. Stevens (October 1, 1834 – September 30, 1897) was an American civil engineer and architect practicing in Manchester, New Hampshire, during the nineteenth century.
Life and career George W. Stevens was born October 1, 1834, in Andover, Massachusetts,"Obituary," Engineering News 38, no. 15 (October 7, 1897): 127. to Phinehas Stevens (1800–1864). Phinehas Stevens was a millwright and built the New Mills of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company in 1841, among other mills in New England.Manchester: A Brief Record of its Past and a Picture of its Present (Manchester: John B. Clarke, printer, 1875)
Stevens is first listed in the Manchester directories in 1866, as a civil engineer. By 1879 he was also noted in the directories as an architect, though he was employed as an architect as early as the late 1860s. He lived in Manchester for about forty years, for eighteen of which he was employed as chief civil engineer for the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company. In 1892 Stevens left Manchester to join Lockwood, Greene & Company as superintendent of construction for their southern mills. He remained in this position for five years, living in the South. Stevens died in Cordova, Alabama, on September 30, 1897.
Personal life Stevens was married in 1864 to Anna Maria Annan (1837–1927) of Manchester.Jedediah Herrick and Lucius C. Herrick, Herrick Genealogy: A Genealogical Register of the Name and Family of Herrick (Columbus: Lucius C. Herrick, 1885)
Augustus G. Stevens (1829–1901), elder brother of George W., was also an architect and engineer in Manchester, and designed the Hoyt Shoe Factory in 1892.Hoyt Shoe Factory NRHP Registration Form (1985)
Legacy At least three buildings attributed to Stevens have been listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places, and another contributes to a listed historic district.
Works Manchester City Library (former), Manchester, New Hampshire (1869–71, demolished)Annual Reports of the City of Manchester, for the Year 1869 (Manchester: John B. Clarke, printer, 1870) Lincoln Street School, Manchester, New Hampshire (1871, demolished)Bryant F. Tolles Jr. and Carolyn K. Tolles, New Hampshire Architecture: An Illustrated Guide (Hanover: University Press of New England, 1979) Ash Street School, Manchester, New Hampshire (1872–74, NRHP-listed 1975)Ash Street School NRHP Registration Form (1975) Old Post Office Block, Manchester, New Hampshire (1876, NRHP-listed 1986)Old Post Office Block NRHP Registration Form (1976) Central Fire Station, Manchester, New Hampshire (1877, demolished 1971)Thirty-second Annual Report of the Receipts and Expenditures of the City of Manchester, for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 1877, Together with Other Annual Reports and Papers Relating to the Affairs of the City (Manchester: John B. Clarke, printer, 1878) Dunlap Building, Manchester, New Hampshire (1879, NRHP-listed 2004)Dunlap Building NRHP Registration Form (2004) House for George W. Stevens, Manchester, New Hampshire (1879)"Building Intelligence," Manufacturer and Builder 11, no. 2 (February 1879): 32. Amory Mill, Amoskeag Millyard, Manchester, New Hampshire (1880) Housing for the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, Manchester, New Hampshire (1881, partially extant)District C NRHP Registration Form (1982) Bakersville School, Manchester, New Hampshire (1883, demolished)Thirty-eighth Annual Report of the Receipts and Expenditures of the City of Manchester, for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 1883, Together with Other Annual Reports and Papers Relating to the Affairs of the City (Manchester: John B. Clarke, printer, 1884) Chimney, Amoskeag Millyard, Manchester, New Hampshire (1883, demolished 1955)Robert M. Bancroft and Francis J. Bancroft, Tall Chimney Construction: A Practical Treatise on the Construction of Tall Chimney Shafts (Manchester: John Calvert, 1885) Peoples' Baptist Church, Manchester, New Hampshire (1888, demolished)
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