Sturgis, Richard Clipston | Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada

STURGIS, Richard Clipston (1860-1951), an American architect active in Boston, Mass, and the nephew of the leading Boston architect John H. Sturgis (1834-1888), and successor to his practise. Born on 24 December 1860, he was educated and trained in Boston, and later served as President of the American Inst. of Architects (1913-15). In Canada, he is best known for two projects in Nova Scotia, including “Petersfield”, an Italianate villa for Senator John S. McLennan, at Amelia Point, Westmount, SYDNEY, N.S., 1899; demol. c. 1960. The site of the villa is now part of Petersfield Provincial Park, but only the foundations of the house remain visible. It is likely that McLennan played a role in commissioning Sturgis to design the Cape Breton Yacht Club, on The Esplanade, SYDNEY, N.S., 1901 (Sydney Record, 15 April 1901, 3).
In Boston, his major projects include the Benjamin Institute of Technology (1907), major additions to the Massachusetts State House (1914-17, by Chapman, Sturgis & Andrews), and the Old Federal Reserve Bank, now the Langham Hotel (1922). Sturgis died in Boston on 8 May 1951 (biog. and port. National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. A, 1924, 368-9; Who Was Who in America 1951-1960, iii, 832; S. & M. Southworth, A.I.A. Guide to Boston, 2008, 5, 122, illus.)