Arthur H. Vinal was an American

United States

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 architect who lived and worked in Boston, Massachusetts. Vinal started a partnership with Henry F. Starbuck

Henry F. Starbuck

Henry F. Starbuck was an American architect and a specialist in church architecture.-Early life and ancestors:Henry Fletcher Starbuck was born on March 1, 1850, in Nantucket, Massachusetts and died on August 21, 1935 at Decoto, Alameda County, California. He was the son of Henry Starbuck and...

 in 1877; the firm broke up when Starbuck moved away. Vinal was City Architect of Boston from 1884 to 1887. He is principally known for his Richardsonian Romanesque

Richardsonian Romanesque

Richardsonian Romanesque is a style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after architect Henry Hobson Richardson, whose masterpiece is Trinity Church, Boston , designated a National Historic Landmark...

 High Service Building at the Chestnut Hill Reservoir

Chestnut Hill Reservoir

Chestnut Hill Reservoir is a reservoir created in 1870 on existing marshes and meadowland to supplement the city of Boston's water needs. It is surrounded by Chestnut Hill, a neighborhood which consists of parts of Boston, Brookline, and Newton. The reservoir, though, is located entirely within...

 (1887). In addition to his other public buildings, Vinal designed numerous residences in Boston and nearby suburbs (not all, or even mostly, romanesques).

Other works

• Methodist Church, Farmington, Maine (1877)
• Bangor Opera House, Bangor, Maine
  Bangor, Maine
  Bangor is a city in and the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine, United States, and the major commercial and cultural center for eastern and northern Maine...
  
   (1881)
• Back Bay
  Back Bay, Boston, Massachusetts
  Back Bay is an officially recognized neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts famous for its rows of Victorian brownstone homes, which are considered one of the best-preserved examples of 19th-century urban design in the United States, as well as numerous architecturally significant individual...
  
   fire
  Fire station
  A fire station is a structure or other area set aside for storage of firefighting apparatus , personal protective equipment, fire hose, fire extinguishers, and other fire extinguishing equipment...
  
   and police station
  Police station
  A police station or station house is a building which serves to accommodate police officers and other members of staff. These buildings often contain offices and accommodation for personnel and vehicles, along with locker rooms, temporary holding cells and interview/interrogation rooms.- Facilities...
  
  , 941–955 Boylston Street
  941–955 Boylston Street
  The building at 941–955 Boylston Street in the Back Bay district of Boston, Massachusetts was designed by Arthur H. Vinal in 1886, while he was City Architect, as the city's first combined fire and police station...
  
  , Boston (1886, Richardsonian Romanesque)
• Fisher Hill Reservoir, Brookline, Massachusetts
  Brookline, Massachusetts
  Brookline is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States, which borders on the cities of Boston and Newton. As of the 2010 census, the population of the town was 58,732.-Etymology:...
  
   (1887)
• Dorchester Temple Baptist Church
  Dorchester Temple Baptist Church
  Dorchester Temple Baptist Church is a historic African American Baptist church at 670 Washington Street in Boston, Massachusetts. It is now known as Global Ministry Christian Church.The church was designed in 1889 by Arthur H...
  
   (1889, shingle style)
• apartment building, 492–498 Massachusetts Avenue and 779–781 Tremont Street, South End, Boston (1897)
• Globe theater (burlesque
  Burlesque
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   and later B movie
  B movie
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   house), later known as the Center and the Pagoda, 690 Washington Street, Boston (1903, French Renaissance)
• Calais Free Library
  Calais Free Library
  Calais Free Library is a public library in Calais, Maine. It was built in 1892 and designed by Boston, Massachusetts architect Arthur H. Vinal. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is also home to an art gallery.-External links:...
  
  , Calais, Maine
  Calais, Maine
  Calais is a city in Washington County, Maine, United States. The city has three United States border crossings or also known as a Port of entry with the busiest being on the St. Croix River bordering St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada...
  
   (opened July 4, 1893)
• Mt. Kineo House Hotel, Mount Kineo
  Mount Kineo
  Mount Kineo, situated beside Moosehead Lake in Maine, is in the northern Maine forest, which stretches north to Canada. Kineo is a peninsula, comprising 1,150 acres , which extends from the easterly shore into the lake...
  
  , Moosehead Lake, Maine
  Moosehead Lake
  Moosehead Lake is the largest lake in the U.S. state of Maine and the largest mountain lake in the eastern United States. Situated in the Longfellow Mountains in the Maine Highlands Region, the lake is the source of the Kennebec River. Towns that border the lake include Greenville to the south and...
  
   (opened July 29, 1884)

Images

External links

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomewatson/2344423886/ Globe Theatre, Washington St., Boston. It was later the Center and then the Pagoda. The theater closed in 1995
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/army_arch/3550844921/