The W.C. Vaughan Co.

Timeline

1875

c. 1890

Joseph Jewett sets up shop at 19 Pearl Street.

c. 1891

Walter Vaughan joins Joseph Jewett at 19 Pearl Street.

1895

Joseph Jewett and Walter Vaughan form partnership as J.D. Jewett & Co.

1895

J.D. Jewett & Co. moves from 19 Pearl Street to 168 Washington Street, near Dock Square.

1900

1902

May 29: J.D. Jewett Co., successor to J.D. Jewett & Co., is incorporated, with Joseph Jewett as president and Walter Vaughan as secretary.

c. 1909

Joseph Jewett and Walter Vaughan end their partnership; Walter Vaughan assumes control of the J.D. Jewett Co.

1909

October 15: The J.D. Jewett Co. is formally renamed the W.C. Vaughan Co.

Massachusetts State Armory

Wakefield, MA

1913

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1918

November 11: W.C. Vaughan acquires L.S. Hall & Co. on Armistice Day.

1919

W.C. Vaughan moves from 168 Washington Street to L.S. Hall’s Shop at 1 Haymarket Square.

Dwg No. 7: Harmon Hinge No 806

c. 1920s

1921

W.C. Vaughan acquires Wm. Hall & Co.

“Colonial Forge and Foundry”

c. 1924s

1925

1926

W.C. Vaughan acquires building at 3–7 Havervill, which houses its forge, foundry, manufacturing, and shipping departments

Colonial Williamsburg

Williamsburg, VA

1927-1934

William Graves Perry, Architect (Restoration)

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St. Philip’s Episcopal Church

Charleston, SC

1927-1938

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Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

1928

Guy Lowell, Architect

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1929

Elmer Hale Pratt joins W.C. Vaughan as a draftsman

The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation

Dearborn, MI

1929

Robert O. Derrick, Architect

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c. 1933-1941

Stafford Vaughan joins Ostrander & Eshleman, solidifying partnership with the W.C. Vaughan Co.

Watertown First Parish Church

Watertown, MA

1933

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William K. Vanderbilt Estate “Eagle’s Nest”

Centerport, N.Y.

1936

Warren & Wetmore, Architects

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US Department of the Interior

Washington, D.C.

1936

Waddy Butler Wood, Architect

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Dillaway-Thomas House

Boston, MA

1937

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Under Elmer Pratt’s direction, W.C. Vaughan Co. introduces Lucite door pulls

c. 1937

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Nathaniel Saltonstall House

Medfield, MA

1937

Nathaniel Saltonstall, Architect

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Grace Church

New York, NY

1937

James Renwick, Jr., Architect

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Saint Mary’s Episcopal Church

Washington, DC

1937

James Renwick, Jr., Architect

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Gardner-White-Pingree House

Salem, MA

1938

Samuel McIntire, Architect

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William P. Bartel House

Wayland, MA

1938

Eleanor Raymond, Architect

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Trinity Church

Newton, MA

1938

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Breuer House, Lincoln

Lincoln, MA

1938

Marcel Breuer, Architect

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W.C. Vaughan provides hardware for Life Magazine’s “Life Houses”

1938

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Mr. & Mrs. G. Holmes Perkins House

Brookline, MA

1938

George Holmes Perkins, Architect

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St. Josephs Church

1938

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Exmoor Farm Renovation

Weston, MA

1938

Eleanor Raymond, Architect

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Ritz Carlton Hotel

Boston, MA

1938

George Holmes Perkins, Architect (Alteration)

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1939

New York World’s Fair, the “World of Tomorrow”; W.C. Vaughan supplies hardware for exhibitions including the Argentine Pavilion and Gropius and Breuer’s Pennsylvania State Exhibition

1939

W.C. Vaughan acquires the John Tein Co.

Terzaghi House

Winchester, MA

1939

George Holmes Perkins, Architect

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Life Magazine’s Life Houses

Queens, NY

1939

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St. Michael’s Church

Litchfield, CT

1939

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Salem Maritime National Historic Site

Salem, MA

1939

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Centenary Church

Winston Salem, NC

1939

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Pennsylvania State Exhibition

New York, NY

1939

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Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church

New York, NY

1939

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Fischer House & Studio

Wrightstown Township, Bucks County, PA

1939

Walter Gropius & Marcel Breuer, Architects

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Gov. Gore Mansion

Waltham, WA

1939

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Saint Anthony’s Church

1939

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1940

Plastics, 1940

Peabody Plywood House

Dover, MA

1940

Eleanor Raymond, Architect

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Brown University

Providence, RI

1940

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Massachusetts General Hospital Chapel

Boston, MA

1940

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Colonial Hand-Forged, Wrought Iron Hardware

c. 1940

Wrought Iron Hardware

c. 1940s

Church of the Redeemer

Brookline, MA

1941

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John P. Monks House

Lincoln, MA

1941

George Holmes Perkins, Architect

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Weizenblatt House

Asheville, NC

1941

Marcel Breuer, Architect

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Chamberlain Cottage

Wayland, MA

1941

Marcel Breuer, Architect

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W.C. Vaughan manufactures torpedo parts for the war effort.

c. 1942

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1943

Walter Vaughan retires; divides shares in W.C. Vaughan between Stafford Vaughan and Elmer Pratt

1943

Stafford Vaughan becomes president of W.C. Vaughan

Geller House I

Lawrence, NY

1945

Marcel Breuer, Architect

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St. Joseph

Dover, NH

1946

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First Church Christ Scientist

Winchester, MA

1946

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Cronk Chapel

1946

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Gilbert Tompkins House

Hewlett Harbor, NY

1946

Marcel Breuer, Architect

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Old Wye Church

Wye Mills, MD

1947

William Graves Perry, Architect (Restoration)

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First Lutheran Church

Gardner, MA

1948

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Breuer Cottage

Wellfleet, MA

1948

Marcel Breuer, Architect

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Fischer Guest Cottage

Newtown, PA

1948

Marcel Breuer, Architect

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Kepes Cottage

Wellfleet, MA

1948

Marcel Breuer, Architect

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Breuer House I

New Canaan, CT

1948

Marcel Breuer, Architect

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Robinson House

Williamstown, MA

1948

Marcel Breuer, Architect

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Wellesley Veterans Housing

Wellesley, MA

1949

Hugh Asher Stubbins, Architect

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Thompson House

Ligonier, PA

1949

Marcel Breuer, Architect

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St. Andrews Episcopal Church

Wellesley, MA

1949

Nathaniel Saltonstall, Architect

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Scott House

Dennis, MA

1949

Marcel Breuer, Architect

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Our Lady of Mercy Seminary

Lenox, MA

1949

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Mayo Hill Colony Club

Wellfleet, MA

1949

Nathaniel Saltonstall, Architect

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St. Thomas Church

Hartford, CT

1949

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1950

Zimmerman House

Manchester, NH

1950

Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect

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Smith House

Aspen, CO

1950

Marcel Breuer, Architect

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Lauck House

Princeton, NJ

1950

Marcel Breuer, Architect

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Vaughan Hardware, Catalog No. 26

c. 1950

Causy House

1950

1951

W.C. Vaughan loses 1 Haymarket Square to eminent domain; moves to 32 Pitts Street

Winterthur Museum

New Castle, DE

1951

Henry Francis DuPont, Architect

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Edward E. Mills House

New Canaan, CT

1951

Marcel Breuer, Architect (Addition)

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Wolfson Trailer House

Salt Point, NY

1951

Marcel Breuer, Architect

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Pack House

Scarsdale, NY

1951

Marcel Breuer, Architect

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St. Mary’s - The Morning Star Church

Pittsfield, MA

1952

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St. Joseph’s Cathedral

1952

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1717 Meeting House

West Barnstable, WA

1952

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Church in Taunton

Taunton, MA

1953

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Cathedral Church of St. John

Wilmington, DE

1953

James E. Lowe & Sons, Architects (Restoration)

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P.M. Herzog House

Boston, MA

1953

Huson Jackson, Architect

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St. George’s Episcopal Church

Schenectady, NY

1953

Samuel Fuller, Architect

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Brandeis University Chapels

Waltham, MA

1954

Max Abramovitz, Architect

Eero Saarinen, Architect (Master Plan)

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St. Andrews Church

Wellesley, MA

1954

William Graves Perry, Architect

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First Lutheran Church

Boston, MA

1954

Pietro Belluschi, Architect

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St. Brigid’s Church

West Hartford, CT

1954

Curtin & Riley, Architects

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Governor’s Palace

New Bern, NC

1954

William Graves Perry, Architect (Restoration)

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Chermayeff Cottage & Studio

Wellfleet, MA

1954

Serge Chermayeff, Architect

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Scott Residence

Wellfleet, MA

1954

Serge Chermayeff, Architect

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Edward E. Mills House

New Canaan, CT

1954

Marcel Breuer, Architect (Alteration)

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First Parish Meeting House

Cohasset, MA

1955

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Bowditch House

Cambridge, MA

1955

Eleanor Raymond, Architect

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Nathaniel Russell House

Charleston, SC

1955

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Holy Trinity Lutheran Church

Hickory, NC

1955

Robert Clemmer, Architect

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United Church

Walpole, MA

1955

William Graves Perry, Architect

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Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

1955

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Radcliffe College (1879-1999)

Cambridge, MA

1955

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Christ Church

St. Simons Island, GA

1955

Abreu & Robeson, Architects

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West Barnstable Meeting House

Barnstable, MA

1955

E.B. Goodell, Jr, Architect (Restoration)

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Harvard Business School

Cambridge, MA

1955

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Westwood Parish Hall

1956

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1957

The Boston Redevelopment Authority forces W.C. Vaughan’s move from Pitts Street

Wye Parish House

Wye Mills, MD

1957

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Lincoln Parsonage

Lincoln, MA

1959

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Revere Pentecostal Church

Revere, MA

1959

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Church in Winston Salem

Winstom Salem, NC

1960

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Church of Advent

Medfield, MA

1960

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The Oldest House (González-Alvarez House)

St. Augustine, FL

1960

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Vaughan Hardware

c. 1960s

King’s Chapel House

Boston, MA

1961

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Christ Church

Hamilton, MA

1961

Philip Horton Smith, Architect (Addition)

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Lutheran Church of the Newtons

Newton, MA

1961

Nathaniel Saltonstall, Architect

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Lutheran Home of Moorestown

Moorestown, NJ

1961

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Pilgram Congregational Church

1961

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Cathedral Church of St. Paul

Boston, MA

1962

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Catholic Guild for The Blind

1962

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Sons of Mary

Framingham, MA

1962

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Joseph M. Edinburg House

Brookline, MA

1962

Nathaniel Saltonstall, Architect

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Holy Trinity Episcopal Church

New York, NY

1962

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Ephrata Cloister

Ephrata, PA

1962

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MIT Earth Science Building

Cambridge, MA

1962

Araldo Cossutta & I.M. Pei, Architects

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Chermayeff Courtyard House

New Haven, CT

1962

Serge Chermayeff, Architect

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New England States Exhibition

New York, NY

1962

Nelson W. Aldrich, Architect

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Edward Carrington House

Providence, RI

1962

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First Parish Church

Lincoln, MA

1962

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Centenary Methodist Church

Richmond, VA

1963

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First Baptist Church

Greensboro, NC

1963

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Presbyterian Church of the Convenant

Greensboro, NC

1963

Harry Barton, Architect (Addition)

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St. Columban Parish

Arlington, VT

1963

Dirsa Lampron, Architect

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Governor Goodwin Mansion

Portsmouth, NH

1963

William Graves Perry, Architect (Restoration)

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1964

Stafford Vaughan retires; Elmer Pratt becomes president of W.C. Vaughan

First Parish Church

Sudbury, MA

1964

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Kings Chapel House

Boston, MA

1964

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People’s Methodist Church

Bradford, MA

1964

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Pierre S. du Pont IV House

Wilmington, DE

1964

Ike W. Colburn, Architect

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National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton

Emmitsburg, MD

1965

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First Methodist Church

Pearlsburg, VA

1965

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St. Angela Merici Church

Metaire, LA

1965

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St. John’s Chapel

New York, NY

1965

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St. Peter’s Church

Manset, MA

1965

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Duke University Divinity School

Durham, NC

1965

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St. Matthew’s German Evangelical Lutheran Church

Charleston, SC

1965

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David Rockefeller House

c. 1965

Nelson W. Aldrich, Architect

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Cranwell School Chapel

Lenox, MA

1966

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Trinity Church

Boston, MA

1967

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St. Richard’s Church

1967

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Old Governor’s Mansion

Milledgeville, GA

1967

Charles B. Cluskey, Architect

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Heritage Plantation

Sandwich, MA

1968

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John Wright Stanly House

New Bern, NC

1968

John Hawks, Architect

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Vaughan Hardware

c. 1970s

Catalog 34R: Vaughan Clearview

1970

Catalog No. 64R

c. 1970

Catalog No. 72: Classic Sample Collections

c. 1970s

Vaughan Hardware

c. 1970

Vaughan Clearview

1970

Catalog 45: Emergency Exit Lock

1970

Emergency Exit Lock #1636

1970

Cover Letter

1970

Port Tobacco Court House

Port Tobacco, ML

1971

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Marblehead Church

Marblehead, MA

1971

Carpenter Associates, Architects

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Clark Art Institute, Manton Research Center

Williamstown, MA

1972

Pietro Belluschi, Architect

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First Church Congregational

Boxford, MA

1972

Merton Stuart Barrows, Architect (Restoration)

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1975

1975

Elmer Pratt retires as President of W.C. Vaughan.

First Church Dedham

Dedham, MA

1975

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