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Cram and Ferguson Architects

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Cram and Ferguson Architects
Company typePrivate
IndustryArchitecture
Founded1889
FounderRalph Adams Cram, Charles Francis Wentworth
Headquarters
Concord, Massachusetts
,
United States
Key people
Ethan Anthony (CEO)
ProductsArchitectural design, specializing in ecclesiastical and academic buildings

Cram and Ferguson Architects is an architectural practice based in Concord, Massachusetts, established in 1889 by founder Ralph Adams Cram alongside Charles Francis Wentworth. Bertram Goodhue joined the partnership in 1890, prompting several firm name changes over time that mirrored its evolving leadership, including Cram and Wentworth, Cram Goodhue and Ferguson, and subsequently Hoyle, Doran and Berry. In 1905, structural engineer Frank Ferguson became a partner, marking the creation of one of the earliest integrated architecture and engineering firms.

The company’s operational focus lies primarily in architectural design with a pronounced specialization in ecclesiastical commissions, capitalizing on its expertise in Gothic Revival style. Since 2008, under the guidance of CEO Ethan Anthony AIA, the firm has returned to its original name, Cram and Ferguson Architects, dedicating efforts mainly to church and educational facility projects.

Recent distinguished works include the St. Thomas Aquinas University Church at the University of Virginia, The Shrine of Our Lady of Good Voyage located in Boston’s Seaport area, and St. Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Church in Illinois. Additional prominent assignments encompass the Benedictine Monastery of Syon Abbey in Virginia, Phillips Chapel at Canterbury School in North Carolina, and Edward's Chapel at Casady School in Oklahoma.

Through focused leadership strategy, the firm has preserved its prominence within religious and academic architecture sectors, fostering ongoing growth by emphasizing specialization and leveraging its historic brand legacy.

Religious architecture

  • All Saints Church Ashmont – Dorchester, MA, 1891
  • Saint Paul's Episcopal Church – Brockton, MA, 1891-94
  • Swedenborgian Church – Newton, MA, 1893
  • Church of Saint Peter and Paul – Fall River, MA, 1893
  • Christ Church – Hyde Park, MA, 1893
  • St. Luke's Church – Roxbury, MA, 1895
  • Second Congregational Church (Phillips Church) – Exeter, NH, 1895-98
  • St. Stephen's Episcopal Church – Cohasset, MA, 1899
  • Emmanuel Church – Newport, RI, 1900
  • St. Paul's Episcopal Church – Chicago, IL, 1902
  • First Baptist Church – Pittsburgh, PA, 1902
  • All Saints Chapel, University of the South – Sewanee, TN, 1903
  • Christ Church Cathedral Competition (project) – Victoria, British Columbia, 1903
  • St. John in the Wilderness Episcopal Cathedral (project) – Denver, CO, 1903
  • First Unitarian Church – West Newton, MA, 1905
  • Westminster Presbyterian Church – Springfield, IL, 1905
  • All Saints Cathedral – Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1906
  • Calvary Episcopal Church – Pittsburgh, PA, 1906
  • Glens Falls Presbyterian Church – Glens Falls, NY, 1906
  • St. Thomas Episcopal Church – New York City, NY, 1907
  • Trinity Memorial Church (currently St. Andrew's) – Denver, CO, 1907
  • Church of the Covenant – Cleveland, OH, 1907
  • St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral – Detroit MI., 1908-11
  • Russell Sage Memorial First Presbyterian Church – Far Rockaway NY., 1908
  • St. Mary's Church – Walkerville Ontario., 1908
  • Cathedral of the Incarnation (project) – Diocese of Baltimore MD., 1908
  • Church of the Ascension – Montgomery AL.,1910
  • St. James Episcopal Church – New York NY.,1911-24
  • St. Paul's Episcopal Church – Malden MA.,1911
  • Grace Episcopal Church Parish House – Manchester NH.,1911
  • House of Hope Presbyterian Church – St. Paul MN.,1916-26
  • Fourth Presbyterian Church – Chicago IL.,1912
  • First Presbyterian Church – Oakland CA.,1912-13
  • All Saints Episcopal Church – Peterborough NH.,1913-21
  • Chapel for the Sisters of St. Anne – Arlington MA.,1914
  • St. Elizabeth Chapel at Whitehall – Sudbury and Concord area MA.,1914
  • First Universalist Church – Somerville MA.,1916
  • Ellingwood Funerary Chapel – Nahant MA.,1919
  • Trinity Episcopal Church– Houston TX.,1920
  • Sacred Heart Church– Jersey City NJ.,1921
  • Central Union Church– Honolulu HI.,1922
  • [ [First Presbyterian church Tacoma WA.,1923] ]
  • [ [Trinity Methodist Episcopal church Durham NC.,1923] ]
  • [ [First Presbyterian church Jamestown NY.,1923] ]
  • [ [St Paul's Episcopal church Yonkers NY.,1924] ]
  • [ [Cathedral of St John the Divine New York NY.,1925-31] ]
  • [ [St Mary's Catholic church Detroit MI.,1925] ]
  • [ [American church Paris France.,1927] ]
  • [ [St Florian's church Detroit MI.,1928] ]
  • [ [Prince Memorial chapel Fort Myer VA.,1929] ]
  • [ [St Vincent's church Los Angeles CA.,1927] ]
  • [ [Christ church United Methodist New York NY.,1929] ]
  • [ [All Saints Episcopal addition Brookline MA.,1929] ]
  • [ [Klise Memorial chapel East Congregational UCC Grand Rapids MI.,1929] ]
  • [ [Mishawaka Cathedral Mishawaka IN.,1930] ]
  • [ [East Liberty Presbyterian church Pittsburgh PA.,1931] ]
  • [ [Second Unitarian church Boston MA.,1934] ]
  • [ [Blank church Chicago IL.,1935] ]
  • [ [Conventual church Sts Mary and John Cambridge MA.,1936] ]
  • [ [All Saints Episcopal church Winter Park FL.,1938] ]
  • [ [St Thomas church Peoria IL.,1939] ]

Academic Architecture


Residential, Institutional, and Commercial Architecture

  • Eddy Residence – Newton, MA, 1888
  • Edward Courtland Gale Residence – Williamstown, MA, 1890
  • Kennedy Road Residences – Cambridge, MA, 1890
  • Eugene Fellner Residence – Brookline, MA, 1890
  • Properties at 126 and 128 Brattle Street – Cambridge, MA, 1892
  • Residence at 165 Winthrop Street – Brookline, MA, 1892
  • Bushy Hill Estate – Simsbury, CT, 1893
  • Richmond Court Apartments – Brookline, MA, 1898
  • Harbor Court Building – Newport, RI, 1904
  • Charles Barron Residence on Beacon Street – Boston, MA, 1907
  • House on the Moors – Gloucester, MA, 1917
  • Blanche Sewall Residence – Houston TX., 1924
  • Paul Watkins House – Winona MN., 1925
  • Angelica Livingston Gerry Residence – Lake Delaware NY., 1926
  • Chickamauga Memorial Archway – Chickamauga TN., 1897
  • Washington Hotel in Colon Panama –,1910
  • Edward Courtland Gale Mausoleum in Troy NY.,1914
  • Woodrow Wilson Memorial in Washington D.C.,1925
  • Memorial Chapel at American Military Cemetery in Belleau Wood France.,1926
  • World War I Memorial Carillon in Richmond VA.,1926
  • Oise-Aisne American Military Cemetery Memorial located in Fère-en-Tardenois France.,1926
  • Deborah Cook Sayles Public Library in Pawtucket RI.,1893
  • Public Library in Fall River MA.,1899
  • Hunt Library located in Nashua NH.,1902
  • Lucius Beebe Memorial Library in Wakefield MA.,1921
  • Houston Public Library in Houston TX.,1926
  • Parker Hill Branch of the Boston Public Library, Roxbury MA.,1929
  • National Life Insurance Building situated in Montpelier VT.,1921
  • McCormack Federal Building, Boston MA.,1929
  • Renewal of Portsmouth Harbor Front at Portsmouth NH.,1933
  • District Court Building located in Dedham MA.,1937
  • Holy Cross Monastery, West Park NY.,1934
  • The Bourne and Sagamore Bridges on Cape Cod MA.,1938
  • Headquarters for New England Mutual Life Insurance in Boston MA.,1938
  • The People's Savings Bank situated in Providence RI.,1944
  • Headquarters Building for The John Hancock Life Insurance Company in Boston MA.,1946
  • The Currier Museum of Art, Manchester NH.
  • The Berkeley Building, located at 200 Berkeley Street Boston
  • The Aid Association for Lutherans Building in Appleton Wisconsin.,1952

Recent projects

  • Renovation of Phillips Academy's Phillips Church – Exeter, NH, 2000
  • Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham – Houston, TX, 2000
  • Expansion of All Saints' Church – Peterborough, NH, 2000
  • Canterbury School Bell Tower – Greensboro, NC, 2000
  • Casady School projects – Oklahoma City, OK:
    • West Transept (2001)
    • St. Edwards Chapel (2012)
  • Records Mausoleum – Oklahoma City, OK, 2002
  • Restoration of Gale Mausoleum – Troy, NY, 2002
  • St. John Neumann Catholic Church – Knoxville, TN, 2005
  • Restoration work at St. Andrews Episcopal Church – Denver, CO, 2009
  • Bradford Mill "Wheelhouse" Project – Concord, MA, 2010
  • Design for Valley of Our Lady Monastery – Prairie Du Sac, WI, 2011
  • Church of the Incarnation – Dallas, TX, 2012
  • Hunt Memorial Building restoration – Nashua, NH, 2012
  • Preservation efforts at the Church of the Open Word – Newton, MA, 2014
  • St. Kateri Tekakwitha Parish – Ridgeway, IL, 2015
  • Shrine of Our Lady of Good Voyage – Boston Seaport, MA, 2017
  • Sister of St. Thomas Aquinas facility – Brooksville, FL, 2019
  • Emmanuel Baptist Church restoration – Worcester, MA, 2019
  • Renovations at St. Andrew's Catholic Church – Myrtle Beach, SC, 2022
  • Additions and renovations for St. Timothy's Episcopal Church – 2022
  • Facility renovation for Church of the Incarnation – Highlands, NC, 2023
  • Interior design and fit-up for Trinity Presbyterian Church – 2022


Awards

  • Emmanuel Baptist Church recognized at the 2019 AIA CM Awards
  • Our Lady of Walsingham honored with Real Estate and Construction Review Plaque of Honor
  • AIACM Merit Awards for Design Excellence in 2017 awarded to St. Kateri (Ridgeway, IL) and St. Andrews (Denver)
  • Citation Award from AIACM in 2017 for Our Lady of the Valley Monastery (Prairie Du Sac)
  • Honor Award from AIACM in 2015 for additions and renovations to St Edward's Chapel (Oklahoma City)
  • Macael Institute (Alicante, Spain) named the firm Architect of the Year in 2009
  • Golden Trowel Award in 2003 for masonry building of the year: Our Lady of Walsingham Church (Houston)
  • Institute for Religious Art and Architecture Honor Award in 1993 for St. Elizabeth's Memorial Garden (Sudbury)
  • Boston Society of Architects Harleston Parker Awards for most beautiful building received in both 1938 and 1949


History

The firm originated in 1889 under the leadership of Ralph Adams Cram. In 1890, Cram formed a partnership with Charles F. Wentworth and subsequently Bertram G. Goodhue joined as a partner in 1895; Frank W. Ferguson became partner in 1899. After Wentworth passed away that same year, Goodhue oversaw the New York office until his exit in 1913.

On July 1, 1925, Frank E. Cleveland, Chester Godfrey, and Alexander E. Hoyle were admitted as partners; by October 1926 the partnership had grown to four members. Following Ferguson’s death in 1926 and Cram’s passing in 1942, the firm persisted under its remaining partners.

In 1944 Chester A. Brown, John T. Doran, and William H. Owens joined as partners forming a group of six equal stakeholders. The deaths of Cleveland in 1950 and Godfrey in 1952 along with Owens’ retirement in 1953 prompted adjustments to maintain stable leadership.

Maurice A. Berry and Oscar H. Cederlund became partners in 1954; after Cederlund’s death in 1956 and Brown’s retirement in 1957 the firm was renamed Hoyle, Doran and Berry. Hoyle retired in 1961; new partners Nisso T. Aladjem, Frank De Bruyn, Robert W. Hadley and Charles P. Harris expanded the partnership to six.

Hadley died in 1964; Harris retired two years later; Austin J. Cribben Jr. joined as partner in 1965. The firm incorporated as Hoyle Doran & Berry Inc on September 5, 1968 with Doran, Berry, Aladjem and De Bruyn as principal shareholders.

Following Hoyle’s death in 1969 and De Bruyn’s retirement and subsequent death by 1972; Berry retired in 1974; Doran died in 1979; Brown passed away in 1980; Berry died in 1981.

By the year 1987 Cribben and Aladjem held majority shares with David Hulihan joining as partner that year. In December 1990 Ethan Anthony Associates merged with Hoyle Doran & Berry Inc., with Anthony becoming a majority stockholder alongside Hulihan.

Hulihan retired by December 1998 leaving Ethan Anthony as sole stockholder. The company was rebranded as HDB/Cram and Ferguson in 2008.

On March 31, 2010 Hoyle Doran & Berry Inc dissolved; Ethan Anthony acquired its assets establishing Cram and Ferguson Architects to continue operations.

Cram and Ferguson Architects LLC was incorporated on September 10, 2012 with headquarters located in Massachusetts.

The firm organized the commemoration marking Ralph Adams Cram’s sesquicentennial birth anniversary on December 16, 2013.

Cribben and Aladjem retired back in1987; Aladjem passed away in2004; Cribben died March30,2016; Hulihan died May12 ,2018.

January1 ,2019 represented the firm’s130th consecutive year practicing under the Cram and Ferguson Architects name.

Firm Names

  • Established by Ralph Adams Cram – 1889
  • Cram & Wentworth – 1890
  • Cram, Wentworth & Goodhue – 1895
  • Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson – 1899
  • Cram and Ferguson Architects – 1913
  • Hoyle, Doran and Berry – 1957
  • Hoyle, Doran and Berry, Inc. – 1968
  • Cram and Ferguson Architects LLC – 2012

Employment Beginnings

  • C. N. Godfrey – 1900
  • A. E. Hoyle – 1908
  • C. A. Brown – 1910
  • J. T. Doran – 1927
  • W. H. Owens – 1921
  • M. A. Berry – 1923
  • O. H. Cederlund – 1946
  • N.T. Aladjem – 1950
  • Frank E. De Bruyn – 1926
  • R. W. Hadley – 1945
  • C. P. Harris – 1955
  • A. J. Cribben – 1946
  • David J Hulihan – 1967
  • Ethan Anthony – 1990

Team Members

Kevin Hogan, who has contributed two decades to the firm as project manager, oversees significant church and chapel developments throughout all stages of production and construction.

Matthew Alderman acts as the principal designer for prominent projects such as St. Kateri Catholic Church in Illinois, St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish in Virginia, and Our Lady of Good Voyage Chapel in Massachusetts.

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