Franklin W. Caulkins

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Franklin Wellington Caulkins
Information culled from "Franklin Wellington Caulkins, Architect," by John H. Conlin in Spring 2007 issue of Western New York Heritage

1905 Born in Hartford, Conn.

1875 Working in the Buffalo office of Milton Beebe

1878 Caulkins set up his own practice in Buffalo in the Townsend Block at Main & Swan Sts.

1878 Married Jennie Louise Van Slyke of Rochester, NY

1878 Designed 69 Symphony Circle for Malcolm J. McNiven

1879 Designed 51 Symphony Circle for Mrs. Ira S. Bennett

1880 Designed 55 Symphony Circle for Frank Porter

? Designed 741 West Ferry St. for James A. Smith. Demolished.

1881 Designed the (Dr. James P.) White Building, from Main Street to Erie Street
("In 1906, the present, taller, White Building replaced it on the same footprint. The present building retains some of the cast iron columns of the earlier building on the Erie Street façade." - John Conlin, 2007

C. 1880? Designed Chapin Building. Demolished 1926

Early 1880s Austin Building: 1833 Unitarian Church torn down and redesigned by Caulkins from the first floor up and was extended in length along Eagle Street

? Designed Prospect Avenue Baptist Church, cor. of Georgia and Prospect

1882 Designed 415 Franklin Street (the Caulkins House) for himself

1882-1885 Relocated in Minneapolis, Minn.

1885-1903 Returned to Buffalo, office in the Chapin Building

? Remodeled Linwood Avenue house on the southeast corner of Linwood and W. Ferry

? Designed 410 Delaware Ave. Demolished 1966.

? Designed 430 Delaware Ave. for Thomas Ramsdell

? 85 Genesee Street. Demolished.

? Designed State National Bank, 8 Webster Street, North Tonawanda, NY

1888 Maple Street Baptist Mission Church . Demolished early 1980s.

1903 Moved to Missouri.

1905 A widower, married a second time to Gertrude B. Smith.

1905-1930 Worked in Missouri, then Texas and Louisiana

1930 Retired and living at the National Elks Home in Bedford, Va.

1940 Died in Bedford, Va.

1905	Born in Hartford, Conn.
1875	Working in the Buffalo office of Milton Beebe
1878	Caulkins set up his own practice in Buffalo in the Townsend Block at Main & Swan Sts.
1878	Married Jennie Louise Van Slyke of Rochester, NY
1878	Designed 69 Symphony Circle for Malcolm J. McNiven
1879	Designed 51 Symphony Circle for Mrs. Ira S. Bennett
1880	Designed 55 Symphony Circle for Frank Porter
?	Designed 741 West Ferry St. for James A. Smith. Demolished.
1881	Designed the (Dr. James P.) White Building, from Main Street to Erie Street ("In 1906, the present, taller, White Building replaced it on the same footprint. The present building retains some of the cast iron columns of the earlier building on the Erie Street façade." - John Conlin, 2007
C. 1880?	Designed Chapin Building. Demolished 1926
Early 1880s	Austin Building: 1833 Unitarian Church torn down and redesigned by Caulkins from the first floor up and was extended in length along Eagle Street
?	Designed Prospect Avenue Baptist Church, cor. of Georgia and Prospect
1882	Designed 415 Franklin Street (the Caulkins House) for himself
1882-1885	Relocated in Minneapolis, Minn.
1885-1903	Returned to Buffalo, office in the Chapin Building
?	Remodeled Linwood Avenue house on the southeast corner of Linwood and W. Ferry
?	Designed 410 Delaware Ave. Demolished 1966.
?	Designed 430 Delaware Ave. for Thomas Ramsdell
?	85 Genesee Street. Demolished.
?	Designed State National Bank, 8 Webster Street, North Tonawanda, NY
1888	Maple Street Baptist Mission Church . Demolished early 1980s.
1903	Moved to Missouri.
1905	A widower, married a second time to Gertrude B. Smith.
1905-1930	Worked in Missouri, then Texas and Louisiana
1930	Retired and living at the National Elks Home in Bedford, Va.
1940	Died in Bedford, Va.