George Francis Hammond (1855-1938) Watercolor on Paper “Exterior of Fish House, ‘Sconset, Nantucket,” signed, titled and dated 1880 lower left: “George F. Hammond, 1880 Exterior of Fish House, ‘Sconset, Massachusetts.”
9 ¾ in. x 13 ¾ in.
Hammond was born in the Roxbury section of Boston, Massachusetts to George and Cornelia Johnson Hammond. He painted before becoming a professional architect and attended the Massachusetts Normal Art School. He studied with William R. Ware at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, founder of the first American curriculum based on the Beaux-Arts system of architectural training. He disigned commercial buildings, hotels, schools, churches, residences and the plans for Kent State University’s layout and original buildings.