Appendix C: Tolman Chronology

52 APPENDIX C:Chronology of George Russell Tolman

53APPENDIX C — Chronology of George Russell Tolman1848, Dec 5 Born in Boston, MA to Joseph & Elizabeth Tolman1860 Living in Boston Ward II, Suffolk, MA with parents, age 111870 Living in Boston with sisters family, the Ulmans, brother & father; employed as a draftsman1870s Partners with George F. Moffette to form Boston firm, Moffette and Tolman1876 Moffette and GRT design Charlestown Savings Bank1879, Nov 22 GRT illustrates “Entrance to the Old Seton House” published in color in AABN11880, Jun 9 Living in Boston with sisters family, the Ulmans, brother & father; brother Albert & George both listed as architects, Albert specifically with the U.S. Treasury1882 Illustrates “12 sketches of old Boston buildings”1887 Illustrates for Porter’s Rambles in Old Boston, New England1887 GRT is wrongly accused of embezzling drawings from a client, Captain Phelps. He is arrested and taken to a Washington, D.C. jail for one night. Tolman then files suit against Phelps for remainder of payment owed, wins, then files suit for wrongful imprisonment, and wins. He is hailed as a “hero” and gains “the sympathy of the whole profession in his unmerited trouble.”21888, Oct Marries Eva Frances Tolman in Boston, MA1889, Jun Leaves Boston (and wife), possibly for Kittery, ME1889 Works for Treasury Department as a draftsman on Kittery, ME Navy Yard1889 Designed the Marine Barracks for the Norfolk, VA Navy Yard1890 Living in Washington, DC 1891, Jan 2 succeeds Albert Bibb as architect for the U.S. Life Saving Service1892 Designed a Life-Saving Station for Quonochontaug at Charlestown, RI1892, May 2 Eva F. Tolman files suit for alimony1892, Jul 26 Passport issued, residing in Washington DC1893, May A modified plan of the Quonochontaug station included in the Government exhibit at the Chicago Worlds Columbian Exposition of 1893 31893 2nd “Duluth” Life-Saving Station prototype designed1893, Nov Living in Washington, DC, appeals against alimony ruling and denies paternity of their deceased child1895, Apr-May Trial forcing GRT to pay alimony, he does not, and is ordered into custody of the warden.1896, Jul 16 GRT leaves U.S. Life Saving Service regarding a personal matter “for taking a sudden and unapproved leave of absence to escape a warrant for his recommitment to jail.41900 Jun 12 Possibly living in Wayne, IN with a Sam Stuckay, according to 1900 U.S. Census1902 Arrives in Richmond, VA1902 Westover additions w/ Marion J. Dimmock as “associated architects”1 These Washington, D.C. house plans were published November 22, 1879 in American Architect & Building News.2 “Tolman V. Phelps.” The American Architect and Building News. 73-74.3 York, “The Architecture of the United States Life-Saving Stations.”4 Ibid, “The Architecture of the United States Life-Saving Stations.”

54APPENDIX C — Chronology of George Russell Tolman, continued.1902 Virginia Capitol expansion submission w/ Marion J. Dimmock as “associated architects”1903 summer GRT surveys Clifton site, making detailed drawings for publication in AABN1904, Jan Survey of Clifton published in 1904’s American Architect and Building News 51930 Age 82, living with Ulman nieces & nephews in Plymouth, MA5 “Construction of an Old Virginia House.” American Architect and Building News.

Appendix C: Tolman Chronology

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