Francis Augustus Nelson

Francis Augustus Nelson was an architect from Montclair, New Jersey.

Francis A. Nelson was born on February 2, 1878 at Honolulu, Hawaii, the son of Henry Clay Nelson, a US Navy surgeon. In 1893, the year his father died, Francis Nelson was boarding at St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire. On June 5, 1900, Nelson married Helen Ackerman at the Memorial Presbyterian Church, Park Slope, Brooklyn. In 1920, Nelson's office was located at 15 West 38th Street, New York City. From about 1916, until his death in March 1950, Nelson lived at 303 Highland Avenue, Upper Montclair, New Jersey.

Montclair Public Library, Bellevue Avenue Branch, completed in 1914.

Post Office Building, Upper Montclair, New Jersey, completed in 1918.

Woman's Club of Upper Montclair, Clubhouse, completed in 1924.

The Anchorage, Montclair, New Jersey, completed in 1930.

Hayfield Farm, Lehman Twp., Pennsylvania, completed in 1934.

Images of Hayfield Farm are held in the Gottscho-Schleisner collection at the U.S. Library of Congress.

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