Sidney Lovell
| Sidney Lovell | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 26, 1867 Racine, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | August 6, 1938 (aged 71) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Parent(s) | Philip and Louisia Knill Lovell |
| Practice | Wood and Lovell |
| Buildings | Lafayette Square Opera House, Rosehill Mausoleum |
Sidney Lovell (February 26, 1867 — August 6, 1938) was an American architect best known for designing mausoleums, and to a lesser extent theaters and opera houses. His first cemetery commission, the mausoleum at Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois, is considered his best work. He obtained a patent on an improved mausoleum ventilation system in 1917. Two of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Sidney Lovell was born February 26, 1867, in Racine, Wisconsin, to Philip and Louisa (née Knill) Lovell. He was the sixth of seven children. Philip Lovell had emigrated to the United States at the age of 24 from Driffield, East Yorkshire, United Kingdom, while Louisa Knill had emigrated at the age of 17 from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. Both arrived in 1845 and took up residence in Beloit, Wisconsin. They married on April 26, 1856, and moved to Racine in 1857. The Lovells were among Racine's earliest settlers (the town had only been founded in 1841), and Philip earned a living as a butcher.
Like his younger brother Frank, Sidney was most likely educated in the local public schools. Philip Lovell died on July 12, 1873, when Sidney was six years old. Philip Lovell had been very prosperous, and left his wife well-off. (For example, she owned 1 percent of the stock in the Commercial and Savings Bank of Racine.)
In 1882, architect James M. Wood arrived in Racine for the opening of the Blake Opera House, which he had designed and which he was to manage. Lovell became acquainted with Wood, and left Racine with Wood in 1883. Lovell served as Wood's architectural apprentice (there being almost no schools of architecture at the time), and assisted Wood in designing the Grand Opera House in Wausau, Wisconsin, in 1883; the Academy of Music in East Saginaw, Michigan, 1884; Wood's Opera House in Bay City, Michigan, in 1885; and then later large-scale theatrical scenery in Chicago, Illinois. Although Lovell and Wood's activities between 1883 and 1885 are not known, by 1885 Lovell was a full-fledged architect.
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