Stone & Carpenter

Alfred E. Stone
Alfred E. Stone, 1834 - 1908
Born	July 29, 1834 E.Machias, Maine, United States
Died	September 4, 1908(1908-09-04) (aged 74) Peterborough, New Hampshire, United States
Occupation	Architect
Spouse(s)	Ellen Maria Putnam

Alfred E. Stone (July 29, 1834 – September 4, 1908) was an American Architect. He was a founding partner of the Providence, Rhode Island firm of Stone, Carpenter & Willson. Mr. Stone was best known for designing many prominent Rhode Island buildings, including the Providence Public Library, Union Station, buildings at Brown University and the University of Rhode Island, and many private homes.

Alfred E. Stone was born on July 29, 1834 in East Machias, Maine to Rev. Thomas Treadwell Stone and Laura Poor Stone. He attended the Washington Academy in East Machias until the family moved to Salem, Massachusetts . While attending high school in Salem, he studied drawing and surveying. He graduated from high school in 1850. In 1852 he began his architectural training in the office of Towle & Foster. A few years later he moved to the office of Shepard S. Woodcock. In 1855 he moved again, to Washburn & Brown. He left the following year and began working for Arthur Gilman. While there, he designed the Hotel Pelham in Boston. While also there, he competed to design the 1858 City Hall in Portland, Maine, but did not even rank. In 1859 Stone moved to Providence and entered the office of Alpheus C. Morse, where he studied architecture until the outbreak of the Civil War. Stone married Ellen Maria Putnam in Salem in 1864.