Walter P. Crabtree

He "received architectural training at Holyoke, Massachusetts, later moving to New Britain, where he was employed in the office of W.H.Cadwell, a well-known local architect", from 1901 to 1904. He worked on his own in New Britain from 1905 to 1928, and then in Hartford from then to 1942. He designed numerous business block buildings and private houses in New Britain and Hartford as well as in the surrounding areas. Walter Crabtree was married to Julia Blanch Wilson and had several children. One of their children, daughter Priscilla Wilson Crabtree Converse (known as Polly), was born in Southampton, Massachusetts, was married to Stanley Witherell Converse, Sr. (known as "Stan") of Bridport, Vermont. Stan grew up on a dairy farm in Bridport and attended the University of Vermont and then later the Georgia Institute of Technology. Prior to their marriage Polly was a socialite and studied dress design in New York City. Not long after their wedding and deciding to follow opportunity, the Converses moved to Spartanburg, South Carolina around 1925 to work in and help run the family business The Clifton Manufacturing Company. Clifton Mills. A textile manufacturing company, had three large mills and was started by Stan's great uncle Dexter Edgar Converse. Dexter was also one of the principal founders of Converse College which is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Polly had two children: Stanley Witherell Converse, Jr. And Walter Crabtree Converse both in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

• Name — Walter P. Crabtree, Sr. • Born — June 24, 1873 • Birthplace — Rochester, New York • Died — October 7, 1962 • Illustration — Masonic Temple, New Britain, 1927.

Works include (with attribution variations): • Ernest R. Burwell House, 161 Grove St. Bristol, CT (Crabtree, Walter P.), NRHP-listed • Francis H. Holmes House (1906), 349 Rocky Hill Ave. New Britain, CT (Crabtree, Walter P.), NRHP-listed • Masonic Temple (New Britain, Connecticut), 265 W. Main St. New Britain, Connecticut (Crabtree, Walter P.), NRHP-listed • B.P.0. Elks Lodge, New Britain, built somewhat later than 1906, Neo-Classical style • Southington Public Library, 239 Main St. Southington, Connecticut (Potter, George Wilson, Sr. (original design 1902); Crabtree, Walter P. (1930 addition), NRHP-listed • Bristol Trust Company (1907), Riverside Ave. and Main St., Bristol, Connecticut, centerpiece of the Main Street Historic District, (Crabtree, Walter), NRHP-listed • Fairfield State Hospital, a campus-like institutional facility, designed in a modified colonial style, built of red brick, starting in 1931. (Crabtree, Walter P., Sr.)

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The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Crabtree is recorded with the occupation architect. It is also recorded that walter P. Crabtree is recorded as a citizen of United States. The register further records that walter P. Crabtree is recorded with the gender male. Crabtree was born on 24 June 1873. Institutional cataloguing adds that walter P. Crabtree died on 7 October 1962.