William C. Brocklesby

• Name — William Claiborne Brocklesby • Born — May 28, 1847 • Birthplace — Hartford, Connecticut • Died — October 9, 1910 • Place of death — Hartford, Connecticut • Illustration — Lilly Hall, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1886.

William Claiborne Brocklesby was born May 28, 1847, in Hartford, Connecticut. He attended the public schools of Hartford before entering Trinity College, where his father, John Brocklesby, was a professor. After his graduation in 1869, he studied in the office of New York architect Richard Upjohn. In 1878, he established his own practice in Hartford. He practiced alone until 1904, when he established a partnership with H. Hilliard Smith, an employee of several years. Brocklesby & Smith was active until Brocklesby's death in late 1910. The following year, Smith would reorganize the office as Smith & Bassette. Brocklesby was elected an associate of the American Institute of Architects in 1901. He died in Hartford on October 9, 1910.

Brocklesby was married in 1876 to Grace Chetwood Stuart, daughter of Isaac William Stuart, a local author and historian.

• St. James Episcopal Church (former), New Bedford, Massachusetts (1878) • St. Mark Episcopal Church (former), Adams, Massachusetts (1881) • Congregational Church of Great Barrington, Great Barrington, Massachusetts (1882–83, NRHP-listed 1992) • Adams Town Hall, Adams, Massachusetts (1885, altered 1949) • South College, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts (1885) • Gymnasium and Alumni Hall, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut (1886–87, demolished) • Lilly Hall, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts (1886) • Raymond Library, East Hartford, Connecticut (1889) • Academy of Music, Northampton, Massachusetts (1890–91) • Alumnae Gymnasium, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts (1891, NRHP-listed 1976) • Forbes Library (host of the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum), Northampton, Massachusetts (1891–94) • Lawrence and Morris Houses, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts (1891) • National Fire Insurance Company Building, Hartford, Connecticut (1893, demolished) • New Britain High School, New Britain, Connecticut (1896, NRHP-listed 2015) • Brigham Hall, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts (1897) • Catlin Building, Hartford, Connecticut (1897, demolished 1911) • Tyler House, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts (1898) • Blanchard Hall, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts (1899) • St. Philip Episcopal Church, Putnam, Connecticut (1899) • Albright House, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts (1900) • Boardman Hall of Natural History, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut (1900, demolished 1971) • Alumni House, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts (1901) • Noah Webster School, Hartford, Connecticut (1901) • Universalist Church of the Redeemer, Hartford, Connecticut (1906, demolished)