Perry Dean Rogers is an American architectural firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded as Shaw and Hepburn by Thomas Mott Shaw and Andrew Hopewell Hepburn in 1919, and became Perry, Shaw & Hepburn with the addition of William G. Perry in 1921. The firm became known for its designs for many universities and colleges, but is best known for restoring Colonial Williamsburg.
History The firm originated in 1919 as Shaw and Hepburn, with founders Thomas Mott Shaw and Andrew Hopewell Hepburn. In 1921, William Graves Perry joined the firm, creating Perry, Shaw & Hepburn.
The firm became notable for its designs for educational institutions. It was responsible for the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg. It designed the Radcliffe College yard and its Longfellow Hall, which was a recipient of the Harleston Parker Medal in 1934.
Perry Dean Rogers recently completed designing an entire college campus, masterplan and the individual buildings for the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering in Needham, Massachusetts. William G. Perry was also hired to transform the Endicott Estate into a Governor's Mansion.
Selected projects
Academic Library, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey
American Bureau of Shipping Information Commons, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts Andrews Hall, Pembroke College (now Brown University), Providence, Rhode Island
Barone Campus Center, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut Baxter Hall, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Bowen-Thompson Student Union, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Cambridgeshire, England Cohen Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies, Keene State College, Keene, New Hampshire
College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia Brafferton (restoration) President's House (restoration) Wren Building (restoration) Colonial Wiliamsburg (restoration), Williamsburg, Virginia Bruton Parish Church (restoration) Capitol (reconstruction) Colonial Wiliamsburg (restoration master plan) Governor's Palace (reconstruction) Merchants Square Raleigh Tavern (reconstruction) Williamsburg Inn Williamsburg Lodge
The Commons, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Catonsville, Maryland
Court House (restoration), New Castle Delaware Dillon Arts Center, Groton School, Groton, Massachusetts duPont Ball Library, Stetson University, DeLand, Florida Embassy of the United States, Amman, Jordan Embassy of the United States, London, England
Emerson Library, Webster University, Webster Groves, Missouri
Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, Maryland Fontaine Hall, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, New York
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Needham, Massachusetts Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina Daniel Music Recital Building Furman University Master Plan James B. Duke Library McAlister Auditorium Thomas Roe Visual Arts Building
Galbreath Memorial Chapel, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio Greenville Civic Center, Greenville, South Carolina Hamilton College, Clinton, New York Walter J. Beinecke Student Activities Village William M. Bristol Jr. Pool Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts Aldrich Hall Houghton Library Kresge Hall
Helen Carpenter Moseley residence, Newburyport, Massachusetts Henry A. Laughlin house, Concord, Massachusetts Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota Jordan Marsh Department Store (Macy's), Boston, Massachusetts
Kaleidoscope Performing Arts Center, Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania
Liberty Mutual Insurance Corporate Office, Boston, Massachusetts Longacre, Appomattox Virginia Lutnick Library, Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania
Lyman Plant House, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts Marshall's Wharf II, Boston, Massachusetts
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts Baker Dormitory (renovation) Simmons Hall
Massachusetts National Cemetery, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Mccain Library, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia
Meyer Library Information Center, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri
Middlesex/Essex General Mail Facility, United States Postal Service, North Reading, Massachusetts Milton Hershey School Town Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania Museum of Science Central Building, Boston, Massachusetts
National Resource Corporation (now Tang Center for Management Education), Cambridge, Massachusetts Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont Library Wise Campus Center Old Corner Bookstore and Andrew Cunningham House and Shop (restoration), Boston, Massachusetts Old State House Council Chamber (restoration), Boston, Massachusetts
Olin Memorial Library, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
Radcliffe University Alice Longfellow Hall Radcliffe Yard Research & Information Commons, Daemen College, Amherst, New York
Robert H. Goddard Library, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport, Massachusetts Saugus Iron Works (restoration), Saugus, Massachusetts Science Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley Massachusetts Seeley G. Mudd Chemistry Building, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, New Hampshire Edward S. Wolak Library Learning Commons Gustafson Center Strawbery Banke, Portsmouth, New Hampshire Tyron Palace (reconstruction), New Bern, North Carolina University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas Hillside Auditorium Hunt Center for Academic Excellence Library Annex
Varian Building, North Shore Community College, Massachusetts
Waidner-Spahr Library, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania Wellesley High School, Wellesley Massachusetts Wellesley Town Hall (restoration), Wellesley Massachusetts William R. Perkins Library, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Worcester Centrum Center, Worcester, Massachusetts Worcester Dining Commons, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts
References
Further reading Crosbie, Michael J. Generating Context: The Practice of Perry Dean Rogers & Partners. Princeton Architectural Press, 2001. Crosbie, Michael J. and Hickey, Damon Douglas. When Change Is Set in Stone: An Analysis of Seven Academic Libraries. Association of College & Research Libraries, 2001.
External links Official website