Daniel Howard Thornton (1870–1911) was an American architect from Providence, Rhode Island.
Thornton established himself as an architect in Olneyville (then part of Johnston) in the 1890s.Annual Report of the State Board of Education, January, 1896. 1896. He remained there until about 1900, when he formed a partnership with Richard C. Sanders, another young architect, in central Providence. Sanders & Thornton was dissolved in 1902, and Thornton partnered with his cousin, Henry C. Thornton.Engineering News 18 Dec. 1902: 218. They split about 1903, when Henry left to partner with his brother-in-law, Edwin T. Banning. However, Thornton continued as Thornton & Thornton until his death in 1911.
Architectural works Private practice, before 1899: 1895 - Concord Street Grammar School, Roosevelt St. & Sterling Ave., Providence, Rhode Island. Then in Johnston. Demolished. 1899 - St. Alban's Episcopal Church, 1964 Smith St., Centerdale, Rhode Island. Altered.Angell, Frank C. Annals of Centerdale. 1909. Sanders & Thornton, 1900-1902: 1900 - Webster Avenue Primary School, 241 Webster Ave., Providence, Rhode Island.Engineering News 20 Sept. 1900: 91.) 1901 - St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 50 Park Pl., Pawtucket, Rhode Island.American Architect and Building News 22 Dec. 1900: xi. 1902 - Emma A. Butts House, 329 Olney St., Providence, Rhode Island.Olney Street-Alumni Avenue Historic District NRHP Nomination. 1989. 1902 - Douglas Avenue Fire Station, 137 Douglas Ave., Providence, Rhode Island.Woodward, Wm. McKenzie. Providence: A Citywide Survey of Historic Resources. 1986. Thornton & Thornton, 1902-1911: 1903 - Main Building, Rhode Island State Sanitarium, Pascoag, Rhode Island. Demolished. 1903 - Rhode Island Building, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Missouri. Demolished.American Architect and Building News 11 July 1903: xii. 1904 - Chester High School, Middlesex Tpk., Chester, Connecticut. Demolished.School Board Journal Aug. 1904: 25. 1906 - Harold A. MacKinney House, 215 Arlington Ave., Providence, Rhode Island."Providence Preservation Society Records for 215 Arlington Avenue". http://gowdey.ppsri.org/. n.d. Web. 1907 - Churchill House (Rhode Island Women's Club), 155 Angell St., Providence, Rhode Island.Mitchell, Martha. Encyclopedia Brunoniana. 1993. 1910 - E. T. Davis Block, 388-392 Weybosset St., Providence, Rhode Island. Demolished.American Contractor 16 July 1910: 51.
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