Moses Riggs
Moses Riggs | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 18, 1795 Georgetown, Maine, U.S. |
| Died | May 3, 1886 (aged 90) Georgetown, Maine, U.S. |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Design | |
Moses Riggs (June 18, 1795 – May 3, 1886) was an American architect from Maine.[1]
Early life
Riggs was born in 1795 in Georgetown, Maine, to Benjamin Riggs and Ruth Pearl. He was one of their ten known children born between 1783 and 1804. Moses grew up in the Benjamin Riggs House, which his father built five years before Moses's birth. It is now the oldest house in the town.[1]
Career
In October 1838, Riggs was a director of the Sagadahock Bank.[2]
After the death of Riggs's father in 1846, Moses assumed the role of head of the Riggs home and family.[3]
In 1856, he designed the Robinhood Free Meetinghouse in his hometown. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places 160 years later.[4]
Riggs retired in 1884, and his 55-year-old son, Kervin, took over the family business.[3]
Notable works
- Robinhood Free Meetinghouse, Georgetown, Maine (1856)
Personal life
In 1821, Riggs married Martha S. Fisher. They had six known children (one, son Charles, died at four days old in 1825) before her death in 1840. A year later, he married Louisa Patten, with whom he had two children.
Death
Riggs died in 1886, aged 90. He was interred in Georgetown's Riggs Cemetery, alongside both of his wives, the second of which he survived by nine years.
References
- ^ a b Survey, Historic American Buildings (1974). Maine Catalog: A List of Measured Drawings, Photographs, and Written Documentation in the Survey, 1974. Maine State Museum. p. 248. ISBN 978-0-913764-05-3.
- ^ Lincoln Telegraph, Bath, Maine, Oct. 4, 1838.
- ^ a b Barrionuevo, Ali (2015-09-02). "History of the Robinhohood Free Meetinghouse in Georgetown Maine". Robinhood Free Meetinghouse. Retrieved 2026-05-11.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
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