Franklin J. Sawtelle (1846–1911) was an American architect practicing in Providence, Rhode Island. He was known primarily as a designer of private residences.
Life and career
Sawtelle was born in 1846 in the town of Norridgewock, Maine. He was educated in the local schools, and as a teenager began his architectural studies in the Portland office of Francis H. Fassett. In 1873 he relocated to Providence, taking a job with Stone & Carpenter. After seven years, in 1880, he opened his own office. He practiced alone for his entire career, except for 1901 and 1902, when his firm was Sawtelle, Robertson & Shurrocks. The other two partners were Wayland T. Robertson and Alfred F. Shurrocks. Sawtelle died in 1911, while engaged on the commission for the Wheeler School. The structure as built was designed by Sawtelle's assistant, Frances E. Henley, who established her own office after Sawtelle's death.
Sawtelle was actively involved in the local chapter of the AIA. He joined in 1885, and between then and his death served in several different official capacities.
1882 - James Street School, 75 James St, East Providence, Rhode IslandDemolished c.2004
1883 - Mary C. Wheeler House, 26 Cabot St, Providence, Rhode IslandDemolished
1884 - Horton Building, 19 Park St, Attleboro, MassachusettsDemolished
1885 - Bates Block, 7 N Main St, Attleboro, Massachusetts
1886 - Mary J. A. Grinnell House, 2 Brenton Ave, Providence, Rhode Island
1888 - Blackstone Park Chapel, 209 Wayland Ave, Providence, Rhode IslandDemolished
1889 - Hope Webbing Company Mill, 999-1005 Main St, Pawtucket, Rhode Island
1889 - Horatio A. Hunt House, 165 Waterman St, Providence, Rhode Island
1891 - Gregory Building, 1 Main St, Wickford, Rhode Island
1893 - Sophia F. Brown House, 192 Bowen St, Providence, Rhode Island
1893 - Central Congregational Church Rectory, 20 Diman Pl, Providence, Rhode Island
1893 - Stephen W. Sessions House, 274 Olney St, Providence, Rhode Island
1894 - Miro O. Weeden House, 81 Brown St, Providence, Rhode IslandDemolished
1895 - Edwin P. Anthony House, 180 Angell St, Providence, Rhode Island
1895 - Theodore H. Bliss House, 46 Cooke St, Providence, Rhode Island
1896 - Charles A. Calder House, 50 Humboldt Ave, Providence, Rhode Island
1898 - North Kingstown Free Library (Town Hall Annex), 55 Brown St, Wickford, Rhode Island
1902 - U. S. Post Office, 652-656 Broadway, Olneyville, Rhode IslandDemolished
1902 - Mary L. McCarthy Duplex, 71-73 Barnes St, Providence, Rhode Island
1902 - Charles M. Mumford House, 315 Olney St, Providence, Rhode Island
1902 - Robert B. Parker House, 67 Manning St, Providence, Rhode Island
1902 - Simeon B. Tilley House, 353 Olney St, Providence, Rhode IslandDemolished
1904 - Taftville Congregational Church, 16 N B St, Taftville, Connecticut
1906 - Sarah L. Herreshoff House, 11 Burton St, Bristol, Rhode Island
1909 - C. Abbott Phillips House, 150 Slater Ave, Providence, Rhode Island
