F.W. Caulkins

Franklin Wellington Caulkins was a prominent architect in Buffalo, New York. Caulkins was born in Hartford, Connecticut to Dr. Russell Caulkins and Jane Whitbeck and later moved with his family to Toledo, Ohio, where he studied architecture from 1865 to 1870. From that time until he went to work at the Buffalo office of Milton Beebe in 1875 he worked at the architectural offices of Charles Coots in Rochester, New York, and then at the offices of A.C. Bruce in Knoxville, Tennessee before returning to Rochester to work briefly for Coots. He established himself as an architect and superintendent in room 8 of the Townsend Block, located at the corner of Main and Swan Streets in Buffalo, in April 1879 and relocated to Minneapolis, Minnesota from 1882 to 1885, during which time was a partner (se

F.W. Caulkins

Franklin Wellington Caulkins was a prominent architect in Buffalo, New York. Caulkins was born in Hartford, Connecticut to Dr. Russell Caulkins and Jane Whitbeck and later moved with his family to Toledo, Ohio, where he studied architecture from 1865 to 1870. From that time until he went to work at the Buffalo office of Milton Beebe in 1875 he worked at the architectural offices of Charles Coots in Rochester, New York, and then at the offices of A.C. Bruce in Knoxville, Tennessee before returning to Rochester to work briefly for Coots. He established himself as an architect and superintendent in room 8 of the Townsend Block, located at the corner of Main and Swan Streets in Buffalo, in April 1879 and relocated to Minneapolis, Minnesota from 1882 to 1885, during which time was a partner (se