W.W. ABELL, architect and civil engineer, Elgin, Ill.; born at Cummington, Hampshire County, Mass., Nov. 7, 1853; educated in public and private schools in his native State, and, after completing his educational training, became assistant to an architect and engineer. His first practical professional experience was with an engineering corps of the Massachusetts Central Railway; was later with a similar party employed by the Inter-Colonial Railway Company of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and afterwards became associated with an architectural and engineering firm at Springfield, Mass. In 1873 Mr. Abell located in Elgin, Ill., where he became connected as a draftsman with the Elgin National Watch Company, continuing in that capacity for eighteen years. In February, 1891, he established private offices in Elgin and Chicago, but three years later discontinued his branch office in Chicago, and has since operated exclusively in Elgin, where he conducts a large and increasing business as a result of thorough preparation, long experience and careful business management, his field of operations extending into nearly every State in the Union. In social relations Mr. Abell is a member of the American Institute of Architects, Illinois Society of Civil Engineers and Surveyors, Order of United Workmen, Archaean Union, Elgin Century Club, and Elgin Country Club. Mr. Abell's office is at 30 and 31 Home Bank Block, and his residence 527 Laurel Street, Elgin, Ill.
From the Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Kane County, Edited by John S. Wilcox, 1904; Transcribed by Kimberly Torp
From the Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Kane County, Edited by John S. Wilcox, 1904; Transcribed by Kimberly Torp
W.W. ABELL, architect and civil engineer, Elgin, Ill.; born at Cummington, Hampshire County, Mass., Nov. 7, 1853; educated in public and private schools in his native State, and, after completing his educational training, became assistant to an architect and engineer. His first practical professional experience was with an engineering corps of the Massachusetts Central Railway; was later with a similar party employed by the Inter-Colonial Railway Company of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and afterwards became associated with an architectural and engineering firm at Springfield, Mass. In 1873 Mr. Abell located in Elgin, Ill., where he became connected as a draftsman with the Elgin National Watch Company, continuing in that capacity for eighteen years. In February, 1891, he established private offices in Elgin and Chicago, but three years later discontinued his branch office in Chicago, and has since operated exclusively in Elgin, where he conducts a large and increasing business as a result of thorough preparation, long experience and careful business management, his field of operations extending into nearly every State in the Union. In social relations Mr. Abell is a member of the American Institute of Architects, Illinois Society of Civil Engineers and Surveyors, Order of United Workmen, Archaean Union, Elgin Century Club, and Elgin Country Club. Mr. Abell's office is at 30 and 31 Home Bank Block, and his residence 527 Laurel Street, Elgin, Ill.
From the Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Kane County, Edited by John S. Wilcox, 1904; Transcribed by Kimberly Torp
From the Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Kane County, Edited by John S. Wilcox, 1904; Transcribed by Kimberly Torp
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