"Boston Globe on 16 Nov 1983. : HANCOCK. N.H. - Peter Garland, 61, a Hancock architect who became known for his house designs, died of a brain tumor in his home Sunday. He had lived here 27 years. Mr. Garland was noted for "sensitively located," single-family houses, a family member said. He helped develop projects in Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Iran. From 1958 until his death he also was a professor at Smith College in Northampton, Mass. He taught architecture, city planning, environmental design and landscape architecture. He helped design the Monadnock Indoor Tennis Club in Peterborough, the first tennis club in the state, and he was instrumental in establishing the Well School in Peterborough, a private school for gifted children. His articles on architecture were published in professional journals in New England and Italy, and he had exhibited his work in New Jersey, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Born in Boston, he graduated in 1941 from Noble and Greenough School where he starred in football and track. He attended Harvard College two years before joining the Army Air Corps and serving in Italy during World War II. He then returned to Harvard to become a football and track letterman and graduate in 1945 with a degree in fine arts. He earned his master's in architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 1952. In 1953 Mr. Garland was named a Fulbright scholar and studied in Italy at the CIAM School in Venice, the University of Perugia and the University of Rome. He worked with Gio Ponti in Milan, Italy, his family said. In 1969 and 1970 he was a Fulbright professor at Istanbul University in Turkey. Before establishing his practice in Hancock, he had worked in Cambridge. Mr. Garland also served with a number of civic committees and boards. "...
"Boston Globe on 16 Nov 1983. : HANCOCK. N.H. - Peter Garland, 61, a Hancock architect who became known for his house designs, died of a brain tumor in his home Sunday. He had lived here 27 years. Mr. Garland was noted for "sensitively located," single-family houses, a family member said. He helped develop projects in Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Iran. From 1958 until his death he also was a professor at Smith College in Northampton, Mass. He taught architecture, city planning, environmental design and landscape architecture. He helped design the Monadnock Indoor Tennis Club in Peterborough, the first tennis club in the state, and he was instrumental in establishing the Well School in Peterborough, a private school for gifted children. His articles on architecture were published in professional journals in New England and Italy, and he had exhibited his work in New Jersey, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Born in Boston, he graduated in 1941 from Noble and Greenough School where he starred in football and track. He attended Harvard College two years before joining the Army Air Corps and serving in Italy during World War II. He then returned to Harvard to become a football and track letterman and graduate in 1945 with a degree in fine arts. He earned his master's in architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 1952. In 1953 Mr. Garland was named a Fulbright scholar and studied in Italy at the CIAM School in Venice, the University of Perugia and the University of Rome. He worked with Gio Ponti in Milan, Italy, his family said. In 1969 and 1970 he was a Fulbright professor at Istanbul University in Turkey. Before establishing his practice in Hancock, he had worked in Cambridge. Mr. Garland also served with a number of civic committees and boards. "...
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