Charles_H._Bigelow
Charles H. Bigelow
American architect
Charles Henry Bigelow (July 13, 1814 – April 15, 1862)[1] of Lowell, Massachusetts was a 19th-century engineer and architect. Born in Watertown, Massachusetts,[1] Bigelow was a graduate of West Point, ranking second in the class of 1835.[2] He married Harriet Briggs, daughter of the late Massachusetts Governor George N. Briggs. He died in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1862 at the age of 47.[3][4] On March 31, 1847, Bigelow was one of a group of influential citizens in Lawrence, Massachusetts that founded and chartered the Franklin Library Association, now the Lawrence Free Library.[5] Bigelow was the Association's first president.[6]