Edwin E. Cull

Edmund J. Sullivan House, Providence, Rhode Island. 1931-32.

Edwin Emory Cull (1891-1956) was an American architect from Providence, Rhode Island.

Cull attended Cornell University, graduating in 1918.^[1] He then joined the army for the duration of the war.^[2] In 1921 he bought out the practice of obscure Providence architect T. Clarence Herrmann.^[3] He practiced until about 1942, when he devoted himself to the war effort. After the war, in 1945, he became chief architectural engineer for Arnold, Hoffman & Company. Two years later he and Knight D. Robinson established the firm of Cull & Robinson. In January 1955 the partnership was expanded to include Conrad E. Green as Cull, Robinson & Green. The firm was succeeded by Robinson, Green & Beretta upon Cull's death in 1956.^[4]

In 1970 the firm became the Robinson Green Beretta Corporation, which it remains.

Cull joined the AIA in 1930, and served as treasurer and president at various times.^[1][5]

Architectural Works

Edwin E. Cull, 1921-1942:

• Daniel Drake-Smith House, 23 Taylor's Ln. S., Little Compton, Rhode Island (1928)^[6]
• John J. Banigan House, 21 Harwich Rd., Providence, Rhode Island (1929)^[7]
• Edmund J. Sullivan House, 45 Balton Rd., Providence, Rhode Island (1931–32)^[7]
• Animal Husbandry Building, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island (1935) - Demolished.^[8]
• Alice H. Moran House, 460 Blackstone Blvd., Providence, RI (1935)^[7]
• Administration Building, Rhode Island State Hospital for Mental Diseases, Howard, Rhode Island (1936)^[9]
• Howard R. Merriman House, 41 Taylor's Ln., Little Compton, Rhode Island (1938)^[6]

Cull & Robinson, 1947-1954:

• Adolph Meyer Building, Rhode Island State Hospital for Mental Diseases, Howard, Rhode Island (1949)^[4]
• Robert S. Davis House, 11 Abbottsford Ct., Providence, Rhode Island (1950)^[10]
• First Federal Savings and Loan Association Building, 110 Westminster St., Providence, Rhode Island (1953) - Demolished 2005.^[11]
• Fox Point Elementary School, Wickenden St., Providence, Rhode Island (1954)^[12]

Cull, Robinson & Green, 1955-1956:

• Roger Freeman, Jr. House, 57 Hazard Ave., Providence, Rhode Island (1955–56)^[12]
• A. Merrill Percelay House, 22 Bedford Rd., Pawtucket, Rhode Island (1955)^[13]
• Rhode Island Yacht Club, 1 Ocean Ave., Cranston, Rhode Island (1956)^[14]

References

1. Cornell Alumni News 15 May 1918: 572
2. Air Service Journal 1918: 876.
3. American Contractor 4 June 1921: 47.
4. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. 45. 1967.
5. "Edwin Emory Cull". http://public.aia.org/. n.d. Web.
6. Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission. Historic and Architectural Resources of Little Compton, Rhode Island. 1990.
7. Blackstone Boulevard Realty Plat Historic District NRHP Nomination. 1995.
8. Bridgemen's Magazine Jan. 1935: 33.
9. Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission. Rhode Island: State-Owned Historic Properties. 1989.
10. Freeman Plat Historic District NRHP Nomination. 1995.
11. "A Lot in Limbo". https://lotsinlimbo.wordpress.com. n.d. Web.
12. Woodward, Wm. McKenzie. Providence: A Citywide Survey of Historic Resources. 1986.
13. Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission. Pawtucket, Rhode Island: Statewide Historical Preservation Report P-PA-1. 1978.
14. Cranston, Rhode Island: Statewide Historical Preservation Report P-C-1. 1980.