George M. Coombs

George M. Coombs (November 27, 1851 – March 27, 1909) was an American architect in practice in Lewiston, Maine from 1874 to 1909.

[1] Circa 1869, at the age of 17, Coombs moved up the Androscoggin River to Lewiston, then a booming mill town, and worked as a carpenter until 1872.

During the next decade Coombs became the region's leading architect, and trained many young architects in his office, including his son, Harry S. Coombs, Eugene J. Gibbs, William R. Miller, Addison G. Pulsifer, Elmer I. Thomas and Harry C. Wilkinson.

[2] Coombs became successful designing residences and institutional buildings throughout Lewiston, its twin city Auburn, and across the state, working in the prevailing Second Empire, Romanesque Revival and Queen Anne styles.

[7] Many of his works, alone and with his partners, have been listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places.