He was a founding member of the Boston Society of Arts and Crafts with his work featured in an 1887 exhibition.

After 1898, in the employ of Boston furnituremaking and architectural woodworking firm Irving and Casson, he worked on the buildings of the noted American Gothic-revivalist Ralph Adams Cram.

He also designed the mantling of the Anderson Memorial Bridge over the Charles River.

At $1.00 an hour, he was the highest paid workman on the Hill House construction project.

[2] Kirchmayer died November 29, 1930, at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts.