John Hubbard Sturgis (August 5, 1834 – February 14, 1888)[1] was an American architect and builder who was active in the New England area during the late 19th century.

His most prominent works included Codman House, Lincoln, Massachusetts, and the personal residence of Isabella Stewart Gardner.

The firm lasted nearly two decades in New England and received many notable commissions such as the first Boston Museum of Fine Arts building, located in Copley Square.

He was a son of the "very intelligent"[2] Russell Sturgis,[1] a wealthy Boston merchant active in the China opium trade.

After attending Boston Latin School, he traveled extensively in Europe when his father became a partner in Barings Bank in London.

[7] Colling was given a free hand by the wealthy John Naylor when building Garthmyl Hall, as seen by the use of lavish gilding and plasterwork for ceiling decoration, and for the ornamental stonework on the exterior.

Colling is known to have supplied the designs for stonework on Pinebank Mansion (1868) a house for Edward N. Perkins' on the shore of Jamaica Pond.