Lucius W. Briggs

Lucius W. Briggs AIA (August 26, 1866 – September 10, 1940) was an American architect in practice in Worcester, Massachusetts from 1896 until his death in 1940.

He was educated in the Worcester public schools and as a special student in architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

He worked as a drafter for Worcester contractors Norcross Brothers and architects Barker & Nourse and Fuller & Delano.

[1] In addition to his professional associations, Briggs was also a member of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, the Worcester Country Club and local fraternal organizations.

[4] The work of the younger Briggs includes the Worcester County Courthouse annex (1954, with Cornelius W. Buckley)[5] and Burncoat High School (1964)[6] He died in 1968.

The Frances Perkins Branch Library in Worcester , designed by Briggs in the Italian Renaissance Revival style and completed in 1913.
The Katz and Leavitt Apartment House in Worcester , designed by Briggs in the Venetian Gothic style and completed in 1926.
The Worcester Memorial Auditorium , designed by associated architects Briggs and Frederic Charles Hirons in the Neoclassical style and completed in 1933.
The Leicester Town Hall, designed by Briggs in the Colonial Revival and completed in 1939.