James C. Bucklin

James C. Bucklin (1801-1890) was an American architect working in Providence, Rhode Island.

At the age of 14 he was apprenticed to early architect-builder John Holden Greene, working there for seven years.

[1] Bucklin was a member of the Squantum Association and the Providence Athenaeum, and was considered "a great reader of good books".

He designed at least half a dozen Westminster Street office buildings, as well as several more in other parts of downtown.

From 1839 to 1844 Tallman & Bucklin had charge of the city's first major period of school-building, designing 12 buildings citywide.

Shakespeare Hall, Providence, 1838.
Westminster Arcade
Rhode Island Hall, Brown University, 1840.
Rhode Island Historical Society (Mencoff Hall), Providence, 1844.
Howard Building, Providence, 1856.
Billings Block, Providence, 1880.