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Gillen and Gillen
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fl. 1880s
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Gillen & Gillen was an architectural firm based in Kingston, Ontario. Early in 1888, Gillen & Gillen, architects, declared themselves successors to Robert Gage. Eighteen-year-old Erastus Gillen described himself an architect in the 1881 census but, because he was living with the Gage family, he was likely Robert Gage's student. A few years later, Gillen went to study architectural drawing in St Paul, Minnesota, and in Chicago. He returned to Kingston to enter into a partnership with his older brother, Frederick B. Gillen, who shared offices with Robert Gage in 1888.
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Biographical sketch from Jennifer McKendry "Into the spotlight: the architectural practice of Robert Gage, Kingston and California," Ontario History (Vol. 97, No. 1), Spring 2005.