Lockwood, Greene & Co.

Lockwood, Greene & Co. was an American architectural firm that was one of the major engineering firms in the eastern United States from the late 19th century through the 20th century. They were based in New England but planned several mills and other plants in the South, especially in North Carolina. These included Loray Mills in Gastonia, the First National Bank skyscraper in Charlotte, and a project in Roanoke Rapids.

Amos DeForest Lockwood (1811-1884), a mill engineer in Maine, started the company in 1858, and in the 1870s he associated with Stephen Greene (1851-1901), a former textile mill supervisor. Greene expanded the firm’s operations and scope, and after his death in 1901, his son Edwin Greene (1879-1953) became president of the firm. In 2003, CH2M Hill, a global provider of engineering, construction services, and operations services, acquired the company.

Charles Edmund Coxe, who donated the Coxe Memorial Field Gymnasium, was a hammer thrower while at Yale University and became director of the Metropolitan Opera Company of New York. Opened in 1928 in West Haven, the gymnasium provided facilities for indoor track and field and was one of largest of its kind. Today, it is known as “Coxe Cage”.