| James Gilbert Chandler | |
| Birth Date: | 4 August 1856 |
| Birth Place: | Berlin Falls, New Hampshire |
| Death Place: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Occupation: | Architect |
| Children: | 4 |
James Gilbert Chandler (August 4, 1856 – January 17, 1924) was a prominent architect in Racine, Wisconsin.
Chandler was born at Berlin Falls, New Hampshire, on August 4, 1856, to Milton Walker Chandler and Sarah Grover Chandler.[1] After attending school in Zumbrota, Minnesota, and Madison, Wisconsin, he studied architecture in Madison, and then started working as an architect in 1879.[1] In 1885 he married Francis Mary Evans, with whom he had four children.[1] He died on January 17, 1924, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[1] [2]
Chandler's firm was known as Chandler & Parks.[1] [3] He was involved in the design of several building listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).[4] He designed the Shoop Building and the Racine YMCA (both NRHP listed).[5] Chandler was in charge of remodeling and enlarging of all three of architect Lucas Bradley's Garfield schools.[6]