| 词条 | Lucius B. Darling |
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|name = Lucius B. Darling |image = Lucius B Darling RI Lt Governor.jpg |office = Lieutenant governor of Rhode Island |spouse = Angeline H. Armington |governor = George P. Wetmore |term_start = May 26, 1885 |term_end = May 29, 1887 |predecessor = Oscar Rathbun |successor = Samuel R. Honey |birth_date = {{birth date|1827|10|3}} |birth_place = Bellingham, Massachusetts |death_date = {{death date and age|1896|1|3|1827|10|3}} |death_place = Pawtucket, Rhode Island |party = Republican[1][2] |residence = Pawtucket, Rhode Island |profession = Businessman (fertilizer company); theatre owner }}Lucius B. Darling (October 3, 1827 – January 3, 1896) was a Rhode Island businessman who ran a slaughterhouse and fertilizer company. He was Lieutenant governor of Rhode Island for two one-year terms, 1885-1887. Personal lifeDarling was born in Bellingham, Massachusetts to Samuel and Margaret (Smith) Darling.[1] He grew up on their farm and attended public schools.[1][2] At age 22, he left the farm and moved to Providence, eventually settling in Pawtucket, which was then part of North Providence. He was married to Angeline H. Armington November 4, 1847.[2] They had six children.[1][2] Business lifeJust outside the western border of Pawtucket, in Mineral Springs, Darling established a slaughterhouse which utilized every part of the animal for meat, oil, tallow, and fertilizer.[1] In 1881, he established a branch office in Chicago, which acquired cattle for his Rhode Island slaughterhouse.[1] By 1884, fertilizer was his main business, under the name of the Darling Fertilizer Company.[1] He also served as director or president of several companies including the Pacific National Bank of Pawtucket, the Pawtucket Gas Company, and the Swan Point Cemetery Company.[1] Darling commissioned and was the sole owner of the Music Hall Building on Pawtucket's Main Street.[2][1] The Music Hall building had a 1700-seat theater on the second floor, with three seating sections: an orchestra, balcony, and second balcony.[1] It was considered one of the most beautiful buildings in Pawtucket.[2] The building originally hosted opera and vaudeville performances; later it showed motion pictures.[1] The Music Hall Building was demolished in 1970 as part of a downtown urban renewal project.[1] Political lifeDarling was appointed harbor commissioner by Governor Littlefield in 1881, and re-appointed by Governor Bourn in 1883.[1] He served two one-year terms as Lieutenant governor.[1] DeathDarling died in Pawtucket.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|title=Music Hall|url=http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/12327|website=Cinema Treasures|accessdate=19 May 2015|quote=The Music Hall Building was erected in 1880 for Lucius Bowles Darling who owned a fertilizer company in Pawtucket.}} [2][3]2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 {{cite book|title=Illustrated History of Pawtucket, Central Falls and Vicinity|url=http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/RIGENWEB/2001-07/0994739298|accessdate=18 April 2015|date=1897|first1=Henry R.|last1=Caufield|pages=285–286}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite book|title=History of Providence County, Rhode Island|volume=2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nM84AQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA107&ots=wgiPIwLcYW&dq=music%20hall%20building%20pawtucket%20darling&pg=PA107#v=onepage&q=music%20hall%20building%20pawtucket%20darling&f=false|pages=106–107|last1=Bayles|first1=Richard Mather|date=1891|publisher=W. W. Preston}} }}{{s-start}}{{s-off}}{{succession box|before=Oscar Rathbun|after=Samuel R. Honey|years=1885–1887|title=Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island}}{{s-end}}{{Portal|United States|New England|Rhode Island|Biography}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Darling, Lucius}} 8 : 1827 births|1896 deaths|Rhode Island Republicans|Burials at Swan Point Cemetery|Politicians from Pawtucket, Rhode Island|Lieutenant Governors of Rhode Island|19th-century American politicians|19th-century American businesspeople |
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