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Life and career

Haglin was born in Hastings, New York to a farming family. He attended local schools before finding work as a draftsman with a Syracuse, New York architect. He spent several more years working in

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before moving to Minneapolis in 1873. He formed a partnership with

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for three years, doing business as Long & Haglin. After parting ways, Haglin briefly partnered with Charles Morse before embarking on a solo career. In 1909, he partnered again with B. H. Stahr. In 1920, he formed a company with his sons Charles Jr., Edward, and Preston called C. F. Haglin & Sons. Among the buildings Haglin was involved in are Minneapolis City Hall (1888-1909), the

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(1899–1900),

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(1929), and

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(1901). Haglin died in

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in 1921.

References

19th-century American architects 1849 births 1921 deaths People from Hastings, New York 20th-century American architects {{US-architect-stub