350px, Lions Lincoln Theater, Massillon, Ohio Guy Tilden (May 11, 1858 – August, 6, 1929) was a

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during the late 19th and early 20th century. Several of his structures are listed on the

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. Guy Tilden was born in

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on May 11, 1858. He married Belle La Grande Sanford on November 21, 1880 and moved to

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, and then to Canton in 1883. He and his wife had four children. Over the next decades, until the mid-1920s, he was Canton's premier architect. In 1889 he was named a

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. Guy Tilden died August, 1929. He was buried at

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A listing of some of the structures he designed follows

Structures

National Register of Historic Places

Tilden designed numerous structures in Canton, Ohio, which were reviewed in a study that nominated many of them for nomination to the

. 350px, Canton Public Library All located in Canton * Bender's Restaurant-Belmont Buffet * Canton Public Library *

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* Harry E. Fife House * Harvard Company-Weber Dental Manufacturing Company *

Hotel Courtland The Hotel Courtland in Canton, Ohio, also or formerly known as St. Francis Hotel and as Stark County Office Building, was built in 1905. It was designed by architect Guy Tilden. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The ...

* Brooke and Anna E. Martin House * Trinity Lutheran Church

Others

* Congress Lake Clubhouse - Lake Township * Lions Lincoln Theater - Massillon * Seventh Street Bridge (since replaced) - CantonHistoric Bridges of the United States
/ref> * Dueber-Hampden Watch Factory - Canton * Seneca Street School - Alliance * Hotel McKinley - Canton * Dime Savings Bank - Canton * F.E. Case Building - Canton * William E. Sherlock Residence - Canton * A.M. Dueber Residence - Canton * Harry Harper Ink Residence - Canton * Northeast and Southwest

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- Canton

Notes

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tilden, Guy People from Canton, Ohio Architects from Ohio 1858 births 1929 deaths Fellows of the American Institute of Architects Burials at West Lawn Cemetery