Harrison Albright (May 17, 1866 – January 3, 1932) was an American

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best known for his design of the

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Biography

Born in the Ogontz neighborhood of

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, Pennsylvania, Albright was educated in the local public schools and at the Peirce College of Business and Spring Garden Institute in Philadelphia. In 1886, he began his architecture business designing residential and public projects in Philadelphia. He moved to Charleston, West Virginia in 1891 and was architect for the State of

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in addition to designing residential projects. As State architect he designed an annex to the State Capitol, a state asylum at Huntington, West Virginia, the Miners' Hospital in

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and buildings at

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and the Preparatory Branch of West Virginia University at Keyser. In 1901, he was hired by

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hotelier Lee Wiley Sinclair to design the landmark

which included a steel and glass dome. In 1905, he moved his architectural practice to California, working in

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and

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, as early proponent of reinforced concrete construction.

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, son of

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, was employed in the Albright firm. Harrison Albright retired from architecture for health reasons in 1925 and died in 1932.

Works

Albright's designs include: * One Bridge Place, Charleston, West Virginia, 1898 * Upshur County Courthouse,

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, 1901 *

, 1902 *

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, 1904 * expansion of Homer Laughlin Building Annex/Lyon Building,

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, 1905 * Santa Fe Freight Depot,

(now home to the Southern California Institute of Architecture), 1907 *

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, Coronado, California, 1909 * U. S. Grant Hotel, San Diego, California, 1910 * Eli P. Clark Hotel, Los Angeles, 1912 * Spreckels Theater Building, San Diego, California, 1912 * Golden West Hotel, San Diego, 1913 * Spreckels Organ Pavilion,

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, 1915 * Bank of Coronado Building, Coronado, California, 1917 * Adams School,

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* Spreckels Mansion,

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* Waldo Hotel, Clarksburg, West Virginia * Columbus Power House,

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External links

Emporis listingPhiladelphia Architects and Buildings database (extensive information)
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