Hobart Brown Upjohn (1876–1949) was an American architect, best known for designing a number of ecclesiastical and educational structures in New York and in North Carolina. He also designed a number of significant private homes. His firm produced a total of about 150 projects, a third of which were in North Carolina.North Carolina Architects and Builders, A Biographical Dictionary: Hobart Brown Upjohn
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in 1876, a son of

Richard M. Upjohn Richard Michell Upjohn, FAIA, (March 7, 1828 – March 3, 1903) was an American architect, co-founder and president of the American Institute of Architects. Early life and career Upjohn was born on March 7, 1828 in Shaftesbury, Dorsetshire, E ...

(1828–1903) and grandson of

Richard Upjohn Richard Upjohn (22 January 1802 – 16 August 1878) was a British-born American architect who emigrated to the United States and became most famous for his Gothic Revival churches. He was partially responsible for launching the movement to su ...

(1802–1878). He received a degree in mechanical engineering from

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in 1899. He worked in his father's firm until 1903 and then opened his own practice in 1905. He entered a partnership with George W. Conable (1866–1933) in 1908. That partnership ended in 1914. One of the works produced by the partnership was the 1909 Rye Town Park-Bathing Complex and Oakland Beach, added to the

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in 2003. He closed his practice in 1945 and died in 1949. A number of his works are listed on the

Notable works

* Chapel of the Cross (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) Church (1925), Main Tower, and Cloister *

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Mead Memorial Chapel Mead Memorial Chapel is a historic Episcopal chapel at 2 Chapel Road in the hamlet of Waccabuc, town of Lewisboro, Westchester County, New York. It was designed by Hobart B. Upjohn (1876-1949) and built in 1905–1906 in a late Gothic Revival s ...

Roanoke Rapids High School Roanoke Rapids High School is a public high school in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina. Building history Roanoke Rapids High School opened in 1921. It was the brainchild of local industrialist Samuel Paterson and was intended to be the centerpiece ...

, 800 Hamilton St.,

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(Upjohn, Hobart Brown), NRHP-listed * St. Athanasius Episcopal Church and Parish House and the Church of the Holy Comforter,

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* Christ Episcopal Church, Parish House & Chapel, 120 E. Edenton St.,

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(Upjohn, Hobart), NRHP-listed * Church of St. Joseph of Arimathea, 2172 Saw Mill River Rd.,

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(Upjohn, Hobart), NRHP-listed * First Presbyterian Church, Portico, Steeple, Parish House, & Chapel, Ann and Bow Sts.,

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(Upjohn, Hobart), NRHP-listed * First Presbyterian Church, 125 S. 3rd St.,

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, 2 Chapel Rd.,

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(Upjohn, Hobart B.), NRHP-listed * All Saints Episcopal Church (1917) in the

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, Roanoke Rapids, NC *

Scarsdale Woman's Club Scarsdale Woman's Club is a historic women's club located at Scarsdale, Westchester County, New York. It was built in 1858 and expanded and remodeled in 1872 in the Second Empire style. It was again expanded and remodeled in 1941 by Hobart Upjoh ...

, 37 Drake Rd.,

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(Upjohn, Hobart), NRHP-listed * St. Athanasius Episcopal Church and Parish House and the Church of the Holy Comforter, 300 E. Webb Ave. and 320 E. Davis St.,

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(Upjohn, Hobart), NRHP-listed * St. Catherine's School, 6001 Grove Ave.,

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(Upjohn, Hobart), NRHP-listed * St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 68 Bedford Rd.,

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(Upjohn, Hobart B.), NRHP-listed * Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, original Parish House,

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* Temple Emanuel, (N. Greene St., Greensboro, North Carolina) *

Unitarian Church of All Souls The Unitarian Church of All Souls at 1157 Lexington Avenue at East 80th Street in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City was built in 1932 and was designed by Hobart Upjohn – Richard Upjohn's grandson – in the Neo-colonial ...

(1931-32), Lexington Avenue, New York City * Grace Methodist Church (Greensboro, North Carolina) * First Presbyterian Church (High Point, North Carolina) * First Presbyterian Church (Concord, North Carolina) * The Village Chapel (Pinehurst, North Carolina) * North Carolina State University Library (now Brooks Hall) (Raleigh, North Carolina) * North Carolina State University, Bagwell, Becton, and Berry Quadrangle (Raleigh, North Carolina) *

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(1947) 5300 Main Street, Houston, Texas

References

External links

Columbia University Libraries: The Upjohn collection of architectural drawings by Richard, Richard Michell, and Hobart Upjohn :Architectural drawings, papers, and records, (circa 1827-1910)

Guide to the Hobart Upjohn Architectural Drawings of the Roanoke Rapids Senior High School 1920-1938
{{DEFAULTSORT:Upjohn, Hobart American ecclesiastical architects American residential architects Architects of Anglican churches Architects of Presbyterian churches Architects from New York City Stevens Institute of Technology alumni 1876 births 1949 deaths 20th-century American architects

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