Isaiah T. Hatton (1883–1921) was an architect in the United States known for his designs of buildings for his fellow African Americans. Several are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Hatton was the only son of Isaiah and Mary Susan Hatton and was born on March 1, 1883, in

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. His family moved to Washington D.C. when he was seven. He married Bertha B. Sayles. They did not have children. Several buildings he designed are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Works

Selected works include: * Third Baptist Church (1893), 1546 5th St., NW, Washington, D.C. (designed with fellow African American architect

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), NRHP-listed *

Thomas J. Calloway House The Thomas J. Calloway House, constructed in 1910, stands on the south side of Elm Street adjacent to Crescent Avenue in the traditionally African-American neighborhood of Lincoln in Lanham, Prince George's County, Maryland. It is credited to I ...

(1910), 9949 Elm Street,

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, for Thomas Junius Calloway, an African American developer of the Lincoln community in

in Prince Georges County, Maryland. NRHP-listed *His own residence at 5502 Center Ave (1911) in Lincoln * Industrial Bank building (1915) for

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at 12th and U streets NW The bank's original location was in the Laborers' Building and Loan Association building designed by architect

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. Although the bank closed in the 1930s, a Howard University graduate reopened it. *Isaiah T. Hatton House in the Buena Vista section of Prince George's County where he moved in 1918. *

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(1919), 1839 13th St. NW, Washington, D.C. NRHP-listed Also known as the Whitelaw Apartment House *

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building (

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), (1921) 1901–1903 Seventh St. NW, Washington, D.C., NRHP-listed *Daniel P. Seaton House in Lincoln for the Dr. And A.M.E. minister who wrote a book advocating

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References

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