Hornblower & Marshall was a Washington, D.C.-based architectural firm that was a partnership between

Joseph Coerten Hornblower Joseph Coerten Hornblower (May 7, 1777 – June 11, 1864) was an American lawyer and jurist from Belleville, New Jersey. He was the chief justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court. Early life and education Hornblower was born on May 7, 1777 i ...

(1848-1908) and

James Rush Marshall Hornblower & Marshall was a Washington, D.C.-based architectural firm that was a partnership between Joseph Coerten Hornblower (architect), Joseph Coerten Hornblower (1848-1908) and James Rush Marshall (1851-1927). The firm designed numerous sub ...

(1851-1927). The firm designed numerous substantial government and other buildings, a number of which have been listed on the U.S.

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

. For example, the partnership won a competition with its design for the monumental, Beaux-arts style

U.S. Custom House U.S. Customhouse or United States Custom House may refer to: ''(ordered by U.S. state or U.S. territory, and then by city)'' *US Custom House (Nogales, Arizona), listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Santa Cruz County *United ...

of Baltimore, Maryland, that was built in 1903 and which served as a Custom House until 1953. Baltimore Custom House

Fraser Mansion without retaining wall close up

Other works by the firm include: *

Fraser Mansion The Fraser Mansion is a building at 1701 20th Street NW, at the intersection of Connecticut Avenue, 20th Street, and R Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Since its construction in 1890, the mansion has served as a pri ...

(1890), 1701 20th St., NW., Washington, D.C., NRHP-listed, a brick and pink granite Beaux Arts building * Duncan Phillips House (1897), 1600–1614 21st St., NW., Washington, D.C., NRHP-listed * U.S. Marine Corps Barracks (1907), 8th and I Sts., SE, Washington, D.C., NRHP-listed *

(1907), 40 S. Gay St., Baltimore, Maryland, NRHP-listed *

Lothrop Mansion The Lothrop Mansion, also known as the Alvin Mason Lothrop House, is an historic home, located at 2001 Connecticut Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Kalorama neighborhood. Until a scale-back in Russian diplomatic presence in 2017, the ...

(1908), 2001 Connecticut Ave., Washington, D.C., NRHP-listed *

Samuel Hill House Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the bibl ...

(1909), 814 E. Highland Dr., Seattle, Washington, NRHP-listed With *

National Museum of Natural History The National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It has free admission and is open 364 days a year. In 2021, with 7 ...

(1910), National Mall, Washington, D.C. *

Engine Company 23 Engine Company 23 is a fire station and a historic structure located in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The two-story Italianate style building was a collaboration of the Washington, D.C. architectural firm of Hornblower & Marsha ...

(1910), 2119 G, NW., Washington, D.C., NRHP-listed *

Army and Navy Club The Army and Navy Club in London is a private members club founded in 1837, also known informally as The Rag.Maryhill Museum Maryhill Museum of Art is a small museum with an eclectic collection, located near what is now the community of Maryhill in the U.S. state of Washington. The museum is situated on a bluff overlooking the eastern end of the Columbia River Gorge. T ...

(completed 1926, after construction paused in WWI), SW of Goldendale, Washington on U.S. 197, NRHP-listed The

Smithsonian Institution The Smithsonian Institution ( ), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums and education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge". Founded ...

holds the largest collection of Hornblower & Marshall documents.

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External links

Smithsonian Institution search results on Hornblower+Marshall
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