Addison Hutton (1834–1916) was a

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architect who designed prominent residences in Philadelphia and its suburbs, plus courthouses, hospitals, and libraries, including the Ridgway Library (now Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts) and the

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. He made major additions to the campuses of

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, Swarthmore College,

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, Haverford College, and

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Biography

Early life and education

Addison Hutton was born on November 28, 1834. He grew up in

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, southeast of

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. He was the son of Joel Hutton, a Quaker carpenter, and Ann Mains.rootsweb.com At an early age, he became fond of the "solid necessities of building" and enjoyed working alongside his father. Like his father, Addison would vary between carpenting and school. A young man named Robert Grimacy gave him lessons in architecture; it was then that Addison Hutton considered it to be a possible direction in his own life.

Career

Addison Hutton studied architecture with Samuel Sloan, who was a leading Philadelphia architect and author of books on house designs. He supervised construction of the Sloan-designed Longwood in Natchez, MS (1859–62), until construction was abandoned during the

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(stranding Hutton, a pacifist, in the Deep South). He became Sloan's partner in 1864 and was able to bring numerous commissions to their office due to his Quaker connections. By 1868, he had established his own office. In November 1901, the

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denounced the design competition for the

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at Harrisburg and strongly urged its members not to participate. Hutton was one of nine architects who submitted designs (his was not selected), and he was expelled from the AIA in February 1902.

Marriage and children

On October 10, 1865, Addison married Rebecca W. Savery, daughter of William Savery and Elizabeth H. Cresso

They had one child, a girl named Mary, who was born September 1, 1869; Mary married James Garrett Biddle. In 1876, Hutton built a house for his family in Bryn Mawr, PA, near those of several of his clients. It still stands at the southwest corner of Montgomery and Morris Avenues.

Death and afterward

Addison Hutton died on June 26, 1916, and was buried at Short Creek Meeting House, Jefferson Co., Ohio. His granddaughter has written a biography: Elizabeth Biddle Yarnall, ''Addison Hutton: Quaker Architect, 1834–1916'' (Philadelphia: The Art Alliance Press, 1974).

Architectural Works (Partial Listing)

Colleges, libraries and cultural institutions

*1869 Parrish Hall, Swarthmore College's first building, Swarthmore, PA *1870–78 Ridgway Library (

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), Broad & Christian Sts., Philadelphia, PA (now Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts) *1874 President's House, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA *1874 Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA *1876 Friends Boarding School (now Olney Friends School), Barnesville, OH *1876 Linderman Library,

, Bethlehem, PA *1877 Barclay Hall, Haverford College, Haverford, PA *1878 Public Library, Johnstown, PA (destroyed by the 1889

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)Johnstown Flood Museum
/ref> *1879–84 Taylor Hall,

, Bryn Mawr, PA *1879–84 Merion Hall,

, Bryn Mawr, PA *1882

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Opera House, 14 W. Broadway,

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, PA *1882 Coppee Hall Gymnasium,

, Bethlehem, PA *1884–85 Chandler Chemistry Laboratory,

, Bethlehem, PA *1885 Packer Memorial Chapel,

, Bethlehem, PA *1885

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, 16th & Cherry Sts., Philadelphia, PA *1886 Main Building,

, West Chester, PA *1889 Packer Hall Tower,

, Bethlehem, PA *1890–92 Carnegie Library, Johnstown, PA (now the Johnstown Flood Museum) *1891 Renovations to Musical Fund Hall, The Musical Fund Society, 806 Locust St., Philadelphia, PA *1892

, Newtown, PA *1897–98 Vail Memorial Library, Lincoln University, Oxford, PA *1902

, 1300 Locust St., Philadelphia, PA

Churches

*1868 Germantown Friends Meeting House, 47 W. Coulter St., Philadelphia, PA *1869–70 Arch Street United Methodist Church, SE corner Broad & Arch Sts., Philadelphia, PA *1871 Doylestown Presbyterian Church, Doylestown, PA *1872 Rectory for Church of the Redeemer, 220 Pennswood Road, Lower Merion Township, PA *1887-1890 Sarah Packer Memorial Building, St. Mark's Episcopal Church,

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''Note:'' This includes

Institutional buildings and businesses

*1867 Shew Hall, Connecticut Hospital for the Insane, Middletown, CT *1868 Venango County Courthouse, Franklin, PA (with Samuel Sloan)County Courthouses of Pennsylvania, By Oliver P. Williams, 2001 *1869

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Courthouse,

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, PA (with Samuel Sloan) *1869 Philadelphia Savings Fund Society Building, Walnut St. & Washington Square, Philadelphia PA (expanded by Hutton, 1885–86 and 1888; expanded by Frank Furness, 1897–98) *1874 Lenape Building, SE corner Main & State Sts., Doylestown, PA *1876 Bucks County Intelligencer (newspaper) Building, Doylestown, PA *1878

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Courthouse, Doylestown, PA *1884–85 Bucks County Prison (later Pine Street Hotel), 138 S. Pine St., Doylestown, PA (now James A. Michener Art Museum) *1888–89 Girard Life Insurance Building, NE corner Broad & Chestnut Sts. Philadelphia, PA (demolished 1926) *1890 Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities, 517 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA (demolished 1950s in the creation of Independence Mall) *1900 Department for the Chronic Insane, first floor plan, Harrisburg State Hospital, PA *1901 Design competition for

, Harrisburg, PA (design not selected) *1904 Additions to Chalfonte-Haddon Hall Hotel, Atlantic City, NJ

Residences

*1862 Henry G. Morris "cottage", Newport, RI *1865-68 "Glenloch" (later called "Lock Aerie"), residence of William E. Lockwood, Lancaster Pike, Frazer, PA *1866-1867 Barclay House, West Chester, Pennsylvania *1869 "The Chestnuts", residence of David Scull, 5820 City Ave., Overbrook, PA (now home of the Sisters of the Visitation) *1869 "Elm Villa", residence of D. T. Gage, Maple St., Merchantville, NJ *1870 "Pembrook Farm", residence of Charles H. Wheeler, 310 Fishers Rd, Bryn Mawr, PA *1870 "St. Michel", residence of Francis A. Drexel, Knights Rd., Torresdale, PA *1870 "The Four Sisters" Residences: 101, 121, 205 & 221 W. Virginia Ave., West Chester, PA *1870 "Braewold", Bedford, New York, listed on the

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as part of The Woodpile historic district in 1992. *1872 "Cedarcroft", residence of Robert Emmett Monaghan, 413 W. Miner St., West Chester, PA *1874 Harry Packer Mansion, Jim Thorpe (

), PA (now a bed & breakfast) *1875 "Midhope", residence of Prof. James C. Booth, Booth Lane, Haverford Station, PA *1876 Addison Hutton residence, 804 W Montgomery Ave., Bryn Mawr, PA *1877 "Sylvula", residence of Stephen O. Fuguet, 931 Montgomery Ave., Bryn Mawr, PA (renamed "Beechwood" by 1908, now part of The Shipley School) *1877-1878 Charles Thomas House,

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''Note:'' This includes *1880 Residence, 3400 Powelton Ave., Philadelphia, PA *1880 Residence for G. M. Rupert, 506 N Church Street, West Chester, PA *1880s "Penn Grove", residence of N. Parker Shortridge, Lancaster Ave. & Wynnewood Rd., Wynnewood, PA *1880-81 Residence of J. W. Townsend, 825 Montgomery Ave., Bryn Mawr, PA *1881 "Waverly Heights", residence of

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, 1400 Waverly Rd., Gladwyne, PA (now Wavery Heights Retirement Community) *1881 "Greenway", residence of George Lovell, 235 Pennswood Rd., Bryn Mawr, PA *1882 "Egerton House", residence of Mrs. Edward Scull, 5760 City Ave., Overbrook, PA (now residence of the Archbishop of Philadelphia) *1882 James Spear Residence, 244-46 S. 21st St., Philadelphia, PA *1884 "Holmhurst", residence of Charles Hartshorne, Hazelhurst Ave., Merion, PA *1884 216 N 34th Street, Philadelphia. Home of George Fletcher. Current home of Theta Chi Fraternity at Drexel University *1885 "Ballytore", residence of Isaac H. Clothier, 630 Clothier Rd., Wynnewood, PA (now St. Sahag-St. Mesrob Armenian Church) *1885 "Torworth", residence of J. C. Strawbridge, School House Ln., Germantown, Philadelphia, PA (demolished) *c.1885-89 "Roslyn Heights", residence of Stevenson Crothers, Papermill Rd., Erdenheim, PA *1887 Residence of E. P. Fox, 730 Montgomery Ave., Bryn Mawr, PA *1890 "Dundale", residence of Theodore Morris, Spring Mill Rd., Villanova, PA (now Picotte Hall,

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)Dundale history
at Villanova University *1890 "Hillhurst", residence of John Biddle, 216 S. Orange St., Media, PA *1908 Alterations to 44 S Wyoming Ave., Lower Merion Twp., PA

Gallery

Image:GermantownFriends.jpg, Germantown Friends Meeting House, Philadelphia, PA (1868). File:Cor. Broad and Arch (including view of a church), from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views.jpg, Arch Street United Methodist Church, SE corner Broad & Arch Sts., Philadelphia, PA (1869–70). File:Phila Ridgeway Library02.png, Ridgway Library, Philadelphia, PA (1870–78). Now Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts. File:Downtown Doylestown.JPG, Bucks County Intelligencer Building, Doylestown, PA (1876). File:Linderman Library 1896.jpg, Linderman Library,

, Bethlehem, PA (1876). File:Linderman Library interior view 1896.jpg, Linderman Library, interior (1876). File:Gymnasium (Coppee Hall) 1896.jpg, Coppee Hall Gymnasium,

, Bethlehem, PA (1882). File:ChemLabLehighUniv1907.JPG, Chandler Chemistry Laboratory,

, Bethlehem, PA (1884–85). File:Michener Museum Dtown.JPG, Bucks County Prison, Doylestown, PA (1884–85). Now James A. Michener Art Museum. File:Packer Memorial Church 1896.jpg, Packer Memorial Chapel,

, Bethlehem, PA (1885). File:Packer Memorial Church interior view 1896.jpg, Packer Memorial Chapel, interior (1885). Image:JohnstownLibrary.jpg, Carnegie Library, Johnstown, PA (1890–92). Hutton's 1878 library was destroyed by the 1889

. This replacement library, built on the same site, is now the Johnstown Flood Museum.

References

Notes

External links

* Addison Hutton archival card catalog
Held by the Department of Drawings & Archives
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hutton, Addison 1834 births 1916 deaths Architects from Philadelphia American Quakers Lehigh University people People from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania 19th-century American architects Burials in Ohio