Addison Hutton

Addison Hutton (1834–1916) was a Philadelphia 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 Historical Society of Pennsylvania. He made major additions to the campuses of Westtown School, George School, Swarthmore College, Bryn Mawr College, Haverford College, and Lehigh University.

Early life and education Hutton was born on November 28, 1834. He grew up in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh. He was the son of Joel Hutton, a Quaker carpenter, and Ann Mains. 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 Hutton studied architecture with Samuel Sloan, a leading Philadelphia architect and author of books on house designs. He supervised construction of the Sloan-designed Longwood in Natchez, Mississippi (1859–62), until construction was abandoned during the American Civil War, 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 American Institute of Architects denounced the design competition for the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and 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. Cresson. 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, Pennsylvania, near those of several of his clients. It still stands at the southwest corner of Montgomery and Morris Avenues.

Death and afterward Hutton died on June 26, 1916, and was buried at Short Creek Meeting House in Jefferson County, Ohio. 1874 President's House, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 1874 Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 1876 Friends Boarding School, now Olney Friends School, Barnesville, Ohio 1876 Linderman Library, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 1877 Barclay Hall, Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania 1878 Public Library, Johnstown, Pennsylvania (destroyed by the 1889 Johnstown Flood) 1879–84 Taylor Hall, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 1879–84 Merion Hall, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 1882 Mauch Chunk Opera House, 14 W. Broadway, Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania 1882 Coppee Hall Gymnasium, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 1884–85 Chandler Chemistry Laboratory, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 1885 Packer Memorial Chapel, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 1885 Friends Select School, 16th and Cherry Sts., Philadelphia 1886 Main Building, Westtown School, West Chester, Pennsylvania 1889 Packer Hall Tower, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 1890–92 Carnegie Library, Johnstown, Pennsylvania (now Johnstown Flood Museum)

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

Institutional buildings and businesses Philadelphia Savings Fund Society, 700 Walnut Street, Philadelphia (1869), addition to right (1888). Mirror-image facade addition beyond flag (1897–98) by Frank Furness 1867 Shew Hall, Connecticut Hospital for the Insane, Middletown, Connecticut 1868 Venango County Courthouse, Franklin, Pennsylvania (with Samuel Sloan) 1869 Clinton County Courthouse, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania (with Samuel Sloan) In 2004 incorporated into The St. James, luxury apartments. 1874 Lenape Building, SE corner Main & State Sts., Doylestown, Pennsylvania 1876 Bucks County Intelligencer (newspaper) Building, Doylestown, Pennsylvania 1878 Bucks County Courthouse, Doylestown, Pennsylvania 1888–89 Girard Life Insurance Building, NE corner Broad and Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia (demolished 1926) 1890 Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities, 517 Chestnut St., Philadelphia (demolished 1950s in the creation of Independence Mall) 1900 Department for the Chronic Insane, first floor plan, Harrisburg State Hospital, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 1901 Design competition for Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (design not selected) 1904 Additions to Chalfonte-Haddon Hall Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Residences "Glenloch" (William E. Lockwood mansion), Frazer, PA (1865–68). Perched on a hill above the intersection of Routes 30 and 202, Glenloch was once an estate of . 1862 Henry G. Morris cottage, Newport, Rhode Island 1865-68 "Glenloch" (later called "Lock Aerie"), residence of William E. Lockwood, Lancaster Pike, Frazer, Pennsylvania 1866-1867 Barclay House, West Chester, Pennsylvania 1869 "The Chestnuts", residence of David Scull, 5820 City Ave., Overbrook, Pennsylvania (now home of the Sisters of the Visitation) 1869 "Elm Villa", residence of D. T. Gage, Maple St., Merchantville, New Jersey 1870 "Pembrook Farm", residence of Charles H. Wheeler, 310 Fishers Rd, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 1870 "St. Michel", residence of Francis A. Drexel, Knights Rd., Torresdale, Pennsylvania 1870 "The Four Sisters" Residences: 101, 121, 205 & 221 W. Virginia Ave., West Chester, Pennsylvania 1870 "Braewold", Bedford, New York, listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of The Woodpile historic district in 1992 1872 "Cedarcroft", residence of Robert Emmet Monaghan, 413 W. Miner St., West Chester, Pennsylvania 1874 Harry Packer Mansion, Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania (now a bed & breakfast) 1875 "Midhope", residence of Prof. James C. Booth, Booth Lane, Haverford Station, Pennsylvania 1876 Addison Hutton's residence, 802 Montgomery Ave., Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 1877 "Sylvula", residence of Stephen O. Fuguet, 931 Montgomery Ave., Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania (renamed "Beechwood" by 1908, now part of The Shipley School) 1877-1878 Charles Thomas House, West Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania 1880 Residence, 3400 Powelton Ave., Philadelphia 1880 Residence for G. M. Rupert, 506 N Church Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania 1880s "Penn Grove", residence of N. Parker Shortridge, Lancaster Ave. & Wynnewood Rd., Wynnewood, Pennsylvania 1880-81 Residence of J. W. Townsend, 825 Montgomery Ave., Bryn Mawr, PA 1881 "Waverly Heights", residence of Samuel Rea, 1400 Waverly Rd., Gladwyne, Pennsylvania (now Wavery Heights Retirement Community) 1881 "Greenway", residence of George Lovell, 235 Pennswood Rd., Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 1882 "Egerton House", residence of Mrs. Edward Scull, 5760 City Ave., Overbrook, Pennsylvania (now residence of the Archbishop of Philadelphia) 1882 James Spear Residence, 244-46 S. 21st St., Philadelphia 1884 "Holmhurst", residence of Charles Hartshorne, Hazelhurst Ave., Merion, Pennsylvania 1884 216 N 34th Street, Philadelphia. Home of George Fletcher. (current home of Theta Chi fraternity at Drexel University, Philadelphia 1885 "Ballytore", residence of Isaac H. Clothier, 630 Clothier Rd., Wynnewood, Pennsylvania (now St. Sahag-St. Mesrob Armenian Church) 1885 "Torworth", residence of J. C. Strawbridge, School House Ln., Germantown section of Philadelphia (demolished) c.1885-89 "Roslyn Heights", residence of Stevenson Crothers, Papermill Rd., Erdenheim, Pennsylvania 1887 Residence of Edward B. Fox, 642 Montgomery Ave., Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania (now on Harcum College's campus) 1890 "Dundale", residence of Theodore Morris, Spring Mill Rd., Villanova, Pennsylvania (now Picotte Hall at Villanova University) 1890 "Hillhurst", residence of John Biddle, 216 S. Orange St., Media, Pennsylvania 1908 Alterations to 44 S Wyoming Ave., Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania

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