Andrew Hopewell Hepburn

Andrew Hopwell Hepburn (March 6, 1880 – February 28, 1967) was an American architect and professor. Hepburn was a founding partner of Perry, Shaw & Hepburn, now Perry Dean Rogers Architects in Boston, Massachusetts. He is best known for designing buildings and developing the master plan to restore Colonial Williamsburg in Williamburg, Virginia. Several of his projects are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Early life Hepburn was born on March 6, 1880, in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania. His parents were Elizabeth (née Hunt) and Robert Hopewell Hepburn. His maternal great-grandfather was David Thomas, a coal barron and iron industrialist. He then graduated from the Freehold Institute in Freehold, New Jersey. He also participated in theatrical performances with the Walker Club.

Career After college, Hepburn worked as a draftsman for Harry Morse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They designed buildings for Brown University, Buifinch Hall for the Phillips Academy, the Jordan Marsh Department Store in Boston, and St. Stephen's Church in the South End of Boston, and Wellesley High School in Wellesley, Massachusetts. They also oversaw the restoration of New Castle, Delaware's colonial section. Although Perry led the project, Hepburn provided his services for the project pro bono.

Hepburn was the consulting architect to the United States Department of the Interior Subsistence Homelands Division. She died on June 16, 1921. Russell committed suicide in March 1934. She was a philanthropist who donated her family estate, Tanglewood, to the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Hepburn married Rosamund Borland (Mrs. Peter Desmond White) on September 15, 1950, at the Trinity Episcopal Church in Concord, Massachusetts.

Hepburn was a watercolor artist and made etchings that were exhibited in Boston. St. George Tucker House, Williamsburg, Virginia (U.S. National Historic Landmark District Contributing Property) St. Stephen's Church in the South End, Boston, Massachusetts Seaside Village, Bridgeport, Connecticut.(U.S. National Register of Historic Places) Washington Insurance Co., Providence, Rhode Island Wellesley High School in Wellesley, Massachusetts Williamsburg Inn, Williamsburg, Virginia (U.S. National Register of Historic Places)