Charles P. Hartshorn

The Wayland Building in Providence, Rhode Island, designed by Hartshorn and built in 1874. Charles P. Hartshorn (1833 – 1880) was an American architect practicing in Providence, Rhode Island. He was a popular designer there in the decade immediately following the Civil War.

Life and career Charles Payton Hartshorn was born July 31, 1833, in Norfolk, Virginia, to Samuel Weldt Hartshorn and Amelia Payton (Dana) Hartshorn, both natives of Providence. His parents returned to Providence when he was young, and he was educated in the Providence public schools. At a young age he decided to pursue architecture as a profession, and as a teenager entered the office of Tallman & Bucklin, then Providence's leading architects. When the firm's chief designer, Thomas A. Tefft, left to open his own office in 1851, Hartshorn went with him. Hartshorn was Tefft's primary assistant until Tefft left for a Grand Tour of Europe in 1856 and managed the office in his absence, anticipating his return. Tefft died unexpectedly in Florence in 1859, after which Hartshorn practiced under his own name.

Hartshorn practiced alone until about , when he formed a partnership with Charles F. Wilcox. The resulting firm of Hartshorn & Wilcox lasted until his death, though works designed during this time are frequently assigned to one architect or the other. and Edward L. Angell, in practice in New York City after 1883.

Architectural works Teste Block, 88 Dorance St, Providence, Rhode Island (1860) Providence Home for Aged Women (former), 75 East St, Providence, Rhode Island (1863–64) Houses for Henry B. Gladding and Royal P. Gladding, 258 and 260 Broadway, Providence, Rhode Island (1867–68) 30 Olney St, Providence, Rhode Island (1870, demolished 1959) House for Joseph Davol, 48 Parkis Ave, Providence, Rhode Island (1872) Congdon Street Baptist Church, 15 Congdon St, Providence, Rhode Island (1874, NRHP 1971) Union Baptist Church, 10 East St, Providence, Rhode Island (1876)

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