Holman K. Wheeler

Holman K. Wheeler was a prolific Massachusetts architect. Wheeler (working alone or with partners) is responsible for designing more than 400 structures in the city of Lynn alone, He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, then located in Boston. He graduated in 1882. He had worked in the offices of Lynn architects beginning in 1878, and began working on his own by 1883. In 1884 he formed the firm of Wheeler & Northend in Lynn, with Salem architect W. Wheelwright Northend. Northend resumed his independent practice around 1893, and Wheeler continued alone. In 1904 he established a partnership with Charles L. Betton, Wheeler & Betton. Betton had left by 1914, and Wheeler established Wheeler & Johnson with Leonard P. Johnson. By 1919, Wheeler had left the Lynn area, heading south to Boston. He did at least one project from his office in that city, but had retired to his and his wife's home in Newton by 1920.

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Northend William Wheelwright Northend was born in 1857 in Salem to later Massachusetts State Senator William Dummer Northend. He was the younger brother to Mary Harrod Northend. Originally intending to practice law, he graduated from Bowdoin College in 1880. Turning to architecture, he worked for Hartwell & Richardson and Cobb & Frost. He then attended M. I. T. for a year before studying in Paris. Prior to establishing a firm with Wheeler, he had opened an office in Salem. After the firm's dissolution, he practiced alone for a year before his death in 1894. and demolished c.2018. He also did extensive industrial work.

Johnson Leonard P. Johnson was a consulting architect for Willett, Sears and Company until January 1, 1914, when he took over the office of George A. Cornet in Lynn after Cornet was elected the city's commissioner of public property. By 1923, he was an architect and construction engineer for the American Woolen Company and had moved to the company's Shawsheen Village. He was also an architect for Coolidge Shepley Bulfinch and Abbott and did residential work in Andover, Massachusetts. He died on March 8, 1967, at the Masonic Home in Charlton, Massachusetts, at the age of 89.

Architectural works Wheeler & Northend, 1884-1893 1885 - G. A. R. Hall, 58 Andrew St, Lynn, Massachusetts father of William Wheelwright Northend 1886 - John A. Greenwood House, 158 South Common St, Lynn, Massachusetts 1887 - Sylvanus P. Gardner House, 1 Windsor St, Haverhill, Massachusetts 1888 - Central Police Station, 18 Sutton St, Lynn, Massachusetts Demolished. 1889 - Lynn Police Department Stables, 28-30 Sutton St, Lynn, Massachusetts Demolished. 1889 - Lynn High School (1892 building), 498 Essex St, Lynn, Massachusetts Listed on National Register of Historic Places Original building section destroyed by fire on March 29, 1924 Later the English High School. Now residential units. 1890 - Myra S. Rowell House, 94 Elmwood Rd, Swampscott, Massachusetts 1890 - Tapley Building, 206 Broad St, Lynn, Massachusetts Listed on National Register of Historic Places Burned in 1999. 1890 - Heffernan Block, 1-5 Exchange St & 402-404 Union St, Lynn, Massachusetts Demolished as part of the Lynn Central Square railroad grade separation 1890 - John S. Earl Building, 9-13 Exchange St & 406-408 Union St, Lynn, Massachusetts Demolished as part of the Lynn Central Square railroad grade separation Wheeler was a member. The building has been highly altered. 1891 - Essex County Courthouse (Remodeling), 34 Federal St, Salem, Massachusetts c.1891 - Lucien [sic] Newhall Block, 25-35 Central Ave and 30-33 Willow St, Lynn, Massachusetts ("Lucien" is a mis-spelling of "Lucian") Demolished. Former location is now the parking lot at the rear of the "flatiron" building, diagonally opposite the Thomas P. Costin Jr. Post Office Building Listed on National Register of Historic Places

Holman K. Wheeler, 1893-1904 1894 - The Phillips School, Greenwood Avenue, Swampscott, Massachusetts Sources disagree on whether Northend or Wheeler was the architect. First High School in Swampscott Demolished c.2018 1895 - Proctor Building, 31 Exchange St, Lynn, Massachusetts 1895 - Edward Heffernan Block, 516-520 Washington Street, Lynn, Massachusetts Demolished September 2021 1897 - Henry B. Falls Apartments, 110-120 Broad St, Lynn, Massachusetts 1900 - Bacheller School, 35 Lynnfield St, Lynn, Massachusetts 1900 - Jackman School, School St, Newburyport, Massachusetts Demolished. 1901 - Lynn Business College, 112 Exchange St, Lynn, Massachusetts 1902 - Eugene A. Putnam Apartments, 95 Union St, Lynn, Massachusetts

Wheeler & Betton, 1904-1914 1904 - High Rock Tower, High Rock Tower Reservation, Lynn, Massachusetts Listed on National Register of Historic Places 1904 - Lennox Building, 184-186 Market St, Lynn, Massachusetts Demolished. 1904 - Littlefield Building, 604 Essex St, Lynn, Massachusetts 1909 - Goddard Bros. Store, 76 Market St, Lynn, Massachusetts (currently occupied by Zimman's fabrics store) 1911 - Brewster Apartments, 26 Broad St, Lynn, Massachusetts 1912 - Arthur Wellington Pinkham (grandson of Lydia Pinkham ) House, 311 Western Ave, Lynn, Massachusetts Now the Lucia Lighting Company

Wheeler & Johnson, 1914-c.1918 1915 - English High School (Addition), 498 Essex St, Lynn, Massachusetts The James Street wing.

Holman K. Wheeler, c.1918-1919 1919 - Dry Storage Building, Chestnut Street, Amesbury, Massachusetts, for Biddle & Smart Co.

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