John Hutchins Cady

John Hutchins Cady (January 17, 1881 – September 27, 1967) was an American architect, architectural historian, author, and historical preservationist in Rhode Island.

Biography Cady was born January 17, 1881, in Providence, Rhode Island. He was the youngest son of John Hamlin Cady of Providence, and Mary Tabitha Eddy, of Somerset, Massachusetts. His older brothers were Walter Guyton Cady and William H. Cady.

Afterwards, he went to study architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and graduated in 1906. Cady worked for numerous architectural firms in the area during this period including Clarke & Howe (1904); Stone, Carpenter & Wilson (1905); Peabody & Stearns (1906–1907); Howells & Stokes (1907); and for a brief time, the Atelier Duquesne in Paris with Raymond Hood and F. Ellis Jackson. Cady served twice as the president of the Rhode Island Chapter from 1923 to 1925 and from 1943 to 1945. Cady was also an active member of numerous other societies, clubs, and associations throughout his life including: and was awarded the Providence Art Club Medal in June 1963.

Works

Designs The Andrews Building (1913), Providence, Rhode Island Packard Motor Company Showroom (1915), 202 Washington St., Providence, Rhode Island Roger Williams Park bandstand (1915), Providence, Rhode Island Rhode Island State Hospital for Mental Diseases, C Building (1918), 16 Howard Ave., Cranston, Rhode Island — remodeled in 1936 by Albert H. Humes "Workers' Housing" , 93–95 East Ave., Burrillville, Rhode Island Apartment House for Stillwater Worsted Mills , Harrisville, Rhode Island Swan Point Cemetery chapel (1932), Providence, Rhode Island

Renovations and remodels

Market House — hired to remodel the interior with classrooms and studios Smith's Castle — Cady and Norman Isham stabilized the house and performed several minor restorations Swan Point Cemetery — enlarged chapel and crematorium wing (1947)

Publications

Rhode Island Boundaries (1936) Planning and zoning in Rhode Island (1937) — with Howard K. Menhinick Walks Around Providence (1942) Highroads and Byroads of Providence (1943) Rhode Island History (1943) — with Richard LeBaron Bowen and George L. Miner Swan Point Cemetery, Centennial History (1947) The Providence Market House and its neighborhood (1952) Civic and Architectural Development of Providence (1957)