Edwin Hawley Hewitt

Edwin Hawley Hewitt
Hewitt c. 1914
BornMarch 26, 1874 (1874-03-26)
Red Wing, Minnesota, U.S.
DiedAugust 11, 1939 (1939-08-12) (aged 65)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
OccupationArchitect

Edwin Hawley Hewitt (March 26, 1874 – August 11, 1939)[1] was an American architect from Minnesota. In 1906, he designed the Edwin H. Hewitt House in the Stevens Square neighborhood of Minneapolis, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[2]

Life and career

Hewitt was born in Red Wing, Minnesota. After a partial course at Hobart College he entered the University of Minnesota in the sophomore class in 1893, graduating with the degree of A.B. in 1896. He then went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he studied during the winter of 1896–1897. The next three years were spent in the offices of Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, Wheelwright & Haven, and others. He was married in 1900 and went at once to Paris, where he entered the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in May, 1901 where he became a member of the Atelier Pascal. In October, 1904, he returned to the United States, but he had completed his work at the Ecole. Arriving in Minneapolis, he was almost immediately offered a commission and at once started in on private practice, not having an opportunity to return to Paris for over eight years. As time went on he realized the importance in architectural work of the allied science of engineering in all its branches, and in September, 1910, he formed a partnership with Edwin H. Brown under the name of Hewitt & Brown, architects and engineers. Hewitt was instrumental in the work which culminated in the completion of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. He was president of the Minnesota State Art Society. He became a member of the American Institute of Architects in 1913, and was president of the Minnesota Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.[3] The practice of Hewitt and Brown continued until Brown's death in 1930. Hewitt resumed private practice, but as business declined during the Great Depression, he closed his office and became the chief architectural supervisor for the Federal Housing Administration for the Minneapolis area. He died on August 11, 1939.[4]

Legacy

Though their work was concentrated around Minneapolis, Hewitt & Brown are known to have designed buildings in northern Minnesota and in Wisconsin.

Alone or in association with Brown, Hewitt was responsible for the design of a number of buildings which have been listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places.

Architectural works

Notes

  1. ^ An example of Prairie School architecture.
  2. ^ As supervising architects for Robert W. Gibson of New York.
  3. ^ Lloyd T. Brown was a younger brother of Edwin H. Brown.[18]
  4. ^ Now known as Northstar East.
  5. ^ Now the Hennepin History Museum.
  6. ^ A regionally unusual example of Pueblo Revival architecture.

References

This article incorporates text from Urban America's "Architectural forum: the magazine of building" (1915), now in the public domain.

  1. ^ "Edwin Hawley Hewitt (1874-1939)". aia.org. Archived from the original on 2012-08-05. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Edwin H. Hewitt House". Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission. Archived from the original on October 20, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-17.
  3. ^ Urban America (Organization) (1915). Architectural forum: the magazine of building (Now in the public domain. ed.). Time Inc. pp. 179–. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  4. ^ Lathrop, Alan K. (2010). Minnesota Architects: A Biographical Dictionary. University of Minnesota Press.
  5. ^ a b c Larry Millett, AIA Guide to the Minneapolis Lake District (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2009)
  6. ^ Eugene J. Carpenter House NRHP Registration Form (1977)
  7. ^ Edwin H. Hewitt House NRHP Registration Form (1978)
  8. ^ a b c d e Larry Millett, AIA Guide to the Twin Cities (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2007)
  9. ^ "Illustrations," Western Architect 43, no. 5 (May 1912)
  10. ^ "Brick News of the Twin Cities and the Northwest," Clay-worker 58, no. 1 (July 1912): 78.
  11. ^ a b David Gebhard and Tom Martinson A Guide to the Architecture of Minnesota (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1977)
  12. ^ James Allen Scott, Duluth's Legacy: Architecture (Duluth: City of Duluth, 1974)
  13. ^ Soo Line Building NRHP Registration Form (2008)
  14. ^ Herbert Foster Taylor, Seventy Years of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester: Davis Press, 1937)
  15. ^ "Eau Claire, Wis.," American Contractor 36, no. 28 (July 10, 1915): 65.
  16. ^ Albert D. Wittman, Architecture of Minneapolis Parks (Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2010)
  17. ^ Alan K. Lathrop, Churches of Minnesota: An Illustrated Guide (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2003)
  18. ^ "MLT.1774", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed April 8, 2021.
  19. ^ "Milton, Mass.," American Contractor 37, no. 1 (January 1, 1916): 49.
  20. ^ "Permit Issued for Metropolitan Bank," Commercial West 29, no. x21 (May 20, 1916): 25.
  21. ^ "Opening of St. John's Church, Linden Hills, Minneapolis," Living Church 57, no. 22 (September 29, 1917): 714.
  22. ^ "Minneapolis, Minn.," American Contractor 37, no. 46 (November 11, 1916): 77.
  23. ^ Architects and Engineers Building NRHP Registration Form (1984)
  24. ^ "Plates," American Architect 126, no. 2449 (July 2, 1924)
  25. ^ Edwin H. Brown, "An Effective School Design at Wayzata, Minnesota," Nation's Health 5, no. 5 (May 1923): 311-313.
  26. ^ "Virginia, Minn.," American Contractor 43, no. 20 (May 20, 1922): 71.
  27. ^ "Buildings," Engineering News-Record 90, no. 22 (May 21, 1923): 329.
  28. ^ Northwestern National Life Insurance Company Home Office NRHP Registration Form (2012)
  29. ^ "This & That, Here & There," Domestic Engineering 116, no. 12 (September 18, 1926): 104.