Addison Hutton

Addison Hutton (1834–1916) was a Philadelphia architect who designed prominent residences in Philadelphia and its suburbs, plus courthouses, hospitals, and libraries, including the Ridgway Library, now Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. He made major additions to the campuses of Westtown School, George School, Swarthmore College, Bryn Mawr College, Haverford College, and Lehigh University.

Early life and education
Hutton was born on November 28, 1834. He grew up in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh. He was the son of Joel Hutton, a Quaker carpenter, and Ann Mains. At an early age, he became fond of the "solid necessities of building" and enjoyed working alongside his father. Like his father, Addison would vary between carpenting and school. A young man named Robert Grimacy gave him lessons in architecture; it was then that Addison Hutton considered it to be a possible direction in his own life.

Career
Hutton studied architecture with Samuel Sloan, a leading Philadelphia architect and author of books on house designs. He supervised construction of the Sloan-designed Longwood in Natchez, Mississippi (1859–62), until construction was abandoned during the American Civil War, stranding Hutton, a pacifist, in the Deep South. He became Sloan's partner in 1864 and was able to bring numerous commissions to their office due to his Quaker connections. By 1868, he had established his own office.

In November 1901, the American Institute of Architects denounced the design competition for the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and urged its members not to participate. Hutton was one of nine architects who submitted designs (his was not selected), and he was expelled from the AIA in February 1902.

Marriage and children
On October 10, 1865, Addison married Rebecca W. Savery, daughter of William Savery and Elizabeth H. Cresson. They had one child, a girl named Mary, who was born September 1, 1869; Mary married James Garrett Biddle. In 1876, Hutton built a house for his family in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, near those of several of his clients. It still stands at the southwest corner of Montgomery and Morris Avenues.

Death and afterward
Hutton died on June 26, 1916, and was buried at Short Creek Meeting House in Jefferson County, Ohio. His granddaughter has written a biography: Elizabeth Biddle Yarnall, Addison Hutton: Quaker Architect, 1834–1916 (Philadelphia: The Art Alliance Press, 1974).

Colleges, libraries and cultural institutions

 * 1869&emsp;Parrish Hall, Swarthmore College's first building, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
 * 1870–78&emsp;Ridgway Library, the Library Company of Philadelphia at Broad and Christian Sts., Philadelphia (now Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts)
 * 1874&emsp;President's House, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
 * 1874&emsp;Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
 * 1876&emsp;Friends Boarding School, now Olney Friends School, Barnesville, Ohio
 * 1876&emsp;Linderman Library, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
 * 1877&emsp;Barclay Hall, Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania
 * 1878&emsp;Public Library, Johnstown, Pennsylvania (destroyed by the 1889 Johnstown Flood)
 * 1879–84&emsp;Taylor Hall, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
 * 1879–84&emsp;Merion Hall, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
 * 1882&emsp;Mauch Chunk Opera House, 14 W. Broadway, Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
 * 1882&emsp;Coppee Hall Gymnasium, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
 * 1884–85&emsp;Chandler Chemistry Laboratory, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
 * 1885&emsp;Packer Memorial Chapel, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
 * 1885&emsp;Friends Select School, 16th and Cherry Sts., Philadelphia
 * 1886&emsp;Main Building, Westtown School, West Chester, Pennsylvania
 * 1889&emsp;Packer Hall Tower, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
 * 1890–92&emsp;Carnegie Library, Johnstown, Pennsylvania (now Johnstown Flood Museum)
 * 1891&emsp;Renovations to Musical Fund Hall, The Musical Fund Society, 806 Locust Street, Philadelphia
 * 1892&emsp;George School, Newtown, Pennsylvania
 * 1897–98&emsp;Vail Memorial Library, Lincoln University, Oxford, Pennsylvania
 * 1902&emsp;Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust St., Philadelphia

Churches

 * 1868&emsp;Germantown Friends Meeting House, 47 W. Coulter St., Philadelphia
 * 1869–70&emsp;Arch Street United Methodist Church, SE corner Broad and Arch Sts., Philadelphia
 * 1871&emsp;Doylestown Presbyterian Church, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
 * 1872&emsp;Rectory for Church of the Redeemer, 220 Pennswood Road, Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania
 * 1887-1890&emsp;Sarah Packer Memorial Building, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania

Institutional buildings and businesses

 * 1867&emsp;Shew Hall, Connecticut Hospital for the Insane, Middletown, Connecticut
 * 1868&emsp;Venango County Courthouse, Franklin, Pennsylvania (with Samuel Sloan)
 * 1869&emsp;Clinton County Courthouse, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania (with Samuel Sloan)
 * 1869&emsp; PSFS headquarters and York Row|Philadelphia Savings Fund Society Building, Walnut St. and Washington Square, Philadelphia, expanded by Hutton, 1885–86 and 1888; expanded by Frank Furness, 1897–98 In 2004 incorporated into The St. James, luxury apartments.
 * 1874&emsp;Lenape Building, SE corner Main & State Sts., Doylestown, Pennsylvania
 * 1876&emsp;Bucks County Intelligencer (newspaper) Building, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
 * 1878&emsp;Bucks County Courthouse, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
 * 1884–85&emsp;Bucks County Prison (later Pine Street Hotel), 138 S. Pine St., Doylestown, Pennsylvania (now James A. Michener Art Museum)
 * 1888–89&emsp;Girard Life Insurance Building, NE corner Broad and Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia (demolished 1926)
 * 1890&emsp;Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities, 517 Chestnut St., Philadelphia (demolished 1950s in the creation of Independence Mall)
 * 1900&emsp;Department for the Chronic Insane, first floor plan, Harrisburg State Hospital, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
 * 1901&emsp;Design competition for Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (design not selected)
 * 1904&emsp;Additions to Chalfonte-Haddon Hall Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Residences

 * 1862 Henry G. Morris cottage, Newport, Rhode Island
 * 1865-68 "Glenloch" (later called "Lock Aerie"), residence of William E. Lockwood, Lancaster Pike, Frazer, Pennsylvania
 * 1866-1867 Barclay House, West Chester, Pennsylvania
 * 1869 "The Chestnuts", residence of David Scull, 5820 City Ave., Overbrook, Pennsylvania (now home of the Sisters of the Visitation)
 * 1869 "Elm Villa", residence of D. T. Gage, Maple St., Merchantville, New Jersey
 * 1870 "Pembrook Farm", residence of Charles H. Wheeler, 310 Fishers Rd, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
 * 1870 "St. Michel", residence of Francis A. Drexel, Knights Rd., Torresdale, Pennsylvania
 * 1870 "The Four Sisters" Residences: 101, 121, 205 & 221 W. Virginia Ave., West Chester, Pennsylvania
 * 1870 "Braewold", Bedford, New York, listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of The Woodpile historic district in 1992
 * 1872 "Cedarcroft", residence of Robert Emmet Monaghan, 413 W. Miner St., West Chester, Pennsylvania
 * 1874 Harry Packer Mansion, Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania (now a bed & breakfast)
 * 1875 "Midhope", residence of Prof. James C. Booth, Booth Lane, Haverford Station, Pennsylvania
 * 1876 Addison Hutton's residence, 802 Montgomery Ave., Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
 * 1877 "Sylvula", residence of Stephen O. Fuguet, 931 Montgomery Ave., Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania (renamed "Beechwood" by 1908, now part of The Shipley School)
 * 1877-1878 Charles Thomas House, West Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania
 * 1880 Residence, 3400 Powelton Ave., Philadelphia
 * 1880 Residence for G. M. Rupert, 506 N Church Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania
 * 1880s "Penn Grove", residence of N. Parker Shortridge, Lancaster Ave. & Wynnewood Rd., Wynnewood, Pennsylvania
 * 1880-81 Residence of J. W. Townsend, 825 Montgomery Ave., Bryn Mawr, PA
 * 1881 "Waverly Heights", residence of Samuel Rea, 1400 Waverly Rd., Gladwyne, Pennsylvania (now Wavery Heights Retirement Community)
 * 1881 "Greenway", residence of George Lovell, 235 Pennswood Rd., Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
 * 1882 "Egerton House", residence of Mrs. Edward Scull, 5760 City Ave., Overbrook, Pennsylvania (now residence of the Archbishop of Philadelphia)
 * 1882 James Spear Residence, 244-46 S. 21st St., Philadelphia
 * 1884 "Holmhurst", residence of Charles Hartshorne, Hazelhurst Ave., Merion, Pennsylvania
 * 1884 216 N 34th Street, Philadelphia. Home of George Fletcher. (current home of Theta Chi Fraternity at Drexel University, Philadelphia
 * 1885 "Ballytore", residence of Isaac H. Clothier, 630 Clothier Rd., Wynnewood, Pennsylvania (now St. Sahag-St. Mesrob Armenian Church)
 * 1885 "Torworth", residence of J. C. Strawbridge, School House Ln., Germantown section of Philadelphia (demolished)
 * c.1885-89 "Roslyn Heights", residence of Stevenson Crothers, Papermill Rd., Erdenheim, Pennsylvania
 * 1887 Residence of Edward B. Fox, 642 Montgomery Ave., Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania (now on Harcum College's campus)
 * 1890 "Dundale", residence of Theodore Morris, Spring Mill Rd., Villanova, Pennsylvania (now Picotte Hall at Villanova University)
 * 1890 "Hillhurst", residence of John Biddle, 216 S. Orange St., Media, Pennsylvania
 * 1908 Alterations to 44 S Wyoming Ave., Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania