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Hutchins & French was an American architecture firm based in Boston, Massachusetts established in 1910. The firm specialized in the design of bank buildings and public schools.

Firm history
The firm was formed in Boston in 1910 by architects Franklin H. Hutchins (1871-1934) and Arthur E. French (1876-1929). They had met while employed in the office of Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge. In 1914 increasing work in northern New England allowed them to open a branch office in Manchester, New Hampshire, which operated until the mid-to-late 1920s. In 1927 the firm was joined by French's son, Evander French (1903-1960), who became junior partner upon the death of his father in 1929. After the death of Hutchins, he was succeded as senior partner by Francis Whitten (1891-1979), who joined Hutchins & French as a designer in 1920. After the death of Evander French in 1960, he was joined in partnership by Gordon C. Mallar (1909-1989), who had also joined the firm in 1927. Francis Whitten retired in 1973, followed by Mallar by 1984. In that year the firm was incorporated as Hutchins & French Inc. by his successor, Sam G. Gountanis (1919-1989), who was president of the firm until his death in in 1989. The firm was thereafter inactive, and was formally dissolved in 1998.

Franklin H. Hutchins
Franklin Henry Hutchins was born in 1871 in Boston. He worked in the office of Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge and Parker, Thomas & Rice before leaving in 1910 to form a partnership with Arthur E. French. Prior to establishing this firm, he had also designed the Kennebunk Free Library in Kennebunk, Maine, which was completed in 1907. He was senior partner of the firm of Hutchins & French until his death.

French never married. He died February 13, 1934 at his home in Boston. He was buried in Kennebunk, Maine, which was his mother's hometown and where he had designed several buildings.

Arthur E. French
Arthur Eugene French was born in 1875 in Wayland, Massachusetts and was raised in Weston. He was educated in architecture in the office of Cabot, Everett & Mead, and also worked for Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge for three years. In 1910 he established his partnership with Hutchins, which continued until his death in 1929.

French was a long-time resident of Winchester, Massachusetts, where he died February 26, 1929. His wife, Charlotte French, died November 20, 1938 in a car accident in Newton. They had two sons, Arthur E. French Jr. and Evander French, and two daughters, Charlotte V. French and Marjorie (French) Shields.

Legacy
At least five of the firm's projects have been individually listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places.

Architectural works

 * Amoskeag Bank Building, Manchester, New Hampshire (1911)
 * Manufacturers National Bank Building, Lewiston, Maine (1913, NRHP-listed 1986)
 * Haverhill National Bank Building, Haverhill, Massachusetts (1914)
 * Dorchester Trust Company Building, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts (1917)
 * Kennebunk High School (former), Kennebunk, Maine (1922, NRHP-listed 2011)
 * Fred N. Smith house, Mishawaka, Indiana (1923)
 * William Parker Straw house, Manchester, New Hampshire (1923, NRHP-listed 1987)
 * First National Bank Building, New Bedford, Massachusetts (1924)
 * First National Bank Building, Peterborough, New Hampshire (1924-25)
 * Wakefield Trust Company Building, Wakefield, Massachusetts (1924, NRHP-listed 1989)
 * First National Bank Building, Mishawaka, Indiana (1925)
 * Wakefield Trust Company Building, Wakefield, Rhode Island (1927)
 * Centreville National Bank Building, West Warwick, Rhode Island (1928)
 * Keene National Bank Building, Keene, New Hampshire (1928)
 * Medford Savings Bank Building, Medford, Massachusetts (1928)
 * Kennebunk Savings Bank Building, Kennebunk, Maine (1929)
 * Service Building, Rutland, Vermont (1930)
 * Quincy School additions, Quincy, Massachusetts (1931, NRHP-listed 1983)
 * James A. Hervey School (former), Medford, Massachusetts (1932)
 * Parkhurst School, Winchester, Massachusetts (1948-49)
 * Essex Savings Bank Building, Lawrence, Massachusetts (1953)