| George Milford Harding | |
| Nationality: | American |
| Birth Date: | 1827 |
| Birth Place: | Chatham, Massachusetts |
| Death Date: | 1910 |
| Practice: | Silloway & Harding; George M. Harding |
George Milford Harding (1827–1910) was an American architect who practiced in nineteenth-century Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine.
Harding was born in 1827 in Chatham, Massachusetts. At the age of 17 he began his studies at the Lowell Institute in Boston, probably working in the office of a local architect as well.[1]
In 1851, Harding established a partnership with Thomas W. Silloway. Silloway & Harding was dissolved by April, 1853, and both established private offices. Harding soon set his sights on northern New England, and was practicing in Concord, New Hampshire by 1854.[2] By 1856 he was in Manchester.[3] In 1858, he moved to Portland, Maine.[1] It would also appear that for a time in the late 1860s he was employed as State Architect, and worked on a proposal for an expansion of the State House.[4] He remained there until 1873, when he returned to Boston, though he continued to receive commissions to design buildings in Maine.
In the 1880s he relocated his office to Hyde Park, which was annexed to Boston in 1912.
Harding was one of several architects to rebuild important sections of downtown Portland after the fire of 1866. However, most of his work was made up of private residences and a large number of school buildings.
He was the teacher of several other architects, including Henry M. Francis of Fitchburg, Massachusetts[5] and Charles H. Kimball, also of Portland.[6]
A number of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
| Year | Building | Address | City | State | Notes | Image | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1854 | Benjamin Grover House | 35 Pleasant St | ||||||
| 1857 | First Universalist Church | 30 High St | Remodeled in 1925 into the Masonic Temple, Little & Browne, architects.[7] | [8] | ||||
| 1858 | James L. Merrill House | [9] | ||||||
| 1862 | Joseph Drowne Houses | 36-38 State St | [10] | |||||
| 1863 | Morrill's Corner School | 808 Stevens Ave | Originally in Westbrook, then Deering. | [11] | ||||
| 1863 | 284 Cumberland Ave | The original building has been obscured by later additions. | [12] | |||||
| 1863 | 1 Union St | [13] | ||||||
| 1865 | William Allen Jr. House | [14] | ||||||
| 1865 | First Universalist Church | High St | Demolished. | [15] | ||||
| 1865 | Frye Grammar School | 140 Ash St | ||||||
| 1865 | Parsonage, Free Will Baptist Church | 51 Ocean House Rd | [16] | |||||
| 1866 | Bailey & Noyes Block | Altered by the addition of several floors. | [17] | |||||
| 1866 | 23 Mount Ephraim Rd | |||||||
| 1867 | Boyd Block | Altered by the addition of a floor. | ||||||
| 1867 | 116 Main St | [18] | ||||||
| 1867 | India Street Fire Station | 97 India Street | [19] | |||||
| 1867 | ||||||||
| 1867 | [20] | |||||||
| 1867 | [21] | |||||||
| 1868 | Greely Institute | 303 Main St | ||||||
| 1868 | Military St | Later known as Potter Hall, a dormitory. Demolished. | [22] | |||||
| 1868 | George M. Harding House | The architect's own residence. | ||||||
| 1869 | Israel Washburn House | |||||||
| 1871 | Chapel | Demolished. | [23] | |||||
| 1871 | 34 Spring St | [24] | ||||||
| 1872 | First Universalist Church | Pequawket Tr | ||||||
| 1872 | 290 Norlands Rd | A remodeling. | [25] | |||||
| 1873 | 33 Winter St | Demolished. | [26] | |||||
| 1877 | 139 High St | [27] | ||||||
| 1878 | 108 Main St | |||||||
| 1879 | Frank Gilkey House | Gilkey House Belfast | 58 Miller St | Gothic Victorian House | [28] | |||
| 1881 | Jacob E. Spring House, Porphyry Hall | 72 Summer St | Now the administration building of St. John's Preparatory School. | [29] | ||||
| 1886 | George M. Harding House | 58 Oak St | The architect's own residence. | [30] | ||||