Harding and Seaver explained

Harding & Seaver
Founders:George C. Harding; Henry M. Seaver
City:Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Founded:1901
Dissolved:1947

Harding and Seaver was an architectural firm based in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, active from 1902 to 1947. It was the partnership of architects George C. Harding (1867–1921) and Henry M. Seaver (1873–1947).

Biographies of founders

George C. Harding

George Campbell Harding was born May 18, 1867, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He attended the public schools in Pittsfield and Phillips Academy in Andover before entering the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston. He graduated in 1889 and worked in the offices of several Boston architects. He later returned to Pittsfield, where in 1894 he formed a partnership with Charles T. Rathbun, Pittsfield's oldest architect. This partnership, Rathbun & Harding, was dissolved upon Rathbun's retirement in 1899. Harding then practiced under his own name, establishing his partnership with Henry M. Seaver on January 1, 1902.[1] He maintained his partnership with Seaver until his death in 1921.[2]

Harding died April 23, 1921, in Pittsfield. He never married.[2]

Henry M. Seaver

Henry Morse Seaver was born March 8, 1873, in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, now part of Boston. He attended the public schools, graduating from Boston English High School in 1890. He entered the office of Boston architects Longfellow, Alden & Harlow, and also attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a two-year architecture program, graduating in 1897. After traveling in Europe, Seaver returned to Boston in 1899 and briefly established an architecture practice. He was selected to design the new Theodore Parker Church in West Roxbury, the congregation of which his parents were members. In 1900, after the church was completed, he moved to Pittsfield, where he became head drafter in the office of George C. Harding. After a year, they formed a partnership which was maintained until Harding's 1921 death. Seaver continued the firm alone under the same name until his own death in 1947.[3]

Seaver was a member of the Planning Board of Pittsfield from its 1924 establishment until his death.[3]

In 1904 Seaver married Alice V. W. Wentworth of Pittsfield.[4] He died December 9, 1947, in Pittsfield.[3]

Legacy

In 1948, the firm was purchased by architects Prentice Bradley (1906-1997) and Douglas T. Gass, who reorganized it as Bradley & Gass. They dissolved their partnership in 1955, Bradley continuing the practice alone. In 1971 he further reorganized the firm as Bradley Architects.[5] The firm is still in business in Pittsfield.

Harding and Seaver "designed a great many public buildings in the Pittsfield-Berkshire County area, and did many other private commissions throughout New England and in New York State."[6]

Some of their works are listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places.

Architectural works

See also

Notes and References

  1. "News From the Classes," Technology Review 4, no. 2 (April 1902): 246.
  2. "News From the Classes," Technology Review 23, no. 3 (July 1921): 445-446.
  3. "Henry Seaver, Architect, Dies at 74," Berkshire County Eagle, December 10, 1947, 1.
  4. "News From the Classes," Technology Review 6, no. 3 (July 1904): 474.
  5. "Firm & History", berkshirebradley.com, Bradley Architects, n. d. Accessed February 15, 2021.
  6. Web site: Theodore Parker Unitarian Church: Boston Landmarks Commission Study Report . 1985.
  7. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=64000302}} National Register of Historic Places: Historic Resources of the Town of Washington, Massachusetts (partial inventory: historic historical and archaeological resources, ca. 1765-1900) / Washington Multiple Resources Area ]. March 1986 . Betsy Firedberg, James Parrish and Sarah Poland.
  8. Pittsfield Cemetery NRHP Registration Form (2007)
  9. "Public Buildings," Engineering Record 44, no. 9 (August 31, 1901): 214.
  10. Edward Boltwood, The History of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, From the Year 1876 to the Year 1916 (Pittsfield: City of Pittsfield, 1916)
  11. "WND.30", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d.
  12. "PIT.359", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d.
  13. Colgate University: Report of the President for the Year 1904-1905 (Hamilton: Colgate University, 1905)
  14. "ADA.26", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d.
  15. "DAL.6", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d.
  16. "WLL.113", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d.
  17. "PIT.702", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d.
  18. "Business Buildings," Engineering Record 59, no. 13 (March 27, 1909): 46b.
  19. Bryant F. Tolles Jr. and Carolyn K. Tolles, New Hampshire Architecture: An Illustrated Guide (Hanover: University Press of New England, 1979)
  20. "BKL.1498", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d.
  21. https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/08000454 Downtown Bennington Historic District (Boundary Increase) NRHP Registration Form
  22. "Public Buildings and Schools," Engineering Record 73, no. 14 (April 1, 1916): 153.
  23. "NAN.1636", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d.
  24. "WND.1", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d.
  25. "PIT.73", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d.
  26. "PIT.W", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d.

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