Hobart Upjohn Explained

Hobart Upjohn
Birth Date:	1876
Birth Place:	New York City, New York, United States
Death Date:	1949
Death Place:	New York City, New York, USA
Significant Buildings:	Mead Memorial Chapel

Hobart Brown Upjohn (1876–1949) was an American architect, best known for designing a number of ecclesiastical and educational structures in New York and in North Carolina. He also designed a number of significant private homes. His firm produced a total of about 150 projects, a third of which were in North Carolina.^[1]

He was born in New York City in 1876, a son of Richard M. Upjohn (1828–1903) and grandson of Richard Upjohn (1802–1878). He received a degree in mechanical engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology in 1899. He worked in his father's firm until 1903 and then opened his own practice in 1905. He entered a partnership with George W. Conable (1866–1933) in 1908. That partnership ended in 1914. One of the works produced by the partnership was the 1909 Rye Town Park-Bathing Complex and Oakland Beach, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.^[2] He closed his practice in 1945 and died in 1949.^[1]

A number of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Notable works

• Chapel of the Cross (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) Church (1925), Main Tower, and Cloister
• Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York
• Mead Memorial Chapel
• Roanoke Rapids High School, 800 Hamilton St., Roanoke Rapids, NC (Upjohn, Hobart Brown), NRHP-listed
• St. Athanasius Episcopal Church and Parish House and the Church of the Holy Comforter, Burlington, North Carolina
• Christ Episcopal Church, Parish House & Chapel, 120 E. Edenton St., Raleigh, NC (Upjohn, Hobart), NRHP-listed
• Church of St. Joseph of Arimathea, 2172 Saw Mill River Rd., Greenburgh, NY (Upjohn, Hobart), NRHP-listed
• First Presbyterian Church, Portico, Steeple, Parish House, & Chapel, Ann and Bow Sts., Fayetteville, NC (Upjohn, Hobart), NRHP-listed
• First Presbyterian Church, 125 S. 3rd St., Wilmington, NC
• Mead Memorial Chapel, 2 Chapel Rd., Lewisboro, NY (Upjohn, Hobart B.), NRHP-listed
• All Saints Episcopal Church (1917) in the Roanoke Rapids Historic District, Roanoke Rapids, NC^[3]
• Scarsdale Woman's Club, 37 Drake Rd., Scarsdale, NY (Upjohn, Hobart), NRHP-listed
• St. Athanasius Episcopal Church and Parish House and the Church of the Holy Comforter, 300 E. Webb Ave. and 320 E. Davis St., Burlington, NC (Upjohn, Hobart), NRHP-listed
• St. Catherine's School, 6001 Grove Ave., Richmond, VA (Upjohn, Hobart), NRHP-listed
• St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 68 Bedford Rd., Katonah, New York (Upjohn, Hobart B.), NRHP-listed
• Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, original Parish House, Greensboro, North Carolina
• First Presbyterian Church of Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina
• Temple Emanuel, (N. Greene St., Greensboro, North Carolina)
• Unitarian Church of All Souls (1931-32), Lexington Avenue, New York City
• Grace Methodist Church (Greensboro, North Carolina)
• First Presbyterian Church (High Point, North Carolina)
• First Presbyterian Church (Concord, North Carolina)
• The Village Chapel (Pinehurst, North Carolina)
• North Carolina State University Library (now Brooks Hall) (Raleigh, North Carolina)
• North Carolina State University, Bagwell, Becton, and Berry Quadrangle (Raleigh, North Carolina)
• First Presbyterian Church (Houston) (1947) 5300 Main Street, Houston, Texas

See also

• Harde & Short
• Trinity Cathedral. Columbia, SC

External links

• Columbia University Libraries: The Upjohn collection of architectural drawings by Richard, Richard Michell, and Hobart Upjohn :Architectural drawings, papers, and records, (circa 1827-1910)
• Guide to the Hobart Upjohn Architectural Drawings of the Roanoke Rapids Senior High School 1920-1938

Notes and References

1. http://ncarchitects.lib.ncsu.edu/people/P000078 North Carolina Architects and Builders, A Biographical Dictionary: Hobart Brown Upjohn
2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration:Rye Town Park-Bathing Complex and Oakland Beach. August 2002. 2010-12-30 . Peter d. Shaver. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.
3. Web site: Thomas R. Butchko. Roanoke Rapids Historic District. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . May 1998 . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-01-01.