John Hutchins Cady Explained

John Hutchins Cady
Honorific Suffix:FAIA
Birth Date:January 17, 1881
Death Place:Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Burial Place:Swan Point Cemetery
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Relatives:Walter Guyton Cady (brother)
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Office:29th President of Rhode Island AIA
Termstart:1943
Termend:1945
Predecessor:Edwin E. Cull
Successor:Albert Harkness
Office2:Chairman of the City Plan Commission of Providence, Rhode Island
Termstart2:February 27, 1929
Termend2:February 1, 1935
Predecessor2:Henry Ames Barker
Termstart3:1923
Termend3:1925
Predecessor3:F. Ellis Jackson
Successor3:Robert C. N. Monahan

John Hutchins Cady (January 17, 1881 – September 27, 1967) was an American architect, architectural historian, author, and historical preservationist in Rhode Island.

Biography

Cady was born January 17, 1881, in Providence, Rhode Island. He was the youngest son of John Hamlin Cady of Providence, and Mary Tabitha Eddy, of Somerset, Massachusetts.[1] His older brothers were Walter Guyton Cady and William H. Cady. Cady attended the University Grammar School and Hope High School before graduating from Brown University in 1903 with a Bachelor of Philosophy. He was President of his class of 1903 at Brown and member of Alpha Delta Phi.[2]

Afterwards, he went to study architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and graduated in 1906. Cady worked for numerous architectural firms in the area during this period including Clarke & Howe (1904); Stone, Carpenter & Wilson (1905); Peabody & Stearns (1906–1907); Howells & Stokes (1907); and for a brief time, the Atelier Duquesne in Paris with Raymond Hood and F. Ellis Jackson. Cady returned to Providence in 1908 where he started his own architectural practice. He mainly designed private residences and performed restoration work. Cady was a disciple and admirer of Norman Isham's works, particularly his historic architecture and contributions to the historic preservation movement.

During World War I, Cady served with Battery A in the Rhode Island National Guard and attended a trancing school for Field Officers in 1918 at Camp Zachary Taylor. During World War II, Cady served on air raid shelter committees under the Providence Civilian Defense Council.

Cady served on the City Plan Commission of Providence starting in 1915 and was elected chairman following the death of Henry Ames Barker in 1929. He was reelected in 1933 and served until 1935. In 1934, Cady was appointed by the National Planning Board as Federal consultant of the new State Planning Board of Rhode Island, and later served as the Board's secretary. He was also a member of the Providence Housing Association, serving as its president in 1943.

Cady died September 27, 1967, at the Rhode Island Hospital in Providence. He was buried at Swan Point Cemetery.

Memberships and awards

Cady became member of the American Institute of Architects in 1912 and was elected a Fellow in 1937.[3] Cady served twice as the president of the Rhode Island Chapter from 1923 to 1925 and from 1943 to 1945.[4] Cady was also an active member of numerous other societies, clubs, and associations throughout his life including:

Cady served as president of the Board of Directors of the Proprietors of Swan Point Cemetery for 33 years. He also served as secretary of The Players of Providence for 16 years and was on the Board of Managers for 21 years. Cady received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts (D.F.A.) from Brown University in 1958[5] and was awarded the Providence Art Club Medal in June 1963.[6]

Works

Designs

Renovations and remodels

Publications

References

  1. Woodward . William McKenzie . November 1998 . Martínez . Marta V. . Beller . Hilliard . Cywin . Allison . Luongo . Renata . Introduction . Rhode Island History: A Rhode Island Historical Society Publication . . 56 . 4 . 91–93 . 0035-4619.
  2. March 1968 . Mattill . John I. . Gwynne . Peter . King . Ruth . Class Review . . Lew A. Cummings Company . Manchester, New Hampshire . 70 . 5 . 82 . Internet Archive.
  3. Summer 1937 . An Architectural Honor . Brown Alumni Monthly . . Providence . XXXVIII . 2 . 42 . Internet Archive.
  4. Web site: December 31, 2020 . AIA Rhode Island Bylaws Appendix A List of Presidents . AIA Rhode Island.
  5. November 1967 . Byrnes . Garrett D. . Ashbey . George R. . Braitsch . C. Arthur . DiMarino . Alexander A. . DuBois . James E. . Geehan . James . Kapstein . I. J. . Riggs . Douglas R. . Sherman . Stuart C. . In Memoriam: John Hutchins Cady . Brown Alumni Monthly . LXVIII . 2 . 54 . Internet Archive.
  6. July 1963 . Barry . Jay . Brunonians Far and Near . Brown Alumni Monthly . LXIII . 9 . 92 . Internet Archive.
  7. April 1913 . The Andrews Building, Plate No. 62, 63 . . Rogers and Manson Company . XXII . 4 . 79–81 . Internet Archive.
  8. Web site: Jordy . William H. . 2012 . Esperdy . Gabrielle . Kingsley . Karen . Packard Motor Company Showroom (Former) . . . Charlottesville.
  9. Web site: Roger Williams Park: Bandstand at the Casino . June 19, 2023 . Rhode Island College.
  10. Web site: Rhode Island State Hospital for Mental Disease (Former): C Building Remodeling – Cranston RI . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230616072533/https://livingnewdeal.org/projects/rhode-island-state-hospital-mental-diseases-c-building-former-remodeling-cranston-ri/ . June 16, 2023 . June 19, 2023 . The Living New Deal.
  11. Web site: Jordy . William H. . 2012 . Esperdy . Gabrielle . Kingsley . Karen . "Workers' Housing", Burrillville, Rhode Island . . . Charlottesville.
  12. Brown . Frank Chouteau . Frank Chouteau Brown . September 1924 . Low Rental Housing Suburban Type . . 56 . 3 . 208 . Internet Archive.
  13. Swan Point Cemetery National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form . Woodward . William McKenzie . January 1977 . June 18, 2023.
  14. Cady . John Hutchins . October 1952 . The Providence Market House and its neighborhood . Rhode Island History . 11 . 4 . 97–116.

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