Charles P. Hartshorn

Charles Payton Hartshorn
Born July 31, 1883
Norfolk, Virginia
Died August 13, 1880
Providence, Rhode Island
Nationality United States
Occupation Architect
Practice C. P. Hartshorn, Hartshorn & Wilcox
Buildings Home for Aged Women, Ray Hall, Congdon Street Baptist Church, Wayland Building, Union Baptist Church
Congdon Street Church, Providence, 1874.

Charles P. Hartshorn (1833-1880) was an American architect practicing in Providence, Rhode Island. He was a popular designer there in the decade immediately following the Civil War.

Life

Hartshorn was born in 1833 in Norfolk, Virginia, to parents of Rhode Island ancestry. When he was very young, his parents moved back north to Providence. As a young man, he decided to become an architect. He entered the office of Tallman & Bucklin, then Providence's leading architects. When designer Thomas A. Tefft left the firm in 1851, Hartshorn continued his education with him.[1] After Tefft's death, Hartshorn set out on his own. In 1873 he partnered with Charles F. Wilcox.[2] Hartshorn & Wilcox lasted until the end of 1879, briefly before Hartshorn's death in 1880.[3]

In 1865 he was married to Helen Almira Stone, who died in 1897. The two had a single daughter.[3]

At the time of his death, he was secretary of the Rhode Island Chapter of the AIA.[3]

Architectural works

C. P. Hartshorn, c.1859-1873

Hartshorn & Wilcox, 1873-1879

References

  1. Jordy, William H. and Christopher P. Monkhouse. Buildings on Paper: Rhode Island Architectural Drawings 1825-1945. 1982.
  2. Industries and Wealth of the Principal Points in Rhode Island. 1892.
  3. 1 2 3 4 New England Families: Genealogical and Memorial. Ed. William Richard Cutter. Vol. 3. 1914.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Woodward, Wm. McKenzie. Providence: A Citywide Survey of Historic Resources. 1986.
  5. Historic and Architectural Resources of the East Side, Providence: A Preliminary Report. 1989.
  6. Greene, Welcome Arnold. The Providence Plantations for 250 Years. 1886.
  7. Woodward, Wm. McKenzie. PPS/AIAri Guide to Providence Architecture. 2003.
  8. Cady, John Hutchins. The Civic and Architectural Development of Providence, 1636-1950. 1957.
  9. PPS Records for 61-63 Chapin Avenue. 2007.
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