John Forbes Hogan

Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, North Providence, RI. 1954.

John Forbes Hogan (b.1894) was an American architect from Providence, Rhode Island.

Hogan was born in Pawtucket in 1894. In 1916 he earned a B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an M.S. the following year. For 10 months after his latter graduation he traveled in Europe. From 1919 to 1923 he was employed as a designer in the Providence office of architect George F. Hall, the successor to the better-known firm of Martin & Hall. In 1923 he left Hall to open his own office in Providence. He joined the AIA in 1924.^[1]

Hogan specialized in buildings for the Catholic church, designing many churches and institutions for the diocese.

Works

Churches (Roman Catholic):

• St. Anthony, 32 Lawn Ave., Pawtucket, RI (1925-26)^[2]
• St. Mary, 437 Carolina Back Rd., Carolina, RI (1932-33)^[3]
• St. Casimir, 350 Smith St., Providence, RI (1935-36)^[2]
• St. Joseph, 183 Sayles Ave., Pascoag, RI (1935)^[1]
• St. Mary (Remodeling), 12 William St., Newport, RI (1937)^[4]
• St. Joseph, 1105 Main St., Hope Valley, RI (1939-40)^[5]
• St. Teresa, 358 Newport Ave., Pawtucket, RI (1939)^[6]
• St. Clare, 4 St. Clares Way, Misquamicut, RI (1940)^[7]
• St. Edward, 396 Weeden St., Pawtucket, RI (1940)^[1]
• Our Lady of Victory, 169 Main St., Ashaway, RI (1947-48)^[8]

Other Religious Commissions:

• St. Patrick School, 244 Smith St., Providence, RI (1928)^[9]
• St. Pius School, 49 Elmhurst Ave., Providence, RI (1928)^[9][10]
• St. Francis House, 167 Blackstone St., Woonsocket, RI (1932-33)^[11]
• St. Mary Convent, 530 Broadway, Providence, RI (1939)^[12]
• Albertus Magnus Hall, Providence College, Providence, RI (1948)^[13]
• Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, 200 High Service Ave., North Providence, RI (1954)^[1]

Secular:

• Elizabeth Barry Hall, Rhode Island State Hospital for Mental Diseases, Cranston, RI (1936)^[14]
• Pastore Hall, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI (1953)^[1]
• Wales and Kelley Halls, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI (1957-59)^[15][16]

References

1. American Architects Directory. 1955.
2. Norton, Paul F. Rhode Island Stained Glass: An Historical Guide. 2001.
3. Bridgemen's Magazine 1932: 420.
4. Statewide Historic Preservation Report N-N-3: The Southern Thames Street Neighborhood in Newport. 1980.
5. "History". http://www.stjosephhv.org/''. n.d. Web.
6. Pawtucket, Rhode Island: Statewide Historical Preservation Report P-CF-1. 1978.
7. "Our History". http://www.stclarewesterly.com/''. n.d. Web.
8. Engineering News-Record 1947: 27.
9. Woodward, Wm. McKenzie. Providence: A Citywide Survey of Historic Resources. 1986.
10. Guide Officiel des Franco-Américains. 1940.
11. Bridgemen's Magazine 1932: 351.
12. Doiron, David A. "Historical Chronology". http://www.stmaryonbroadway.org/''. n.d. Web.
13. Cady, John Hutchins. The Civic and Architectural Development of Providence, 1636-1950. 1957.
14. Rhode Island: State-Owned Historic Properties. 1989.
15. Engineering News-Record 1957: 244.
16. "URI History and Timeline". http://www.uri.edu/''. n.d. Web.