Addison Hutton

Addison Hutton (1834 - 1916) was a Philadelphia architect whose landmark designs include many suave residences along Philadelphia’s Main Line, Pennsylvania college campus buildings, courthouses, hospitals and the 1891 Carnegie Library of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

Early Life

Addison Hutton was born in November 28, 1834. He grew up in Westmoreland County, southeast of Pittsburgh. He was the son of Joel Hutton, a Quaker carpenter and Ann Mains. [rootsweb.com] At an early age, he became fond of the "solid necessities of building" and enjoyed working along side his father. Like his father, Addison would vary between carpeting and school. A young man named Robert Grimacy gave him lessons in architecture. It was then that Addison Hutton considered it to be a possible direction in his own life.

Archtectural Practice

Addison Hutton studied architecture with Samuel Sloan, who was a leading Philadelphia architect. He later became a partner with Sloan and was able to bring numerous academic commissions to their office, due to his Philadelphia Quaker connections.

On the 10th of October, 1865, Addison married Rebecca Morris, Philadelphia industrialist Israel Morris's daughter. They had one child, a girl named Mary who was born September 1, 1869.

Architectural Work (Partial Listing)

*Henry Morris family "cottage" at Newport, RI (circa 1855-60?)
*1863 Lock Aerie, Residence of William Lockwood, Frazer, PA.
*1867 Shew Hall, Connecticut Hospital for the Insane, Middletown, CT
*1868 Venango County Courthouse, Franklin, PA (with Samuel Sloan)
*1869 Philadelphia Savings Fund Society Building (expansion), Washington Square, Philadelphia PA
*1869 Clinton County Courthouse, Lock Haven, PA (with Samuel Sloan)
*1869 Parrish Hall, Swarthmore College's first building, Swarthmore, PA
*1870 “Pembrook Farm” Residence for Charles H. Wheeler, 310 Fishers Rd, Lower Merion Twp., PA
*1870 “St. Michael”, Residence of Francis A. Drexel, Torresdale, PA
*1872 Rectory for Church of the Redeemer, 220 Pennswood Rd., Lower Merion Twp, PA.
*1872 Residence for Robert Emmett Monaghan, 413 W. Miner Street, West Chester, PA
*The “Four Sisters” Residences: 101, 121, 205, 221 West Virginia Avenue, West Chester, PA
*1874 The Lenape Building, 1 South Main Street and 1 East State Street, Doylestown, PA
*1876 Linderman Library, Lehigh University, Allentown, PA
*1877 “Beechwood”, Residence, (now The Shipley School), Bryn Mawr, PA
*1878 Bucks County Courthouse, Doylestown, Bucks County, PA
*Pine Street Jail (later Pine Street Hotel) Doylestown, PA
*1878 Ridgeway Library, Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA
*1879-1884 Taylor Hall Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA
*1879-1884 Merion Hall, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA
*1880 Residence, 3400 Powelton Ave, Philadelphia, PA
*1881 "Waverly Heights", Residence for Samuel Rea, 802 W Montgomery Ave., Lower Merion Twp, PA
*1881 “Greenway” Residence of George Lovell, 235 Pennswood Rd., Lower Merion Twp, PA
*1882, The Mauch Chunk Opera House, 14 West Broadway, Jim Thorpe, PA
*1882 The James Spear Residence, 244-46 S. 21st Street, Philadelphia, PA
*Packer Hall Tower, Lehigh University, Allentown, PA
*1884-1885 Chandler Chemistry Laboratory, Lehigh University, Allentown, PA
*1885 Packer Chapel, Lehigh University, Allentown, PA
*1885 Ballytore, Isaac H. Clothier Residence (now the St. Sahag-St. Mesrob Armenian Church), 630 Clothier Road, Wynnewood, PA
*1886 Main Building, Westtown School, West Chester, PA
*1887 Residence for E. P. Fox, 730 Montgomery Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA
*1888 Girard Life Insurance Building, Philadelphia, PA
*“Sylvula", Residence of Stephen O. Fuguet, Bryn Mawr, PA
*Residence of J. W. Townsend, Bryn Mawr, PA
*“Midhope”, Residence of Prof. James C. Booth, Haverford Station, PA
*“Holmhurst”, Residence of Charles Hartshorne, Merion, PA
*“The Chestnuts”, Residence of David Scull, Overbrook, PA
*“Egerton House”, Residence of Mrs. Edward Scull, Overbrook, PA
*“Penn Grove”, Residence of N. Parker Shortridge, Wynnewood, PA
*“Elm Villa”, Residence of D. T. Gage, Merchantville, NJ
*Residence of G. Ralston Ayres, Cheltenham Avenue, Germantown, PA
*“Torworth”, Residence of J. C. Strawbridge, Germantown, PA
*Addison Hutton Residence, 804 W Montgomery Ave., Bryn Mawr, PA
*Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA
*1890 “Dundale” Isaac Morris II Residence (now Picotte Hall, Villanova University), Villanova, PA
*1890 The Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities, 517 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA
*1890 “Hillhurst”, John Biddle Residence, Orange Street, Media, PA
*1891 Carnegie Library, Johnstown, PA
*1891 Musical Fund Hall, The Musical Fund Society, 806 Locust Street, major renovations, Philadelphia, PA
*1900 Department for the Chronic Insane, First Floor Plan , Harrisburg State Hospital, PA
*1901 Pennsylvania State Capitol design competition, Harrisburg, PA (design not selected)
*1904 The Chalfonte-Haddon Hall Hotel, additions, Atlantic City, NJ
*1908 Alterations to 44 S Wyoming Ave, PA, Lower Merion Twp. PA

[Philadelphia Suburban Homes: Suburban Manors of Late Nineteenth-Century Philadelphia; at www.brynmawr.edu] [County Courthouses of Pennsylvania, By Oliver P. Williams, 2001] [websites of the various institutions listed]

Addison Hutton died on June 26, 1916, and was buried at Short Creek Meeting House, Jefferson Co, Ohio. [rootsweb.com]