Charles P. Hartshorn

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.

Charles Payton Hartshorn
BornJuly 31, 1833
Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
DiedAugust 13, 1880 (aged 47)
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
NationalityUnited States
OccupationArchitect
PracticeC. P. Hartshorn, Hartshorn & Wilcox
BuildingsHome for Aged Women, Ray Hall, Congdon Street Baptist Church, Wayland Building, Union Baptist Church
Congdon Street Church, Providence, 1874.

Early 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, Rhode Island.

Career

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]

Personal life

In 1865, he married to Helen Almira Stone, who died in 1897. The two had one 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
YearBuildingAddressCityStateNotesImageReference
1859Teste Block88 Dorrance StProvidenceRhode Island[4]
1864Providence Home for Aged Women75 East StProvidenceRhode Island[4]
1864Ray HallButler HospitalProvidenceRhode IslandAltered.[5]
1867Henry B. and Royal P. Gladding Houses258-260 BroadwayProvidenceRhode Island[4]
1867George T. Mitchell House7 Barnes StProvidenceRhode Island[4]
1868George P. Calder House408-410 BroadwayProvidenceRhode Island[4]
1870Olney Street Unitarian ChurchOlney StProvidenceRhode IslandDemolished.[3][6]
1872Joseph Davol House48 Parkis AveProvidenceRhode Island[7]

Hartshorn & Wilcox, 1873-1879
YearBuildingAddressCityStateNotesImageReference
1874Congdon Street Baptist Church15 Congdon StProvidenceRhode Island[4]
1874Wayland Building128 N Main StProvidenceRhode Island[4]
1875Fourth Baptist ChurchHowell StProvidenceRhode IslandRemodeling, demolished.[8]
1876Union Baptist Church10 East StProvidenceRhode Island[4]
1877Charles Ackerman Duplex61-63 Chapin AveProvidenceRhode Island[9]

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. New England Families: Genealogical and Memorial. Ed. William Richard Cutter. Vol. 3. 1914.
  4. 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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