Addison Hutton papers
Summary of collection
Papers consist of the correspondence of Addison Hutton, primarily outgoing from Hutton; diaries, personal and business; genealogical studies of the Hutton family; letterbook, 1905-09; list of contracts, 1898-1908; miscellaneous papers and documents; reminiscences of Addison Hutton and Finley Hutton, his brother. Also two framed photographs of John and Rachel Cresson, great-grandparents of Mary Hutton Biddle and Thomas and Sarah Garrett, great-grandparents of James Biddle, Mary Hutton's husband, and two framed samplers stitched by Elizabeth Cresson in 1819 and Rebecca Savery (Hutton) in 1836.
Dates
- Creation: 1823-1926
Creator
- Hutton, Addison (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright restrictions may apply. Please contact the Archives with requests for copying and for authorization to publish, quote or reproduce the material.
Biographical note
Addison Hutton (1834-1916) was born in Sewickley Township, Westmoreland County, PA, the son of Joel Wright and Anna Mains Hutton. He was briefly educated in Friends' schools. In 1850, he began apprenticeship as a carpenter with his father, later worked in a factory where he received lessons in architectural drawing from a fellow workman. From 1857-1861, he served as clerk and draftsman in the office of Samuel Sloan in Philadelphia, and by 1864, was a partner in the firm where he received architectural commissions, including the State Hospital in Middletown, CN, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Overbrook, PA and the first building on Swarthmore College's campus in Swarthmore, PA, Parrish Hall. After 1868, Hutton independently received many architectural commissions, including Barclay Hall at Haverford College (1875), Taylor and Merion Halls at Bryn Mawr College (1878), George School in Newtown, PA (1855), Women's Medical College in Philadelphia (1874), Vail Memorial Library at Lincoln University (1897) and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia (1902). Addison Hutton was a member of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Western District (Society of Friends).
Extent
6 linear ft. (1 box, 66 volumes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Papers consist of the correspondence of 19th-century Quaker architect Addison Hutton, primarily outgoing from Hutton; diaries, personal and business; and other materials.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Esther Biddle Yarnall gift, 1973.
Separated Materials note
Architectural drawings in HCT-004 (Haverford College Architectural Drawings and Plans); one sampler.
Processing Information
The processing history is unknown
Subject
- Hutton, Addison (Person)
Topical
- Title
- Addison Hutton Papers, 1823-1926
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Diana Franzusoff Peterson
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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