Holman K. Wheeler

Holman King Wheeler
Born 1859
Lynn, Massachusetts
Died 1943
Newton, Massachusetts
Nationality United States
Occupation Architect
County Courthouse, Salem, 1891.
Lynn Armory, Lynn, 1893.
High Rock Tower, Lynn, 1904.
English High School, Lynn, 1915.

Holman K. Wheeler (1859–1943)[1] was an American architect, practicing in Lynn and Boston, Massachusetts.

Life

Holman King Wheeler was born in 1859 in Lynn. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, then located in Boston. He graduated in 1882.[2] He had worked in the offices of Lynn architects beginning in 1878, and began working on his own by 1883.[3][4] In 1884 he formed the firm of Wheeler & Northend in Lynn, with Salem architect W. Wheelwright Northend. Northend resumed his independent practice around 1893, and Wheeler continued alone. In 1904 he established a partnership with Charles L. Betton, Wheeler & Betton. Betton had left by 1914, and Wheeler established Wheeler & Johnson.[5] By 1919, Wheeler had left the Lynn area, heading south to Boston. He did at least one project from his office in that city, but had retired to his and his wife's home in Newton by 1920.[6] Upon his death in 1943, he was buried in Lynn.

Partners

William Wheelwright Northend was born in 1857 in Salem. Originally intending to practice law, he graduated from Bowdoin College in 1880. Turning to architecture, he worked for Hartwell & Richardson and Cobb & Frost. He then attended M. I. T. for a year before studying in Paris.[7] Prior to establishing a firm with Wheeler, he had opened an office in Salem.[8] After the firm's dissolution, he practiced alone for a year before his death in 1894. He was the architect of Swampscott's Phillips High School, opened in 1894 and now altered beyond recognition.[9]

Charles Louis Betton was born in 1870, and died in 1934 in Lynn.[10] After leaving Wheeler, Betton established his own office. He designed the Pickering School in 1916 on Conomo Ave, Lynn.[11] He also did extensive industrial work.

The identity of Johnson is currently unknown.

Architectural works

Wheeler & Northend, 1884-1893

Holman K. Wheeler, 1893-1904

  • 1895 - Naumkeag Building, 203 Essex St, Salem, Massachusetts[20]
  • 1895 - Proctor Building, 31 Exchange St, Lynn, Massachusetts[22]
  • 1897 - Henry B. Falls Apartments, 114 Broad St, Lynn, Massachusetts[23]
  • 1900 - Bacheller School, 35 Lynnfield St, Lynn, Massachusetts[24]
  • 1900 - Jackman School, School St, Newburyport, Massachusetts[25]
    • Demolished.
  • 1901 - Lynn Business College, 112 Exchange St, Lynn, Massachusetts[26]
  • 1902 - Eugene A. Putnam Apartments, 95 Union St, Lynn, Massachusetts[27]

Wheeler & Betton, 1904-1914

  • 1904 - High Rock Tower, High Rock Tower Reservation, Lynn, Massachusetts[28]
  • 1904 - Lennox Building, 184-186 Market St, Lynn, Massachusetts[29]
    • Demolished.
  • 1904 - Littlefield Building, 604 Essex St, Lynn, Massachusetts[30]
    • Wheeler & Johnson did an addition in 1915.
  • 1909 - Goddard Bros. Store, 76 Market St, Lynn, Massachusetts[31]
  • 1911 - Brewster Apartments, 26 Broad St, Lynn, Massachusetts[32]
  • 1912 - Arthur W. Pinkham (son of Lydia Pinkham[33] House, 311 Western Ave, Lynn, Massachusetts[34]

Wheeler & Johnson, 1914-c.1918

References

  1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38533453
  2. ↑ Technology Review Jan. 1920: 80.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Industries of Massachusetts: Historical and Descriptive Review of Lynn, Lowell, Lawrence, Haverhill, Salem, Beverly, Peabody, Danvers, Gloucester, Newburyport, and Amesbury, and Their Leading Manufacturers and Merchants. 1886.
  4. ↑ American Architect and Building News 2 July 1883: 2.
  5. ↑ American Contractor 4 April 1914: 82.
  6. ↑ American Contractor 11 Oct. 1919: 50.
  7. ↑ Biographical Sketches of the Members of the Class of 1880, Bowdoin College. 1890.
  8. ↑ The Essex County Directory for 1884-85. 1884.
  9. ↑ "Phillips High School" mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Web.
  10. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71131600
  11. ↑ Bridgemen's Magazine April 1916: 243.
  12. ↑ "Block Grader, The" mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Web.
  13. ↑ "Greenwood, John House" mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Web.
  14. ↑ "Gardner, Sylvanus Porter House" mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Web.
  15. ↑ Annual Report of the Auditor of Accounts of the City of Lynn for the Year Ending December 20, 1888. 1889.
  16. ↑ Annual Report of the Auditor of Accounts of the City of Lynn for the Year Ending December 20, 1889. 1890.
  17. ↑ "View of 94 Elmwood Road residence, corner of Monument Avenue, Swampscott, Mass., undated". http://www.historicnewengland.org/. n.d. Web.
  18. ↑ "Rowell, Myra S. - Coulhurst, George H. L. House" mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Web.
  19. ↑ Potter, John Myron. The Oxford Club Souvineer. 1892.
  20. 1 2 Tolles, Bryant F. Architecture in Salem: An Illustrated Guide. 1983.
  21. ↑ Public Documents of Massachusetts for the Year 1894. 1895.
  22. ↑ "Proctor, Thomas E. Building" mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Web.
  23. ↑ "Falls, Henry B. Block" mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Web.
  24. ↑ American Architect and Building News 16 June 1900: xi.
  25. ↑ City of Newburyport, Mayor's Address and the Annual Reports to the City Council for the Year 1901. 1902.
  26. ↑ "Lynn Business College" mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Web.
  27. ↑ American Architect and Building News 12 July 1902: xi.
  28. ↑ Morgan, Kieth N. Buildings of Massachusetts: Metropolitan Boston. 2009.
  29. ↑ Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide 13 Aug. 1904: 376.
  30. ↑ "Littlefield, William B. Building" mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Web.
  31. ↑ "Goddard Brothers Department Store" mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Web.
  32. ↑ "Brewster Apartment Building" mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Web.
  33. ↑ "General News of the Drug World: Greater New York". American Druggist and Pharmaceutical Record, Volumes 52-53. American Druggist Publishing Company. 1908-05-28. p. 296. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  34. ↑ "Pinkham, Arthur House". Massachusetts Historical Commission. July 1977. Retrieved 2018-06-07. Common Name: Struzziero, Arthur Funeral Home - Lucia Lighting Company
  35. ↑ American Contractor 5 June 1915: 69.
  36. ↑ American Contractor 9 Dec. 1916: 21.
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