G. W. & W. D. Hewitt

G. W. & W. D. Hewitt was the premier architectural firm in the eastern United States at the turn of the twentieth century. It was founded in Philadelphia in 1878 by brothers George Wattson Hewitt and William Dempster Hewitt, and dissolved in 1907 when George retired. Both were members of American Institute of Architects

Internationally known architect Horace Trumbauer was a member of the firm. Phineas Paist also worked at the firm in the beginning of his career.

Buildings

* Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia PA
* Boldt Castle, Alexandria Bay, New York
* Philadelphia Bourse, Philadelphia PA 1895
* Druim Moir, Chestnut Hill PA 1886
* Hahnemann Medical College Hospital, Philadelphia PA 1872
* Maybrook, Wynnewood PA 1881
* Pitcairn Building, Philadelphia PA
* Presbyterian Church at Bustleton, Burlington NJ 1878
* Stadium High School, Tacoma, Washington 1906
* St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Chestnut Hill, PA 1888
* Wissahickon Inn, Philadelphia PA 1884
* Wistar Institute, Philadelphia PA 1894
* Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad Station (C & L Depot), Lebanon PA
* Kensington Branch of the Philadelphia YWCA, Philadelphia PA
* Protestant Episcopal Church in the Bordentown Historic District, Burlington NJ
* Reading Terminal Train Shed & Market Philadelphia PA
* Saint John’s Episcopal Church and Burying Ground, Runnemede NJ
* Victorian row houses, Powelton Avenue, Philadelphia PA 1881
* William C Sharpless House, Philadelphia PA

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External links

* [http://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/96313 Biography at Philadelphia Architects and Buildings]
* [http://architecture.about.com/od/castlesusa/a/boldtcastle.htm Boldt Castle — A "Gilded Age" estate built for a tragic love]
* [http://www.dupontcastle.com%2Fcastles%2Fdruimmoi.htm Druim Moir castle]
* [http://www.co.burlington.nj.us/info/history/township/florencetownship.htm Providence Presbyterian Church at Bustleton]
* [http://www.lowermerionhistory.org/texts/richmen.html Maybrook from Rich Men and Their Castles]
* [http://www.lowermerionhistory.org/photodb/web/html2/237-3.html Maybrook]
* [http://www.lowermerionhistory.org/photodb/web/html2/237-2.html Maybrook's Ballroom]
* [http://www.bourse-pa.com/ The Bourse]
* [http://www.klippert.com/Stadium/History.html Stadium High School]

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* [http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/hotchkin/gmtach/2hk051.jpgWissahickon Inn]
* [http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/hotchkin/gmtach/2hk052.jpgDruim Moir]
* [http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/hotchkin/gmtach/2hk053.jpgDruim Moir]
* [http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/hotchkin/gmtach/t2hk054.jpgSt. Martin-in-the-Fields, Chestnut Hill, PA]

References