Harvard Jolly

Harvard Jolly is a St. Petersburg, Florida based architectural firm known for its work on school, healthcare and public buildings. It was founded as a solo practice in 1938 by William B. Harvard Sr.[1][2] With the addition of Blanchard E. Jolly as partner, the firm became Harvard Jolly in 1961. In the 1970s Enrique M. Marcet, R. John Clees, John Toppe, and William B. Harvard Jr. joined the firm, which became known as Harvard Jolly Clees Toppe Architecture for some time. Harvard Jolly has offices in St. Petersburg, West Palm Beach, Tampa, Sarasota, Jacksonville, Tallahassee, Orlando, and Ft. Myers[3].[1]

In 2012, Harvard Jolly was chosen along with Ikon 5 Architects of Princeton, New Jersey to design St. Petersburg College's College of Business building[1] In 2013 the firm was chosen to design a 111,000 square foot $60 million police headquarters building in St. Petersburg, Florida.[4]

William B. Harvard Sr.

William B. Harvard Sr. was born in Waldo, Florida after graduating from Sewanee Military Academy he attended the University of Cincinnati in the mid 1930s. He came home to Florida after his father's death during the Great Depression, originally apprenticing in Miami. Harvard set up his own practice after a commission brought him to St. Petersburg, Florida. Harvard Jolly is known for his modern architecture designs including the St. Petersburg Pier, bandshell in Williams Park, Hospitality House at Busch Gardens, and Pasadena Community Church.[2]

Recent works by Harvard Jolly

Early works
The Inverted Pyramid Pier
The Williams Park bandstand

Libraries

Harvard Jolly is a member of the American Library Association and the Florida Library Association. [10] The firm has designed over 120 libraries and has received 19 awards for their designs. [11]

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References
  1. http://www.usfsp.edu/blog/2012/07/09/harvard-jolly-of-st-petersburg-hired-to-design-college-of-business-building/
  2. The secret power of Bill Harvard The Floridian September 9, 1973 St. Petersburg Times
  3. "Harvard Jolly Architecture". Harvard Jolly Architecture. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  4. St. Petersburg hires Harvard Jolly to design a police headquarters March 8, 2013 Tampa Bay Business Journal
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-06-07. Retrieved 2013-05-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Harvard Jolly Architecture chosen for Sarasota High School project March 30, 2012 by Harold Bubil Sarasota Herald Tribune
  7. http://www.healthcaredesignmagazine.com/article/harvard-jolly-inc
  8. Pitper Castillo Band shell still inspires chorus of debate, pride November 14, 1994 page 6 City Times section, St. Petersburg Times
  9. https://photos.cltampa.com/a-rare-st-pete-home-designed-by-famed-architect-blanchard-jolly-is-now-for-sale/?slide=1&screen-shot-2019-10-11-at-2-40-04-pm
  10. http://www.harvardjolly.com/#!libraries/c22op
  11. http://www.harvardjolly.com/#!libraries/cnfm
  12. http://www.harvardjolly.com/#!libraries/cnfm

Further reading
  • Harvard Jolly Clees Toppe Architecture, Booth-Clibborn Editions, 2000 ISBN 186154152X, 9781861541529 120 pages

Company website
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