Henry H. Kendall

Henry H. Kendall (1855 – February 29, 1943) was an American architect from Boston, Massachusetts.[1] He wrote a letter to the U.S. Civil Service commission critiquing the low pay for government architects.[2] Kendall was the senior partner in the firm Kendall, Taylor & Company. Several of his or the firm's works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, for their architectural merit.

Kendall & Taylor was an architecture firm formed in 1908 by Henry H. Kendall and Bertrand E. Taylor. The firm did work in Durham, North Carolina.

Biography

Kendall was born in 1855.

He was the senior partner at Kendall & Stevens in Boston with Edward F. Stevens (1890–95); and then Kendall, Taylor, and Stevens (1895–1909) with Stevens and Bertrand E. Taylor. He also formed Kendall, Stevens, and Lee (1909–12) (with Frederick Clare Lee).[3]

He was a fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and served as the group's president from 1920 to 1922.[4]

He died February 29, 1943.[5]

Works

Works (with attribution) include:

  • Belchertown State School, 30 State St. Belchertown, MA (Kendall, Taylor & Co.), NRHP-listed
  • Westborough State Hospital, along Lyman St. N of Chauncy Lake and jct. of South St. and MA 9 Westborough, MA (Kendall, Taylor & Stevens), NRHP-listed
  • White Memorial Building, 109 Main St. Houlton, ME (Kendall, Taylor & Stevens), NRHP-listed[6]
  • Wrentham State School, Jct. of Emerald and North Sts. Wrentham, MA (Kendall & Taylor), NRHP-listed
  • Contributing property Beech Hill Summer Home District, Harrisville, NH (Kendall,Taylor & Stevens), NRHP-listed
  • John Sprunt Hill House, 900 S. Duke St. Durham, NC (Kendall & Taylor), NRHP-listed
  • Watts Hospital, Broad St. and Club Blvd. Durham, NC (Kendall & Taylor), NRHP-listed
  • A contributing property in the Watts-Hillandale Historic District, Durham, NC (Kendall and Taylor), NRHP-listed
  • One or more works in Beech Hill Summer Home District, Harrisville, NH (Kendall,Taylor & Stevens), NRHP-listed
  • Massachusetts Mental Health Center, 74 Fenwood Rd. Boston, MA (Kendall, Taylor & Co.), NRHP-listed
  • Watts Hospital, Broad St. and Club Blvd. Durham, NC (Kendall & Taylor), NRHP-listed
  • One or more works in Watts-Hillandale Historic District, Durham, NC (Kendall and Taylor), NRHP-listed

References
  1. "The American Institute of Architects - AIA Presidents". aia.org. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  2. College, A.J.L.T.M.A.P.H.P.G. (2000). Architects to the Nation : The Rise and Decline of the Supervising Architect's Office: The Rise and Decline of the Supervising Architect's Office. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 9780195351866.
  3. bios McGill digital library
  4. http://ncarchitects.lib.ncsu.edu/people/P000504
  5. Henry H. Kendall Archived 2013-11-14 at Archive.today AIA
  6. NRHP database

Further reading
  • Entry Biographical Dictionary of American Architects Los Angeles by Henry F. Withey and Elsie Rathburn Withey, New Age Publishing Company, 1956. Facsimile edition, Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc., 1970
  • Entry in FAIA, A Legacy of Leadership: Presidents of the AIA, 1857–2007 by R. Randall Vosbeck, Washington, DC: The American Institute of Architects, 2008
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