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American architect
Kemper Hall (1885)
Connor House (1888)
Edward S. Hammatt House (1896)
Edward Hammatt (September 8, 1856 – August 24, 1907) was an architect in the
United States . He designed several notable buildings that are listed on the
National Register of Historic Places .
Biography
Edward Seymour Hammatt was born in
Geneseo, New York .
[1] His family moved to
Rochester, New York , where he was educated.
[2] He graduated from
Lehigh University and the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology , and then spent four years working for
Ware & Van Brunt in
Boston . He spent a further four years with the
New York firm of Hardenbergh & Le Brun. He was also associated with
John B. Snook .
[3] Hammett opened his own office in
Davenport, Iowa , in 1883, where he worked until a few months before his death.
[1] His notable buildings include schools, business, and residential buildings and churches for the
Episcopal Diocese of Iowa . In 1884 he was elected to membership in the
Western Association of Architects . He became a
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1889 after the groups consolidated.
Notable designs
The following buildings and one object are listed on the National Register of Historic Places:
Trinity Episcopal Church, Davenport, Iowa (1874; no longer extant)
Kemper Hall, a
contributing property in the
College Square Historic District , Davenport, Iowa (1885)
[3]
One or more buildings in the
St. Katherine's Historic District , Davenport, Iowa (1885, 1886)
Connor House ,
Rock Island, Illinois (1888)
Edward Edinger House , Davenport, Iowa (1890)
Lincoln School , Rock Island, Illinois (1893)
Old Main, Augustana College , Rock Island, Illinois (1893; with L.G. Hallberg)
[4]
Entrance gates at
Oakdale Memorial Gardens , a
contributing object in the
Oakdale Cemetery Historic District , Davenport, Iowa (1895)
Trinity Episcopal Church ,
Ottumwa, Iowa , a
contributing property in the
Fifth Street Bluff Historic District (1895)
[5]
Trinity Memorial Episcopal Church ,
Mapleton, Iowa (1896)
Edward S. Hammatt House, a
contributing property in the
Vander Veer Park Historic District , Davenport, Iowa (1896)
[6]
M.J. Eagal Block (1901); Winecke Block (1901),
contributing properties in the
Davenport Downtown Commercial Historic District , Davenport, Iowa
[7]
References