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Eric T. Huddleston

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211:. As supervising architect Huddleston was responsible for all architectural work on the campus. His first new building on the campus was a dining hall called the Commons, begun in 1918, which after his retirement he claimed as his favorite work. In 1919 he prepared a campus plan which guided campus development for the next thirty years. Huddleston's last works on the university campus were completed in 1946. Thereafter the university hired private architects to design its building, with Huddleston in an advisory role. He retired as supervising architect in 1949. 112: 124: 88: 100: 200:, the school was temporarily closed due to a lack of students. This was made permanent in 1946. As head of the Department of Drawing and Architecture, Huddleston educated some 120 students, many of which remained in New Hampshire to practice. These included Richard Koehler and Nicholas Isaak, partners in the leading local firm of 195:
to be head of the Department of Drawing and Design and to work as supervising architect of the university. In 1918 he expanded his department to include the only architectural school in northern New England. The first students of the architecture school graduated in 1920, and the last in 1943. In
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In 1913 Huddleston was married to Mabel Sprague, and they had two children. During their residence in Durham the family lived in a house at 29 Mill Road, which Huddleston designed and had built in 1922. In 1966 Huddleston and his wife retired to
246:, and Huddleston temporarily retired from private practice in 1945. In 1948 he rejoined Hersey in his new firm, Irving W. Hersey Associates, as consulting architect. He remained with Hersey until his retirement in 1966. 544: 242:
in New Hampshire and the Berwick Town Hall in Maine. During the 1930s, Huddleston & Hersey was the largest architecture firm in the state. Hersey left in 1942 to serve in
378: 539: 238:, his former student, he established the firm of Huddleston & Hersey in Durham. They were responsible for a number of New Deal-funded projects, including the 262:, the first New Hampshire architect to receive the honor. In 1963 his first university building, the Commons, was rededicated in his honor as Huddleston Hall. 168: 235: 207:
Prior to his arrival, the buildings of the university had been designed by private architects, especially the politically well-connected architect
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in 1929, and was first president of the New Hampshire chapter when it was formed in 1948. In 1953 he was elected a
255: 219: 148: 183:. In 1914 he left to open his own architecture office, but before he was able to do so he was recruited by 188: 144: 104: 92: 336: 143:(1888–1977) was an American architect. Huddleston is best known as the supervising architect of the 332: 272: 239: 184: 116: 62: 350: 357: 192: 176: 559: 554: 215: 8: 160: 44: 201: 164: 446: 429: 208: 172: 234:, Huddleston realized his earlier plans to practice privately. In partnership with 231: 343: 518: 111: 496: 484: 243: 197: 180: 214:
As supervising architect, Huddleston was a vocal proponent of traditional
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One Man's Vision: Eric Huddleston's legacy is the campus we know today
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Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning alumni
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Huddleston Hall, formerly the Commons, on the campus of the
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New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts
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Eric Trevor Huddleston was born February 5, 1888, in
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from 1914 until 1949 and as a prominent proponent of
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Winchester, Indiana
Lancaster, New Hampshire

University of New Hampshire

University of New Hampshire

Rollinsford Grade School

Maine
FAIA
University of New Hampshire
Colonial Revival architecture
Winchester, Indiana
Cornell University
Postle & Fisher
Albert Pretzinger
Schenck & Williams
Dayton, Ohio
Edward Thomson Fairchild
University of New Hampshire
Durham
World War II
Koehler & Isaak
James E. Randlett
architectural styles
Colonial Revival
Great Depression
Irving W. Hersey
Rollinsford Grade School

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