Hornblower & Marshall was a Washington, D.C.-based architectural firm that was a partnership between Joseph Coerten Hornblower (1848-1908) and James Rush Marshall (1851-1927).[1][2] The firm designed numerous substantial government and other buildings, a number of which have been listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Joseph C. Hornblower
James R. Marshall
For example, the partnership won a competition with its design for the monumental, Beaux-arts style U.S. Custom House of Baltimore, Maryland, that was built in 1903 and which served as a Custom House until 1953.[3]
Other works by the firm include:
- Fraser Mansion (1890), 1701 20th St., NW., Washington, D.C., NRHP-listed, a brick and pink granite Beaux Arts building
- Duncan Phillips House (1897), 1600–1614 21st St., NW., Washington, D.C., NRHP-listed
- U.S. Marine Corps Barracks (1907), 8th and I Sts., SE, Washington, D.C., NRHP-listed
- U.S. Custom House (1907), 40 S. Gay St., Baltimore, Maryland, NRHP-listed
- Lothrop Mansion (1908), 2001 Connecticut Ave., Washington, D.C., NRHP-listed
- Samuel Hill House (1909), 814 E. Highland Dr., Seattle, Washington, NRHP-listed[4]
- National Museum of Natural History (1910), National Mall, Washington, D.C.
- Engine Company 23 (1910), 2119 G, NW., Washington, D.C., NRHP-listed
- Army and Navy Club (1912), 901 17th Street NW, Washington, D.C.
- Maryhill Museum (completed 1926, after construction paused in WWI), SW of Goldendale, Washington on U.S. 197, NRHP-listed
The Smithsonian Institution holds the largest collection of Hornblower & Marshall documents.[5]
References
edit- ^ Joseph C. Hornblower at archINFORM
- ^ James Rush Marshall at archINFORM
- ^ "Maryland Historical Trust". U.S. Custom House, Baltimore City. Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-11-21.
- ^ Elisabeth Walton Potter; Margaret A. Corley (December 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Samuel Hill House". National Park Service. Retrieved February 3, 2022. With accompanying two photos from 1975
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-12. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
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