John J. Huddart

Fort Morgan State Armory, being used as a recreation centre
Carnegie Librar, Monte Vista Branch

John James Huddart (25 August 1856 – 1930), known usually as John J. Huddart, was a British born and trained architect who practised out of Denver, Colorado in the United States. At the end of the Nineteenth century he was one of Denver's leading architects, known for his work on public buildings and as a courthouse architect.[1]

He worked for the Catholic Church's Denver Archdiocese designing Denver's St. Thomas Theological Seminary and the Hotel St. Nicholas (1898), dedicated as a general hospital to serve Cripple Creek, Colorado and the surrounding area during the height of the 1890s gold rush.[2] His original architectural drawings for the Hotel St. Nicholas (drawn in 1896) are displayed in the hotel's main lobby of the Cripple Creek Hotel.[1] He also designed Murchison School (1902) in South Carolina.[3] He designed the El Cortez Apartments at 608 East 12th Avenue in Denver Colorado 80203.[4]

Huddart is known for his Classical Revival and Richardsonian Romanesque style designs.[1] A retrospective of his work, Architecture of John J. Huddart, Architect was published in 1907 and included his work in Colorado cities; Salt Lake City, Utah; Alva, Oklahoma; Rawlins, Wyoming; and Bennettsville, South Carolina.[5] His practice lasted from 1882 to 1930 and commissions included Charles Boettcher House in Denver, Colorado's Fort Morgan State Armory, Denver's Filbeck Building, and six of Colorado's county courthouses.[1][6]

  1. ^ a b c d [1] Archived 31 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine Biographical sketches, Colorado architects
  2. ^ "Distinctive Cripple Creek Lodging - the History of the Hotel St. Nicholas". hotelstnicholas.com. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Murchison School Historical Marker". Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Cortez was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Architecture of John J. Huddart 1907
  6. ^ "Filbeck Building (left) and Roger & Son Mortuary/Yankee Dollar Building (right)". 6 December 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2018.