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'''Thomas Hastings''' (March 11, 1860 – October 22, 1929) was an American [[architect]], a partner in the firm of [[Carrère and Hastings]] (active 1885–1929).
'''Thomas Hastings''' (March 11, 1860 – October 22, 1929) was an American [[architect]], and a partner in the firm of [[Carrère and Hastings]] (active 1885–1929).


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
He was born in [[New York City]] to Thomas Samuel Hastings, a [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]] minister, and Fanny de Groot. Hastings came from a colonial Yankee background, his ancestor [[Thomas Hastings (colonist)|Thomas Hastings]] having come from the East Anglia region of England to the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] in 1634.<ref>{{cite book
He was born in [[New York City]] to [[West Presbyterian Church|Thomas Samuel Hastings]], a [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]] minister, and Fanny de Groot. Hastings came from a colonial Yankee background, his ancestor [[Thomas Hastings (colonist)|Thomas Hastings]] having come from the East Anglia region of England to the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] in 1634.<ref>{{cite book
|title=The Cheney Genealogy
|title=The Cheney Genealogy
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}}</ref> Hastings's father was president of the [[Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York|Union Theological Seminary]]. His grandfather, also named [[Thomas Hastings (composer)|Thomas Hastings]], was the composer of the [[hymn]] ''[[Rock of Ages (Christian hymn)|Rock of Ages]]''. He married Helen Benedict of [[Greenwich, Connecticut]].<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1900/05/01/102591170.pdf Miss Benedict Married; Becomes the Wife of Thomas Hastings at Greenwich, Conn., The New York Times, 1 May 1900]</ref>
}}</ref> Hastings's father was president of the [[Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York|Union Theological Seminary]]. His grandfather, also named [[Thomas Hastings (composer)|Thomas Hastings]], was the composer of the [[hymn]] ''[[Rock of Ages (Christian hymn)|Rock of Ages]]''. He married Helen Benedict of [[Greenwich, Connecticut]].<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1900/05/01/102591170.pdf Miss Benedict Married; Becomes the Wife of Thomas Hastings at Greenwich, Conn., The New York Times, 1 May 1900]</ref>


[[File:Color sketch Yale University Quadrangle by architect Thomas Hastings.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Drawing by Thomas Hastings of the [[Yale University]] Quadrangle, [[New Haven, Connecticut]]. [[Carrère and Hastings]] designed Woolsey Hall and University Commons at Yale, erected 1901–1902]]
[[File:Color sketch Yale University Quadrangle by architect Thomas Hastings.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Drawing by Thomas Hastings of the [[Yale University]] Quadrangle, [[New Haven, Connecticut]]. Carrère and Hastings designed Woolsey Hall and University Commons at Yale, erected 1901–1902]]
Hastings abandoned his college preparation courses to work with the chief designer at [[Herter Brothers]], the premier New York furnishers and decorators. He later traveled to Paris to study in the atelier of [[Louis-Jules André]], returned to the U.S. to found the firm of [[Carrère and Hastings]] with John Merven Carrère. Their first major commissions came from a parishioner of Hastings' father, [[Florida]] developer [[Henry Flagler]]. The partners undertook two hotels for Flagler, the [[Ponce de Leon Hotel]] (1885–1888) in [[St. Augustine, Florida]] (now part of [[Flagler College]]) and the Hotel Alcazar (now the [[Lightner Museum]]), followed by a succession of St. Augustine hotels and churches.
Hastings abandoned his college preparation courses to work with the chief designer at [[Herter Brothers]], the premier New York furnishers and decorators. He later traveled to Paris to study in the atelier of [[Louis-Jules André]], and later returned to the U.S. to found the firm of Carrère and Hastings with John Merven Carrère. Their first major commissions came from a parishioner of Hastings' father, [[Florida]] developer [[Henry Flagler]]. The partners undertook two hotels for Flagler, the [[Ponce de Leon Hotel]] (1885–1888) in [[St. Augustine, Florida]] (now part of [[Flagler College]]) and the Hotel Alcazar (now the [[Lightner Museum]]), followed by a succession of St. Augustine hotels and churches.


The firm's most famous project was undoubtedly the [[New York Public Library Main Branch|New York Public Library]] at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street--not only an important example of its type but one of New York's most recognizable landmarks. They were also instrumental in creating the profession of urban planning, with Carrére's influential designs for Cleveland, Hartford and Atlantic City. Their varied work included the Manhattan Bridge (1899), the House and Senate Office Buildings in Washington, and Blairsden, the C. Ledyard Blair estate in Peapack, New Jersey (1896), one of the nation's greatest country houses.<ref>Mark Alan Hewitt, et al., Carrére and Hastings, Arcitects (New York, Acanthus Press: 2006).</ref>
The firm's most famous project was the [[New York Public Library Main Branch|New York Public Library]] at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. They were also instrumental in creating the profession of urban planning, with Carrére's influential designs for Cleveland, Hartford and Atlantic City. Their varied work included the [[Manhattan Bridge]] (1899), the [[Cannon House Office Building|House]] and [[Russell Senate Office Building|Senate]] Office Buildings in Washington, and Blairsden, and the C. Ledyard Blair estate in Peapack, New Jersey (1896).<ref>Mark Alan Hewitt, et al., Carrére and Hastings, Architects (New York, Acanthus Press: 2006).</ref>


After Carrère's death in 1911, Hastings went on to design the [[Arlington National Cemetery]] [[Tomb of the Unknowns]] and the [[Henry Clay Frick House]] on [[Fifth Avenue]], as well as residences for such distinguished names as Guggenheim, duPont, Harriman, even a 'poultry cottage' for [[William Kissam Vanderbilt|William K. Vanderbilt]]. He also designed the [[Fort Washington Presbyterian Church]] (1913).<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref> He designed the 435-foot (132.59 m) tall [[Tower of Jewels (PPIE)|Tower of Jewels]], the centerpiece of San Francisco's 1915 [[Panama-Pacific International Exposition]]. After [[World War I]], Hastings designed [[Kumler Chapel]] at [[Miami University]] in [[Oxford, Ohio]] in 1917-18, and designed the American Monument in [[Meaux]], France, that memorialized the defeat of [[Germany]] at the [[Second Battle of the Marne]], finally completed in 1932 after Hastings' death.
After Carrère's death in 1911, Hastings went on to design the [[Arlington National Cemetery]] [[Tomb of the Unknowns]] and the [[Henry Clay Frick House]] on [[Fifth Avenue]], as well as residences for such distinguished names as Guggenheim, duPont, Harriman, even a 'poultry cottage' for [[William Kissam Vanderbilt|William K. Vanderbilt]]. He also designed the [[Fort Washington Presbyterian Church]] (1913).<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref> He designed the 435-foot (132.59 m) tall [[Tower of Jewels (PPIE)|Tower of Jewels]], the centerpiece of San Francisco's 1915 [[Panama–Pacific International Exposition]]. After [[World War I]], Hastings designed [[Kumler Chapel]] at [[Miami University]] in [[Oxford, Ohio]] in 1917–18, and designed the American Monument in [[Meaux]], France, that memorialized the defeat of [[Germany]] at the [[Second Battle of the Marne]], finally completed in 1932 after Hastings' death.


Hastings was a founding member of the [[U.S. Commission of Fine Arts]], serving from 1910 to 1917.<ref>Thomas E. Luebke, ed., ''Civic Art: A Centennial History of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts'' (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, 2013): Appendix B, p. 540.</ref> In 1906, he was elected into the [[National Academy of Design]] as an Associate member, and became a full Academician in 1909.
Hastings was a founding member of the [[U.S. Commission of Fine Arts]], serving from 1910 to 1917.<ref>Thomas E. Luebke, ed., ''Civic Art: A Centennial History of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts'' (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, 2013): Appendix B, p. 540.</ref> In 1906, he was elected into the [[National Academy of Design]] as an Associate member, and became a full Academician in 1909.


Hastings outlived the [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]] world. Though he dressed up the [[Manhattan Bridge]] in a Beaux-Arts skin and helped clad conservative office buildings in Roman masonry, he denounced skyscrapers as "bad in style, definitely bad for city traffic and the health of the citizenry". He felt a zoning law should have been passed to limit their height to a maximum of eight stories as has been done successfully in Paris.
Hastings outlived the [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]] world. Though he dressed up the Manhattan Bridge in a Beaux-Arts skin and helped clad conservative office buildings in Roman masonry, he denounced skyscrapers as "bad in style, definitely bad for city traffic and the health of the citizenry".{{Quote without source|date=February 2024}} He felt a zoning law should have been passed to limit their height to a maximum of eight stories as has been done successfully in Paris.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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File:Menu farewell dinner Thomas Hastings architect.jpeg|Menu for dinner for Hastings on eve of his wedding to Helen Benedict. Sherry's, Manhattan, April 26, 1900.
File:Menu farewell dinner Thomas Hastings architect.jpeg|Menu for dinner for Hastings on eve of his wedding to Helen Benedict. Sherry's, Manhattan, April 26, 1900.
File:Fountain of Energy and Tower of Jewels 1915.jpg|[[Tower of Jewels (PPIE)|Tower of Jewels]] and ''Fountain of Energy'', [[Panama-Pacific International Exposition]], San Francisco (1915).
File:Fountain of Energy and Tower of Jewels 1915.jpg|[[Tower of Jewels (PPIE)|Tower of Jewels]] and ''Fountain of Energy'', [[Panama–Pacific International Exposition]], San Francisco (1915).
Image:Thomas Hastings Grave.jpg|The grave of Thomas Hastings at [[Putnam Cemetery]].
Image:Thomas Hastings Grave.jpg|The grave of Thomas Hastings at [[Putnam Cemetery]].
File:Bust Thomas Hastings architect.jpg|''Bust of Thomas Hastings'' (1933) by [[Frederick William MacMonnies]], [[New York Public Library]].
File:Bust Thomas Hastings architect.jpg|''Bust of Thomas Hastings'' (1933) by [[Frederick William MacMonnies]], [[New York Public Library]].
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[[Category:Recipients of the Royal Gold Medal]]
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[[Category:Fellows of the American Institute of Architects]]
[[Category:Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters]]
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Latest revision as of 00:27, 1 December 2024

Thomas Hastings
Born(1860-03-11)March 11, 1860
New York City, US
DiedOctober 22, 1929(1929-10-22) (aged 69)
Mineola, New York, US
Alma materColumbia University
OccupationArchitect
EmployerCarrère and Hastings

Thomas Hastings (March 11, 1860 – October 22, 1929) was an American architect, and a partner in the firm of Carrère and Hastings (active 1885–1929).

Biography

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He was born in New York City to Thomas Samuel Hastings, a Presbyterian minister, and Fanny de Groot. Hastings came from a colonial Yankee background, his ancestor Thomas Hastings having come from the East Anglia region of England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1634.[1] Hastings's father was president of the Union Theological Seminary. His grandfather, also named Thomas Hastings, was the composer of the hymn Rock of Ages. He married Helen Benedict of Greenwich, Connecticut.[2]

Drawing by Thomas Hastings of the Yale University Quadrangle, New Haven, Connecticut. Carrère and Hastings designed Woolsey Hall and University Commons at Yale, erected 1901–1902

Hastings abandoned his college preparation courses to work with the chief designer at Herter Brothers, the premier New York furnishers and decorators. He later traveled to Paris to study in the atelier of Louis-Jules André, and later returned to the U.S. to found the firm of Carrère and Hastings with John Merven Carrère. Their first major commissions came from a parishioner of Hastings' father, Florida developer Henry Flagler. The partners undertook two hotels for Flagler, the Ponce de Leon Hotel (1885–1888) in St. Augustine, Florida (now part of Flagler College) and the Hotel Alcazar (now the Lightner Museum), followed by a succession of St. Augustine hotels and churches.

The firm's most famous project was the New York Public Library at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. They were also instrumental in creating the profession of urban planning, with Carrére's influential designs for Cleveland, Hartford and Atlantic City. Their varied work included the Manhattan Bridge (1899), the House and Senate Office Buildings in Washington, and Blairsden, and the C. Ledyard Blair estate in Peapack, New Jersey (1896).[3]

After Carrère's death in 1911, Hastings went on to design the Arlington National Cemetery Tomb of the Unknowns and the Henry Clay Frick House on Fifth Avenue, as well as residences for such distinguished names as Guggenheim, duPont, Harriman, even a 'poultry cottage' for William K. Vanderbilt. He also designed the Fort Washington Presbyterian Church (1913).[4] He designed the 435-foot (132.59 m) tall Tower of Jewels, the centerpiece of San Francisco's 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition. After World War I, Hastings designed Kumler Chapel at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio in 1917–18, and designed the American Monument in Meaux, France, that memorialized the defeat of Germany at the Second Battle of the Marne, finally completed in 1932 after Hastings' death.

Hastings was a founding member of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, serving from 1910 to 1917.[5] In 1906, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member, and became a full Academician in 1909.

Hastings outlived the Beaux-Arts world. Though he dressed up the Manhattan Bridge in a Beaux-Arts skin and helped clad conservative office buildings in Roman masonry, he denounced skyscrapers as "bad in style, definitely bad for city traffic and the health of the citizenry".[This quote needs a citation] He felt a zoning law should have been passed to limit their height to a maximum of eight stories as has been done successfully in Paris.

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Notes

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  1. ^ Charles Henry Pope (1897). The Cheney Genealogy. C.H. Pope. p. 32. thomas hastings watertown cheney.
  2. ^ Miss Benedict Married; Becomes the Wife of Thomas Hastings at Greenwich, Conn., The New York Times, 1 May 1900
  3. ^ Mark Alan Hewitt, et al., Carrére and Hastings, Architects (New York, Acanthus Press: 2006).
  4. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  5. ^ Thomas E. Luebke, ed., Civic Art: A Centennial History of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, 2013): Appendix B, p. 540.

References

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  • David Nolan, Fifty Feet in Paradise: The Booming of Florida (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984).
  • Mark Alan Hewitt, Kate Lemos, William Morrison, Charles Warren. Carrére and Hastings, Architects. 2 vols. (New York, Acanthus Press: 2006).
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