Henry H. Kendall

For other people named Henry Kendall, see Henry Kendall (disambiguation).

Henry Hubbard Kendall (March 4, 1855 – February 28, 1943) was an American architect from Boston, Massachusetts.^[1] He wrote a letter to the U.S. Civil Service commission critiquing the low pay for government architects.^[2] Kendall was the senior partner in the firm Kendall, Taylor & Company. Several of his or the firm's works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, for their architectural merit.

Henry Hubbard Kendall FAIA
Born	March 4, 1855 New Braintree, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	February 28, 1943 (1943-03-01) (aged 87) Newton Centre, Massachusetts, U.S.
Education	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1875)
Occupation	Architect
18th President of the American Institute of Architects
In office 1920–1922
Preceded by	Thomas Rogers Kimball
Succeeded by	William Baker Faville

Kendall & Taylor was an architecture firm formed in 1908 by Henry H. Kendall and Bertrand E. Taylor. The firm did work in Durham, North Carolina.

Biography

Kendall was born March 4, 1855, in New Braintree, Massachusetts.^[3] He graduated with a degree in architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at the age of 20.^[3]

He was the senior partner at Kendall & Stevens in Boston with Edward F. Stevens (1890–95); and then Kendall, Taylor, and Stevens (1895–1909) with Stevens and Bertrand E. Taylor. He also formed Kendall, Stevens, and Lee (1909–12) (with Frederick Clare Lee).^[4]

He was a fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and served as the group's president from 1920 to 1922.^[5]

He died February 28, 1943, at his home in Newton Centre, Massachusetts.^[3][6]

Works

Works (with attribution) include:

• Belchertown State School, 30 State St., Belchertown, Massachusetts (Kendall, Taylor & Co.), NRHP-listed
• Westborough State Hospital, along Lyman St. N of Chauncy Lake and jct. of South St. and MA 9, Westborough, Massachusetts (Kendall, Taylor & Stevens), NRHP-listed
• White Memorial Building, 109 Main St., Houlton, Maine (Kendall, Taylor & Stevens), NRHP-listed^[7]
• Wrentham State School, Jct. of Emerald and North Sts., Wrentham, Massachusetts (Kendall & Taylor), NRHP-listed
• Contributing property Beech Hill Summer Home District, Harrisville, New Hampshire (Kendall, Taylor & Stevens), NRHP-listed
• John Sprunt Hill House, 900 S. Duke St., Durham, North Carolina (Kendall & Taylor), NRHP-listed
• Watts Hospital, Broad St. and Club Blvd., Durham, North Carolina (Kendall & Taylor), NRHP-listed
• A contributing property in the Watts-Hillandale Historic District, Durham, North Carolina (Kendall and Taylor), NRHP-listed
• One or more works in Beech Hill Summer Home District, Harrisville, New Hampshire (Kendall, Taylor & Stevens), NRHP-listed
• Massachusetts Mental Health Center, 74 Fenwood Rd., Boston, Massachusetts (Kendall, Taylor & Co.), NRHP-listed
• Watts Hospital, Broad St. and Club Blvd., Durham, North Carolina (Kendall & Taylor), NRHP-listed
• One or more works in Watts-Hillandale Historic District, Durham, North Carolina (Kendall and Taylor), NRHP-listed