Charles T. Mott
Charles T. Mott was an architect in the U.S. He designed many rowhouses in Manhattan, New York City and Halliehurst (1890), for businessman and government official Stephen Benton Elkins who later became a U.S. Senator. Halliehurst is in what is now Elkins, West Virginia[1] and is part of the Davis & Elkins College campus. He also designed an annex to the Seville Hotel building and many West Side Rowhouses in Manhattan, New York City. He was a fellow in the American Institute of Architects.[2]
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Halliehurst and the Davis & Elkins College campus are part of the Davis and Elkins Historic District, a National Historic Landmark.
Halliehurst was completed in 1890 for Elkins. It is a large and elaborate Queen Anne Victorian style building. The exterior os finished mainly in wooden clapboards and stone. Its interior is elaborate with a large main hall and dining room. Halliehurst was given by Hallie Elkins (the widow of Stephen Elkins) to the college, which has used it in a variety of ways.[3]
Mott designed the Romanesque revival townhouses at 246 and 248 West 73rd Street in Manhattan.[4] He also designed 940-946 President Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn. He also designed 325 West 76th Street for Edward Jones one of the founders of Dow Jones & Company[5][6] and 337 West 76th Street (1900).
On the south side of 73rd Street between Broadway and West End Avenue he designed 19 rowhouses, mostly for developer William J. Merritt & Co.[7] He also designed properties at 27, 29, and 31 West 95th Street and 318, 320, 322, 324, 326, 338, 330 and 332 West 77th Street as well as 308, 310, and 312 West 77th Street.[8]
American Architect and Building News ran a feature on his house for Elkins on July 25, 1891.
Mott partnered with Hugo Kafka to form Kofka & Mott from 1893-96.
Halliehurst is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[9]
References
- Highsmith, Carol M. (10 October 2018). "Halliehurst mansion on the campus of Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia". www.loc.gov.
- Gray, Christopher (2008-12-19). "A Wild, Wild Row on the West Side". The New York Times.
- Laura Feller and James H. Charleton (March 7, 1996). "National Historic Landmark Nomination: Davis and Elkins Historic District" (pdf). National Park Service. Cite journal requires
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(help) and Accompanying 43 photos, exterior and interior, from 1996, 1994, and undated. (8.31 MB) - Miller, Tom (5 August 2015). "Daytonian in Manhattan: C. T. Mott's Nos. 246 and 248 West 73rd Street".
- "Upper West Side mansion with home theater, huge roof terrace asks $11.9M". 2018-08-16.
- "Office for Metropolitan History". Archived from the original on 2018-09-16. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
- Miller, Tom (15 October 2015). "Daytonian in Manhattan: Charles Mott's 1889 No. 250 West 73rd Street".
- "Mott, Charles T. Archives - LANDMARK WEST". LANDMARK WEST.
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