Harry Livingston French

Harry Livingston French was born at Plymouth, Pennsylvania, on November 21, 1871, the son of Samuel Livingston French and his wife, Harriet Seville Turner.[1] French attended Cornell University, where he was editor of The Cornellian (Cornell's annual yearbook), a member of the junior honorary society Aleph Samach, and a member of the senior honor society Sphinx Head. He also joined the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and through that organization became a member of the Irving Literary Society. He graduated in 1894 with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture.[2]

In 1897, French and the Canadian-born architect Frederick McCormick formed McCormick & French, an architectural partnership based in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Their built works include the interior of the Luzerne County Courthouse, the Nesbitt Theater, and several banks, including the 1906 Second National Bank, considered by some to be Wilkes-Barre's first skyscraper.[3] French was also a member of the Architectural League of New York.

On June 28, 1910, French married Anne Lee Worden of Wilkes-Barre. Their son, Livingston Paine French, was born at Wilkes-Barre on May 6, 1911.

Harry Livingston French died at New York City on January 16, 1928.[4] His business partner, Frederick McCormick died on September 2, 1929.[5]

Among the completed buildings of French's firm, McCormick & French, are the following:

• The Stegmaier Brewing Company; Wash House, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (built 1896).[6]
• Nesbitt Theater, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (completed October 1897).[7]
• Hotel Oneonta, Harveys Lake, Pennsylvania (built 1898; destroyed by fire in 1919).
• The Stegmaier Brewing Company; Wagon Shed, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (built 1899).[8]
• The Hospital for the Insane, later called Retreat State Hospital, Newport Township, Pennsylvania (completed 1900).[9]
• The Stegmaier Brewing Company; Stables, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (built 1901).[10]
• The Sisters of Christian Charity, Holy Family Convent, Danville, Pennsylvania (built 1902).[11]
• The Stegmaier Brewing Company; Bottling House, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (built 1902).[12]
• The Hospital for the Insane (Additional Wings), Newport Township, Pennsylvania (built 1905).
• The Stegmaier Brewing Company; Bottling House Addition, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (built 1905).[13]
• Hotel Redington, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (built 1906).[14]
• The Derr Apartment House, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (built 1906).[15]
• Second Central High School, Plymouth, Pennsylvania (built 1906).[16]
• The Stegmaier Brewing Company; Cold Storage Building, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (built 1907).[17]
• Plymouth National Bank, Plymouth, Pennsylvania (built 1907).[18]
• First Eastern Bank, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (built 1907).[19]
• The Hazard Wire Rope Works (power plant, rope mill and warehouse), Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (built 1907).[20]
• Armory, National Guard of PA, Pittston, Pennsylvania (dedicated February 7, 1907).
• Armory, National Guard of PA, Columbia, Pennsylvania (dedicated March 13, 1907).
• Armory, National Guard of PA, Easton, Pennsylvania (dedicated October 17, 1907).
• The Bennett & Phelps Apartment House, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (built 1907).[21]
• Armory, National Guard of PA, Pine Grove, Pennsylvania (built 1908).
• Armory, National Guard of PA, Williamsport, Pennsylvania (built 1908).
• Interior, Luzerne County Court House, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (built 1909).[22]
• Trucksville M.E. Church, Trucksville, Pennsylvania (built 1910).[23]
• The YWCA Building, Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (dedicated October 12, 1910).
• Armory, National Guard of PA, Co. B, 8th Regiment, Tamaqua, Pennsylvania (built ca 1910).
• Armory, National Guard of PA, Honesdale, Pennsylvania (built 1911).[24]
• The Susquehanna Coal Co. Office Building, Main Street, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania (dedicated May 1, 1911).
• First National Bank, Plymouth, Pennsylvania (built 1915).[25]
• St. Mary's R.C. Church, Berwick, Pennsylvania (dedicated July 1917).[26]
• Nesbitt Memorial Hospital, Kingston, Pennsylvania (completed 1929).[27]

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  Hotel Oneonta Harveys Lake, Pennsylvania (built 1898).
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  Hotel Oneonta Harveys Lake, Pennsylvania (built 1898).
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  Holy Family Convent, Danville, Pennsylvania (built 1902).
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  The Hotel Redington in Wilkes-Barre, PA (built 1906).
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  The Second National Bank in Wilkes-Barre, PA (built 1906).
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  The Central High School in Plymouth, PA (built 1906).
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  Plymouth National Bank, Plymouth, PA (built 1907).
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  Armory, Columbia, Pennsylvania (dedicated 1907).
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  Armory, Easton, Pennsylvania (built 1907).
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  Armory, Tamaqua, Pennsylvania (built about 1910).
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  The YWCA Building in Wilkes-Barre, PA (built 1910).
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  Armory, Honesdale, Pennsylvania (built in 1910).
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  The First National Bank in Plymouth, PA (built 1915).
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  Nesbitt Memorial Hospital, Kingston, Pennsylvania (completed 1929).

Architecture of Plymouth, Pennsylvania

• Harry Livingston French at Find a Grave