Guy Tilden (May 11, 1858 – August, 6, 1929)[1] was a Canton, Ohio, United States Architect during the late 19th and early 20th century. Several of his structures are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Guy Tilden | |
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Born | |
Died | August 6, 1929 | (aged 71)
Resting place | West Lawn Cemetery |
Occupation | Architect |
Guy Tilden was born in Youngstown, Ohio on May 11, 1858.[2] He married Belle La Grande Sanford on November 21, 1880[2] and moved to Alliance, and then to Canton in 1883.[3] He and his wife had four children.[2] Over the next decades, until the mid-1920s, he was Canton's premier architect.[4] In 1889 he was named a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.[5] Guy Tilden died August, 1929.[6] He was buried at West Lawn Cemetery[1] A listing of some of the structures he designed follows
Structures
editNational Register of Historic Places
editTilden designed numerous structures in Canton, Ohio, which were reviewed in a study that nominated many of them for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places.[7]
All located in Canton
- Bender's Restaurant-Belmont Buffet[8]
- Canton Public Library[9]
- Case Mansion[10]
- Harry E. Fife House[11]
- Harvard Company-Weber Dental Manufacturing Company[12]
- Hotel Courtland[13]
- Brooke and Anna E. Martin House[14]
- Trinity Lutheran Church[15]
Others
edit- Congress Lake Clubhouse - Lake Township[16]
- Lions Lincoln Theater - Massillon[17]
- Seventh Street Bridge (since replaced) - Canton[18]
- Dueber-Hampden Watch Factory - Canton[6]
- Seneca Street School - Alliance[19]
- Hotel McKinley - Canton[20]
- Dime Savings Bank - Canton[21]
- F.E. Case Building - Canton[22]
- William E. Sherlock Residence - Canton[23]
- A.M. Dueber Residence - Canton[24]
- Harry Harper Ink Residence - Canton[25]
- Northeast and Southwest YMCA - Canton[26]
Notes
edit- ^ a b "Ohio Death Records - Guy Tilden". Familysearch.com. Retrieved 2015-12-31.
- ^ a b c Barbour, Fannie Cooley Williams (1910). Spelman Genealogy: The English ancestry and American descendants of Richard Spelman of Middletown, Connecticut 1700. Frank Allaben Genealogical Company. p. 459.
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- ^ Johannsen, p. 126.
- ^ Johannsen, p. 124.
- ^ AIACoF
- ^ a b Johannsen, p. 141.
- ^ Ruth Whitticar; Amy Shriver; Jeff Brown (July 1986). "Guy Tilden Thematic Resources/ Architecture of Guy Tilden in Canton 1885-19O5".
- ^ Bender's Restaurant-Belmont Buffet, Ohio Historical Society, 2007
- ^ Canton Public Library, Ohio Historical Society, 2007
- ^ Case Mansion, Ohio Historical Society, 2007
- ^ Fife, Harry E., House, Ohio Historical Society, 2007
- ^ Harvard Company--Weber Dental Manufacturing Company, Ohio Historical Society, 2007
- ^ Hotel Courtland, Ohio Historical Society, 2007
- ^ Martin, Brooke and Anna E. House, Ohio Historical Society, 2007
- ^ Trinity Lutheran Church, Ohio Historical Society, 2007
- ^ The Heritage of Congress Lake Club 2006
- ^ Lincoln Theater Archived 2012-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Historic Bridges of the United States
- ^ Johannsen, p. 127.
- ^ Johannsen, p. 129.
- ^ Johannsen, p. 135.
- ^ Johannsen, p. 136.
- ^ Johannsen, p. 137.
- ^ Johannsen, p. 138.
- ^ Johannsen, p. 139.
- ^ Johannsen, p. 140.
References
edit- Johannsen, Eric. "The Architectural Legacy of Guy Tilden of Canton". Ohio History. 82: 124–141.