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
Born(1858-05-11)May 11, 1858
DiedAugust 6, 1929(1929-08-06) (aged 71)
Resting placeWest Lawn Cemetery
OccupationArchitect
Lions Lincoln Theater, Massillon, Ohio

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

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National Register of Historic Places

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Tilden 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]

 
Canton Public Library

All located in Canton

Others

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Dueber-Hampden Watch Factory, Drawn by Henry Howe
  • 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

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  1. ^ a b "Ohio Death Records - Guy Tilden". Familysearch.com. Retrieved 2015-12-31.
  2. ^ 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. guy tilden.
  3. ^ Johannsen, p. 126.
  4. ^ Johannsen, p. 124.
  5. ^ AIACoF
  6. ^ a b Johannsen, p. 141.
  7. ^ Ruth Whitticar; Amy Shriver; Jeff Brown (July 1986). "Guy Tilden Thematic Resources/ Architecture of Guy Tilden in Canton 1885-19O5".
  8. ^ Bender's Restaurant-Belmont Buffet, Ohio Historical Society, 2007
  9. ^ Canton Public Library, Ohio Historical Society, 2007
  10. ^ Case Mansion, Ohio Historical Society, 2007
  11. ^ Fife, Harry E., House, Ohio Historical Society, 2007
  12. ^ Harvard Company--Weber Dental Manufacturing Company, Ohio Historical Society, 2007
  13. ^ Hotel Courtland, Ohio Historical Society, 2007
  14. ^ Martin, Brooke and Anna E. House, Ohio Historical Society, 2007
  15. ^ Trinity Lutheran Church, Ohio Historical Society, 2007
  16. ^ The Heritage of Congress Lake Club 2006
  17. ^ Lincoln Theater Archived 2012-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
  18. ^ Historic Bridges of the United States
  19. ^ Johannsen, p. 127.
  20. ^ Johannsen, p. 129.
  21. ^ Johannsen, p. 135.
  22. ^ Johannsen, p. 136.
  23. ^ Johannsen, p. 137.
  24. ^ Johannsen, p. 138.
  25. ^ Johannsen, p. 139.
  26. ^ Johannsen, p. 140.

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