Hartwell & Swasey

Academy Building, in 1979

Hartwell & Swasey was a short-lived 19th-century architectural firm in Boston, Massachusetts. ^[1] The partnership between Henry W. Hartwell (1833-1919) and Albert E. Swasey, Jr. lasted from the late-1860s to 1877, when Swasey went on his own. ^[2] In 1881, Hartwell formed a partnership with William C. Richardson – Hartwell and Richardson – that lasted until his death.

Several of Hartwell & Swasey's buildings were designed in Ruskinian Gothic Revival style, featuring polychrome brick and carved stone details. A number of the firm's works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. ^{[3] [4]}

Selected works

• Central Fire Station (1869), Leonard and School Sts. Taunton, Massachusetts (Swasey, A. E., Jr.), NRHP-listed ^[4]
• Central Congregational Church, (1871), 100 Rock Street, Fall River, Massachusetts (Hartwell & Swasey), NRHP-listed ^[4]
• Dr. Harrison A. Tucker Cottage (1872), 42 Ocean Ave. Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts (Hartwell & Swasey), NRHP-listed ^[4]
• Anawan No. 6 Firehouse (1873), North Main Street, Fall River, Massachusetts, NRHP-listed, as part of the Highlands Historic District
• Massasoit Fire House No. 5 (1873), 83 Freedom Street, Fall River, Massachusetts (Hartwell & Swasey), NRHP-listed ^[4]
• Pocasset Firehouse No. 7 (1873), 1058 Pleasant Street, Fall River, Massachusetts (Hartwell & Swasey), NRHP-listed ^[4]
• Quequechan Firehouse (1873), 330 Prospect Street, Fall River, Massachusetts, NRHP-listed, as part of the Highlands Historic District
• William C. Davol Jr. House (1876), 252 High Street, Fall River, Massachusetts (Hartwell & Swasey), NRHP-listed ^[4]
• Academy Building (1876), also known as the Borden Block, on S. Main Street, Fall River, Massachusetts (Hartwell & Swasey), NRHP-listed ^[4]
• Simeon Borden Mansion (1876), 484 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Massachusetts, NRHP-listed, as part of the Highlands Historic District

References

1. Richardson, Henry Hobson (1972). Robert Bell Rettig (ed.). Architecture of H.H. Richardson and his contemporaries in Boston and vicinity. Society of Architectural Historians. p. 12.
2. James F. O'Gorman, On the Boards: Drawings by Nineteenth-century Boston Architects (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1989), p.111.
3. Fall River MRA
4. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.