| Hawk & Parr | |
|---|---|
| Practice information | |
| Founders | J. W. Hawk; J. O. Parr |
| Founded | 1914 |
| Location | Oklahoma City |
Hawk & Parr was an American architectural firm active in Oklahoma City. It was formed in 1914 as the merger of the offices of architects J. W. Hawk and J. O. Parr. After the retirement of Hawk in 1932 and the death of Parr in 1940, it was led by Parr's son into the 1980s.
Hawk & Parr was formed in 1914 as the partnership of architects J. W. Hawk and J. O. Parr. Hawk had been in practice in Oklahoma City since 1899, Parr since 1910. [1] Hawk retired from practice in 1932, but Parr continued to practice under the Hawk & Parr name until his death in 1930. [1]
After Parr's death, the firm was reorganized as Parr, Frye & Aderhold by William G. Parr, his son, Harvey D. Frye and George Aderhold. [2] In 1941 it became Parr & Aderhold. Aderhold withdrew from the firm in 1961 to become architectural director for the Federal Bureau of Prisons. [3] Parr briefly worked alone before forming the partnership of Parr & Watkins with Dudley Watkins in 1962. [4] Parr returned to independent practice in 1967. [5] He practiced into the 1980s and died in 1994. [6]
James Watson Hawk (March 26, 1864 – December 21, 1947) was born in Kenton, Ohio, to Jacob Hawk and Mary A. Hawk, née Cambell. Circa 1869 the family moved to Kirksville, Missouri, where Jacob Hawk worked as an architect and builder. Hawk was educated in the Kirksville public schools and at the First District Normal School, now Truman State University. He was trained as an architect in offices in Omaha, Nebraska and in Kansas City and St. Joseph, Missouri. He settled in Oklahoma City in 1899. [7]
Before forming Hawk & Parr, Hawk practiced independently and as a member of four other partnerships. The first, Hawk & Van Meter, was formed in 1902 with George W. Van Meter, a recent graduate of the University of Illinois. [8] This was dissolved in 1904. [9] The second, Hawk & Wells, was formed in early 1905 with William A. Wells. This was dissolved when Wells was appointed building commissioner in July. [10] The third, Hawk & Collignon, was formed in early 1907 with George W. Collignon of Birmingham, Alabama. [11] This, too, was dissolved before the end of the year. In 1909 Hawk combined his office with that of Layton & Smith, forming Layton, Wemyss-Smith & Hawk, commonly known as Layton, Smith & Hawk. [12] With this firm, Hawk completed the Beckham County Courthouse (1911) in Sayre. This was dissolved in 1911. [13] He then practiced independently until joining Parr.
Hawk was married in 1892 to Harriet E. Coffey in Albany, Missouri. They had one child, a daughter. [7] Mrs. Hawk died in 1930, shortly before his retirement. In retirement Hawk briefly lived in Arkansas and Louisiana before returning to Oklahoma City. About the time of the outbreak of World War II he moved into the Masonic Home for the Aged in Guthrie, the building of which had been completed by Hawk & Parr in 1926. He died there at the age of 83. [14]
Josephus Overton ParrAIA (February 17, 1877 – January 26, 1940) was born in rural Denton County, Texas to Josephus Constantine Parr, a farmer and Confederate veteran, and Elizabeth Parr, née Bridges. [15] He was educated at the North Texas Normal College, now the University of North Texas, [16] and at the Armour Institute, now the Illinois Institute of Technology. Parr joined the office of architect E. C. Smith in Denison. In 1905 he became a partner in the firm of Smith & Parr and opened a second office for the firm in McAlester, Oklahoma. [17] The partners moved to Oklahoma City in 1910. [18] The work of this firm includes Troutt Hall (1911) of the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma and the Winfield Public Carnegie Library (1912) in Winfield, Kansas. Circa 1912 the partnership was dissolved, and Parr continued alone until joining Hawk.
Parr was married in 1907 to Ida Gamble in McLean. [19] They had five children, two sons and three daughters. He was a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and local fraternal organizations. He died in Oklahoma City at the age of 62, following complications from a fall. [20] [21]
The firm designed many buildings that are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Its Mission/Spanish Revival style Casa Grande Hotel, for example, was built in 1928 and was listed on the National Register in 1995. [22]
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