W.S. Hull

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William Sharkey Hull
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W. S. Hull, circa 1907
Born(1848-04-03)April 3, 1848
Jackson, Mississippi
DiedAugust 4, 1924(1924-08-04) (aged 76)
Jackson, Mississippi
NationalityAmerican
OccupationArchitect

William S. Hull (1848-1924) was an architect based in Jackson, Mississippi who designed over twenty county courthouses in the American South.

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Life and career

William Sharkey Hull was born April 3, 1848, in Jackson to John T. Hull and Anna M. (Blair) Hull. He attended the Jackson public schools, and in 1865 became a telegraph operator for the Western Union Telegraph Company. In 1876 he changed professions, joining his elder brother Francis Blair Hull's contracting company, established two years earlier. They formed a partnership, F. B. & W. S. Hull, which quickly developed a specialty in public buildings. [1] By the 1880s, the younger Hull had emerged as an architect, having learned on the job. In 1887 he was admitted to the Western Association of Architects, which merged with the American Institute of Architects in 1889. [2] He may have been the first Mississippi architect to be a member of the AIA. The brothers dissolved their partnership in 1904, and W. S. Hull opened his own office as an architect. He practiced for at least ten more years.

Personal life

Hull lived in Alabama during part of the 1880s and 1890s. He was involved in the incorporation of Sheffield, Alabama in 1885, and served as an alderman for five years. In 1893 he was appointed commissioner from Alabama to the World's Columbian Exposition by President Benjamin Harrison. He was an amateur inventor, and experimented with flying machines. [1]

The architect Emmett J. Hull was his nephew and worked for Hull before opening his own office.

Hull died August 4, 1924, in Jackson. [2]

Legacy

Hull's buildings were designed in the popular styles of his times. Until about 1903 most of his buildings were designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, and afterwards in the Beaux-Arts style. [3] He was instrumental in the preservation of the Mississippi Governor's Mansion, then at risk of demolition. [4] He built at least twenty courthouses, spread over five southern states. [1]

Although many of his major buildings have been demolished, others survive and have been listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places, with others contribute to listed historic districts.

Architectural works

Notes

  1. ↑ A contributing property to the Magnolia Commercial Historic District, NRHP-listed in 2008.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Hull, William S." in Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form , ed. Dunbar Rowland, vol. 3 (Atlanta: Southern Historical Publishing Company, 1907): 362-363.
  2. 1 2 W. S. Hull
  3. 1 2 Jefferson Davis County Courthouse NRHP Registration Form (1994)
  4. ↑ "From the Archives: W.S. Hull's Report on the Governor's Mansion". Preservation in Mississippi. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  5. ↑ John Deacon, "Pike County," American Courthouses.
  6. ↑ John Deacon, "Winn Parish," American Courthouses.
  7. ↑ Benjamin Brad Dison, Bienville Parish (Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2014)
  8. ↑ Llano County Courthouse and Jail NRHP Registration Form (1977)
  9. ↑ E. Barry Gray, Victorian Texas Courthouses and County Histories in Post Cards (2017)
  10. ↑ Austin County Jail NRHP Registration Form (1980)
  11. ↑ John Deacon, "Clarke County," American Courthouses.
  12. ↑ John Deacon, "Greene County," American Courthouses.
  13. ↑ "Contracting News" in Engineering Record 41, no. 24 (June 16, 1900): 582.
  14. ↑ John Deacon, "Grant Parish," American Courthouses.
  15. ↑ "Construction News" in Engineering News 46, no. 12 (September 19, 1901): 92.
  16. ↑ John Deacon, "Bibb County," American Courthouses.
  17. ↑ "Building Intelligence" in American Architect and Building News 77, no. 1391 (August 23, 1902): x.
  18. ↑ John Deacon, "Sharkey County," American Courthouses.
  19. ↑ Tallahatchie County Second District Courthouse NRHP Registration Form (2007)
  20. ↑ Ayer Hall NRHP Registration Form (1977)
  21. ↑ "Building Notes" in Manufacturers Record 44, no. 15 (October 29, 1903): 294.
  22. ↑ John Deacon, "Perry County," American Courthouses.
  23. ↑ Magnolia Commercial Historic District NRHP Registration Form (2008)
  24. ↑ John Deacon, "Forrest County," American Courthouses.
  25. ↑ John Deacon, "Choctaw County," American Courthouses.
  26. ↑ Covington County Courthouse NRHP Registration Form (1991)
  27. ↑ Richard Campanella, The West Bank of Greater New Orleans: A Historical Geography (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2020)
  28. ↑ Old Noxubee County Jail NRHP Registration Form (1979)
  29. ↑ "Building Notes" in Manufacturers Record 51, no. 11 (March 28, 1907): 323.
  30. ↑ "Building Notes" in Manufacturers Record 51, no. 14 (April 18, 1907): 423.
  31. ↑ "Building Notes" in Manufacturers Record 51, no. 13 (April 11, 1907): 390.
  32. ↑ "Industrial and Construction News" in Tradesman 65, no. 17 (April 27, 1911): 51.
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