Edward Hughes Glidden (1873 – May 2, 1924) was a
Baltimore
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-based architect of many residential apartment buildings and commercial structures including the
Sydenham Hospital
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History
Sydenham opened in 1892, occupying nine houses on 116th Street near 2 ...
and the
Furness-Withy Building.
History
Glidden was born in 1873.
His father was
William Pierce Glidden, the founder of the
Glidden Varnish Company. Going against his father, he studied in
Paris, France
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from 1908 to 1912, in order to become an architect. He returned to
Baltimore, Maryland
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and established an office in the city. In the process, he began a partnership with
Clyde Nelson Friz
Clyde Nelson Friz (1867–1942) was an architect in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, who was active in his field from 1900 until his death in 1942. He is noted for designing the main Enoch Pratt Free Library Branch, the Scottish Rite Temple with Joh ...
, creating the firm Glidden & Friz. During their partnership, he designed
apartment
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houses such as
Tudor Hall Apartments,
Calvert Court Apartments,
Canterbury Hall Apartments,
Homewood Apartments, and Essex Hall.
He also designed Furness-Withy Building (also called the "
Furness House"),
Sydenham Hospital for Communicable Diseases,
Latrobe Building, and
The Esplanade with Friz, before their partnership ended in 1922.
After their partnership ended, and before his death, he partnered with
Hubert Upjohn and entered a competition to design new buildings for
Baltimore City College
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.
Before his partnership with Friz, he designed buildings in Baltimore such as
Mount Royal Apartments,
Earl Court Apartments
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, the
Washington Apartments,
Rochambeau Apartments, and
Marlborough Apartments.
He used the names "E. H. Glidden" or "Edward M. Glidden" during his professional work.
He died on May 2, 1924
and was buried in
Druid Ridge Cemetery
Druid Ridge Cemetery is located in Pikesville, Maryland, just outside the city of Baltimore.
Among its monuments and graves are several noted sculptures by Hans Schuler and the final resting places of:
*Felix Agnus, American Civil War general a ...
in
Pikesville, Maryland
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.
Personal life
He had two children,
Edward Hughes Glidden Jr. (1901–1975) and
Pauline Glidden (1903–1968), with
Pauline Boucher Hughes,
both of whom were born in Baltimore. His son, Edward, would also become an architect.
[ Partial list of Edward Sr.'s buildings is on page 45.]
References
External links
Characteristic Examples of the Work of Edward Hughes Glidden, A. A. I. A. University of Baltimore
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19th-century American architects
1873 births
1924 deaths
20th-century American architects
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