1. Addison Hutton was a Philadelphia architect who designed prominent residences in Philadelphia and its suburbs, plus courthouses, hospitals, and libraries, including the Ridgway Library, now Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Addison Hutton made major additions to the campuses of Westtown School, George School, Swarthmore College, Bryn Mawr College, Haverford College, and Lehigh University.
Addison Hutton grew up in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh.
Addison Hutton was the son of Joel Hutton, a Quaker carpenter, and Ann Mains.
Addison Hutton studied architecture with Samuel Sloan, a leading Philadelphia architect and author of books on house designs.
Addison Hutton supervised construction of the Sloan-designed Longwood in Natchez, Mississippi, until construction was abandoned during the American Civil War, stranding Hutton, a pacifist, in the Deep South.
Addison Hutton became Sloan's partner in 1864 and was able to bring numerous commissions to their office due to his Quaker connections.
Addison Hutton was one of nine architects who submitted designs, and he was expelled from the AIA in February 1902.
On October 10,1865, Addison married Rebecca W Savery, daughter of William Savery and Elizabeth H Cresson.
In 1876, Addison Hutton built a house for his family in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, near those of several of his clients.
Addison Hutton died on June 26,1916, and was buried at Short Creek Meeting House in Jefferson County, Ohio.