Introduction
Hobart Upjohn (1876–1949) was an American architect, best known for designing a number of ecclesiastical and educational structures in New York and in North Carolina. He also designed a number of significant private homes. His firm produced a total of about 150 projects, a third of which were in North Carolina.
He was born in New York City in 1876, a son of Richard M. Upjohn (1828–1903) and grandson of Richard Upjohn (1802–1878). He received a degree in mechanical engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology in 1899. He worked in his father's firm until 1903 and then opened his own practice in 1905. He entered a partnership with George W. Conable (1866–1933) in 1908. That partnership ended in 1914. One of the works produced by the partnership was the 1909 Rye Town Park-Bathing Complex and Oakland Beach, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. He closed his practice in 1945 and died in 1949.
A number of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Notable works
- Chapel of the Cross (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York
- Mead Memorial Chapel
- Roanoke Rapids High School, 800 Hamilton St., Roanoke Rapids, NC (Upjohn,Hobart Brown), NRHP-listed
- St. Athanasius Episcopal Church and Parish House and the Church of the Holy Comforter, Burlington, North Carolina
- Christ Episcopal Church, 120 E. Edenton St., Raleigh, NC (Upjohn,Hobart), NRHP-listed
- Church of St. Joseph of Arimathea, 2172 Saw Mill River Rd., Greenburgh, NY (Upjohn, Hobart), NRHP-listed
- First Presbyterian Church, Ann and Bow Sts., Fayetteville, NC (Upjohn,Hobart), NRHP-listed
- First Presbyterian Church, 125 S. 3rd St., Wilmington, NC
- Mead Memorial Chapel, 2 Chapel Rd., Lewisboro, NY (Upjohn, Hobart B.), NRHP-listed
- All Saints Episcopal Church (1917) in the Roanoke Rapids Historic District, Roanoke Rapids, NC
- Scarsdale Woman's Club, 37 Drake Rd., Scarsdale, NY (Upjohn, Hobart), NRHP-listed
- St. Athanasius Episcopal Church and Parish House and the Church of the Holy Comforter, 300 E. Webb Ave. and 320 E. Davis St., Burlington, NC (Upjohn,Hobart), NRHP-listed
- St. Catherine's School, 6001 Grove Ave., Richmond, VA (Upjohn, Hobart), NRHP-listed
- St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 68 Bedford Rd., Katonah, New York (Upjohn, Hobart B.), NRHP-listed
- Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Greensboro, North Carolina
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- Thomas R. Butchko (May 1998). "Roanoke Rapids Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.