Stephen Decatur Hatch (1839–1894) was an American architect known for his buildings in Manhattan, New York City. He primarily designed commercial buildings.
Early life, family and education
Hatch was born in Swanton, Vermont. His father was an inventor.
Career Hatch relocated to New York City, finding employment as a construction inspector."South Street Seaport Museum 213-215 Water Street" Historic American Buildings Survey, #NY-5684 He joined the busy architectural firm of John B. Snook in 1860 as a draftsman.
Hatch left the Snook firm around 1864 to start his own practice. He became the architect of the U.S. War Department, responsible for construction of military posts in New York. His practice began to flourish in 1868.
Personal life and demise
Hatch died in 1894, during the construction of an extension to the headquarters building of the New York Life Insurance Company.
Works Manhattan 213-215 Water Street – warehouse, built 1868 for A.A. Thompson & Co., now part of South Street Seaport Museum, within the South Street Seaport Historic District 118 East 18th Street – built 1868 Gilsey House Hotel – 1200 Broadway, built 1869–1871, converted to residential use 1980, a New York City landmark (1979)NYCLPC p.80
836-838 Broadway – built 1876-1877"836-838 Broadway" on the Endangered Cast-Iron Buildings website Robbins & Appleton Building – manufacturing, built 1879–1880, a New York City landmark (1979)New York City Landmark Preservation Commission, p. 62 Schepp Building – warehouse, 45-53 Hudson Street, built 1880, within the Tribeca North Historic District 165 Duane Street – lofts, built 1881, within the Tribeca West Historic DistrictWhite & Willensky, p.63 Murray Hill Hotel – Park Avenue between 40th and 41st Streets, built 1884, razed 1947 U.S. Army Building – also known as 3 New York Plaza, Water & Whitehall Streets, offices, built 1886White & Willensky, p. 26 168 Duane Street – warehouse, built 1886–1887, within the Tribeca West Historic District,New York City Landmark Preservation Commission, p. 21 Dutch Revival style Manhattan Savings Institutionhttps://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2010/06/manhattan-savings-institute-644.html – also known as Bleecker Tower,"Bleecker Tower" on Wired New York website 644 Broadway, built 1889–1891, within the NoHo Historic District New York City Landmark Preservation Commission, p. 60 Fleming Smith Warehouse – 451-453 Washington Street, built 1891–1892, a New York City landmark (1978)New York City Landmark Preservation Commission, p. 36 Roosevelt Building – lofts, 839-841 Broadway, built 1893White & Willenski, p. 166 Former New York Life Insurance Company Building – also known as the Clock Tower Building, offices, 346 Broadway, built 1894–1895, completed by McKim, Mead & White, a New York City landmark (1987)New York City Landmark Preservation Commission, p. 34 and on the National Register of Historic Places (1982) United States Custom House (now the Federal Hall National Memorial) and the American Surety Building, both located in lower Manhattan.
Elsewhere Methodist Episcopal Church – Madison, New Jersey, built 1870, on the National Register of Historic Places (2008) Jubilee Hall – Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, built 1876, a National Historic Landmark (1974) Laclede Building – St. Louis, Missouri, built 1888"The Gilsey House - 29th and Broadway" Accessed:2010-11-20 Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Rooms 231 & 232 – Washington, D.C., office suite for the U.S. Secretary of War, completed March 1888"History of Rooms 231 and 232" on the White House website Designed State Capitol building in Providence, Rhode Island.
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