Hartwell & Swasey was a short-lived 19th-century architectural firm in Boston, Massachusetts. The partnership between Henry W. Hartwell (1833-1919) and Albert E. Swasey, Jr. lasted from the late-1860s to 1877, when Swasey went on his own.James F. O'Gorman, On the Boards: Drawings by Nineteenth-century Boston Architects (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1989), p.111. In 1881, Hartwell formed a partnership with William C. Richardson – Hartwell and Richardson – that lasted until his death.
Several of Hartwell & Swasey's buildings were designed in Ruskinian Gothic Revival style, featuring polychrome brick and carved stone details. A number of the firm's works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Selected works Central Fire Station (1869), Leonard and School Sts. Taunton, Massachusetts (Swasey, A. E., Jr.), NRHP-listed Central Congregational Church, (1871), 100 Rock Street, Fall River, Massachusetts (Hartwell & Swasey), NRHP-listed Dr. Harrison A. Tucker Cottage (1872), 42 Ocean Ave. Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts (Hartwell & Swasey), NRHP-listed Anawan No. 6 Firehouse (1873), North Main Street, Fall River, Massachusetts, NRHP-listed, as part of the Highlands Historic District Massasoit Fire House No. 5 (1873), 83 Freedom Street, Fall River, Massachusetts (Hartwell & Swasey), NRHP-listed Pocasset Firehouse No. 7 (1873), 1058 Pleasant Street, Fall River, Massachusetts (Hartwell & Swasey), NRHP-listed Quequechan Firehouse (1873), 330 Prospect Street, Fall River, Massachusetts, NRHP-listed, as part of the Highlands Historic District William C. Davol Jr. House (1876), 252 High Street, Fall River, Massachusetts (Hartwell & Swasey), NRHP-listed Academy Building (1876), also known as the Borden Block, on S. Main Street, Fall River, Massachusetts (Hartwell & Swasey), NRHP-listed Simeon Borden Mansion (1876), 484 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Massachusetts, NRHP-listed, as part of the Highlands Historic District
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