S. Wesley Haynes (1892–1983) was an American architect from Massachusetts.
Life Wesley Haynes was born in Leominster in 1892. He attended the schools in that town, later moving to Boston to continue his education there. He worked as a draftsman for Peabody & Stearns, Allen & Collens, and others. In 1918 he returned to Leominster to open his own office, moving it to Fitchburg in 1920. In 1921 he and Harold E. Mason, an architect formerly of Keene, New Hampshire, formed a partnership, Haynes & Mason.Architectural Forum July 1921: 44. By 1932 Mason was working semi-independently from an office in Leominster, and in 1933 they split completely. Haynes then established the firm of S. W. Haynes & Associates, which remained active until 1962.Fitchburg (MA) Sentinel 27 Oct. 1962: 6. Upon the new year, the firm was reestablished as Haynes, Lieneck & Smith. Haynes died in 1983, but the office, relocated to Ashby in the 1980s, remains active.
He designed buildings in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Connecticut, several of which have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Architecture For the first decade and a half of his career, Haynes primarily designed his buildings in the Colonial Revival style. He designed a number of major buildings in this style, including the Community Memorial Hospital and the Randall Hotel. After 1935, he switched to the Art Deco style, though only briefly. In this style, he designed the Anthony Building on the Fitchburg State campus, the high school at Uxbridge, and the Latchis Hotel in Brattleboro, Vermont. After the beginning of the war he gradually transitioned to the International Style, thus embracing modernism. His Burbank Hospital School of Nursing dates from this period, as is the Peter Noyes School in Sudbury.
For the rest of his career, his and his firm's works were in the Modernist manner. Large educational complexes of this era include the high schools at Saugus, East Longmeadow, Lincoln-Sudbury Regional, and North Andover. Some of Haynes' schools departed from their stripped-down aesthetic to include some more expressive detail, as at Mendon's former Nipmuc Regional High School, and at the fire station in Shirley. These details were probably due to the influence of Paul Lieneck.
In 1966 the office had the chance to design one last major Colonial Revival-influenced work. Calvin Coolidge College, a small Boston school associated with the New England School of Law, had decided on a move out of the city to rural Ashburnham."Hub's Calvin Coolidge College Will Be Relocated To Area". Fitchburg (MA) Sentinel 19 May 1966: 1. However, the plans fell through, and the school ceased operations in 1968. The proposed site is today a residential subdivision.
List of works
S. W. Haynes, 1918-1921 1919 - Pierce School (Remodeling), 593 Main St, Leominster, Massachusetts"Pierce School". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web.
Haynes & Mason, 1921-1933 1923 - Randall Hotel, 2760 White Mountain Hwy, North Conway, New HampshireAmerican Contractor 25 Dec. 1922: 46. 1927 - Teaticket School, 340 Teaticket Hwy, Falmouth, Massachusetts 1928 - Gardner Court House, 115 Pleasant St, Gardner, Massachusetts"Gardner Court House and Police Department". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web. 1928 - Groton High School, 145 Main St, Groton, Massachusetts"Groton High School". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web. 1928 - Nashoba Cold Storage Warehouse, 81 Central Ave, Ayer, MassachusettsIron Age 1928: 1661. 1929 - Central Fire Station, 399 Main St, Falmouth, Massachusetts 1929 - Community Memorial Hospital, 15 Winthrop Ave, Ayer, Massachusetts 1929 - Springfield High School (Remodeling), Park St, Springfield, VermontEngineering News-Record 1929: 91. 1930 - Middle Haddam School, 12 Schoolhouse Lane, Middle Haddam, Connecticut. "“School Building Inspection Reports.” Connecticut State Archives, Connecticut State Library. Education, Department of, 1845-1997 (RG 010) Box 8. School Building Inspection Reports. Folder – East Hampton. 1931 - Shepardson School, Whittemore Rd, Middlebury, ConnecticutMiddlebury Center Historic District NRHP Nomination. 1985. 1933 - Rye School, Washington Rd, Rye, New Hampshire.Engineering News-Record Feb. 1933: 63. *1933 Horace C. Hurlbutt Jr School Weston, Ct
S. W. Haynes & Associates, 1933-1962 1934 - Anthony Building, Fitchburg State University, Fitchburg, MassachusettsIron Age 1934: 66. 1935 - Abington High School, 1071 Washington St, Abington, MassachusettsBridgemen's Magazine 1935: 750. 1935 - Stonington High School, Field St, Pawcatuck, ConnecticutBridgemen's Magazine 1935: 678. Highly altered 1935 - Uxbridge High School, Capron St, Uxbridge, MassachusettsBridgemen's Magazine 1935: 679. 1938 - Latchis Hotel, 50 Main St, Brattleboro, VermontNaylor, David. Great American Movie Theaters. 1987. 1938 - Center School, 65 Thaxter Ave, Abington, MassachusettsEngineering News-Record 3 Nov. 1938: 51. 1938 - New Braintree School, Utley Rd, New Braintree, Massachusetts"New Braintree Grade School". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web. 1938 - North School, 171 Adams St, North Abington, Massachusetts 1939 - Maj. Howard W. Beal Memorial High School (Old), 1 Maple Ave, Shrewsbury, MassachusettsEngineering News-Record 7 Sept. 1939: 19. 1945 - Burbank Hospital School of Nursing (The Highlands), 335 Nichols St, Fitchburg, MassachusettsEngineering News-Record 1945: 216. 1946 - Lancaster Memorial School (Old), 39 Harvard Rd, Lancaster, MassachusettsEngineering News-Record 1946: 200. 1946 - Bryn Mawr Elementary School, Swanson Rd, Auburn, MassachusettsEngineering News-Record 1946: 132. 1948 - F. W. Woolworth Building, 430 Main St, Fitchburg, Massachusetts"Erection of Steel Work for New Store". Fitchburg (MA) Sentinel 22 April 1948: 7. 1949 - Peter Noyes Elementary School, 280 Old Sudbury Rd, Sudbury, MassachusettsTown Report: Sudbury, Massachusetts, 1950. 1951. 1951 - Birchland Park Junior High School, Mapleshade Ave, East Longmeadow, Massachusetts"Birchland Park Junior High School". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web. Demolished 1952 - Acton High School (Old) and Blanchard Auditorium, 16 Charter Rd, Acton, Massachusetts1952 Annual Reports for the Year Ending December 31st: Town of Acton, Massachusetts. 1953. 1953 - Saugus High School, Pearce Memorial Dr, Saugus, MassachusettsEngineering News-Record 1953: 39. 1953 - Terminal, Fitchburg Municipal Airport, Fitchburg, Massachusetts"Fitchburg Municipal Airport - Administration Bldg". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web. 1956 - East Longmeadow High School, Maple St, East Longmeadow, MassachusettsEngineering News-Record 1956: 39. 1957 - Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, 390 Lincoln Rd, Sudbury, MassachusettsEngineering News-Record 1957: 268. Demolished in 2004 1957 - Southbridge High School (Old), 25 Cole Ave, Southbridge, Massachusetts A substantial enlargement of the former Cole Trade School 1958 - Nipmuc Regional High School (Old), 148 North Rd, Mendon, MassachusettsEngineering News-Record 1958: 160. 1959 - Georgetown High School, Winter St, Georgetown, MassachusettsEngineering News-Record 1958: 92. 1960 - Norwell High School (Old), 328 Main St, Norwell, MassachusettsAnnual Report of the Town of Norwell, Massachusetts for the Year Ending December 31, 1960. 1961. Demolished
Haynes, Lieneck & Smith, 1963-1983 1964 - Crown Point Office Center, 76 Summer St, Fitchburg, Massachusetts"New Office Building". Fitchburg (MA) Sentinel 4 Nov. 1965: 10. Originally built in 1940 as Fitchburg General Hospital, closed 1964"Fitchburg General Hospital to Close Jan. 1". Fitchburg (MA) Sentinel 27 Dec. 1963: 1. 1968 - Shirley Fire Station, 8 Leominster Rd, Shirley, Massachusetts"Fire Station Plans Studied". Fitchburg (MA) Sentinel 25 Sept. 1968: 14. 1970 - Frances Drake Elementary School, 75 Viscoloid Ave, Leominster, Massachusetts"School Building Group To Seek Cuts in Costs". Fitchburg (MA) Sentinel 27 Oct. 1970: 10. 1971 - North Andover High School, 430 Osgood St, North Andover, MassachusettsStevens Indicator 1971: 53. Demolished in 2004
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