Henry F. Hoit
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| Born | August 4, 1872 Chicago, Illinois |
| Died | May 30, 1951 (aged 78) Kansas City, Missouri |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards | 1938 Fellowship from the American Institute of Architects |
| Buildings |
Kansas City Power and Light Building Kansas City Museum at Corinthian Hall |
Henry F. Hoit (4 August, 1872 – 30 May, 1951) was a well known Kansas City, Missouri architect in the early 20th century. He and his partners designed many of Kansas City's most iconic commercial and residential buildings including the Kansas City Power and Light Building and the R.A. Long residence (Kansas City Museum at Corinthian Hall).
Henry Ford Hoit was born in Chicago, Illinois on August 4, 1872. He graduated from the Chicago Manual Training School in 1892. Hoit went on to complete a special course in architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating in 1898. While there, he became a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. In 1887 he was presented an award from the Boston Society of Architects for the best work in the field.
Hoit worked for various firms in Boston until 1901 when he received a letter from a fraternity brother, William H. Cutler. Cutler was a draftsman at the Kansas City firm of Van Brunt & Howe. The letter stated:
We are covered up with work here and now have the chance at another job that is too big to turn down; I speak of one of the main buildings to be put up for the World's Fair in St. Louis. We need a man who can take full charge of the men and design on this job. Would you consider the job?
Hoit accepted and went to Kansas City to make his fortune.
The building that Hoit was asked to design was the Palace of Varied Industries at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 St. Louis World’s Fair). The building covered about 14.5 acres of the exposition which took place on what is now Forest Park and Washington University in St. Louis. By the time the fair opened, Henry Van Brunt had retired and returned to Massachusetts. He died in 1903. Frank M. Howe took on Hoit and Cutler as partners, forming Howe, Hoit & Cutler. Cutler died in 1907 and Howe died in 1909. The firm operated under Hoit's name until he partnered with Edwin M. Price and Alfred E. Barnes to establish Hoit, Price and Barnes on January 1, 1919.
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