Horace Chapin Henry
| Horace Chapin Henry | |
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| Born |
October 6, 1844 Henry House, Bennington, Vermont |
| Died | June 28, 1928 (aged 83) Seattle, Washington |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Soldier, railroad builder, banker |
| Known for | Henry Art Gallery, Henry Sanitorium (Firland), |
| Awards | Legion of Honor |
Horace Chapin Henry (October 6, 1844–June 28, 1928) was an early Seattle businessman and founder of the Henry Art Gallery and Firland Tuberculosis Hospital.
He was born at the Henry House in Bennington, Vermont in October, 1844.
He left Norwich Military School (better known as Norwich University) at age 18, serving as a First Sergeant, 14th Vermont Infantry in the Second Vermont Brigade which was in the center of the line repulsing Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War.
After the war he was a partner in Henry & Balch working on railroad construction in the Midwest. He moved to Seattle in 1890 to work on the Northern Pacific Railroad's belt line around Lake Washington, and later the Great Northern Railway's route from Stevens Pass in the Cascade Mountains to Everett on Puget Sound. In 1906 he won a $20 million contract to build 450 miles of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul line from the Montana-Idaho border across Snoqualmie Pass to Seattle, which was completed in 1909.
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