| has gloss | eng: G. W. & W. D. Hewitt was a prominent architectural firm in the eastern United States at the turn of the twentieth century. It was founded in Philadelphia in 1878, by brothers George Wattson Hewitt (1841-1916) and William Dempster Hewitt (1847-1924), both members of the American Institute of Architects. The firm specialized in churches, hotels and palatial residences, especially crenelated mansions such as Maybrook (1881), Druim Moir (1885-86) and Boldt Castle (1900-04). The last was built for George C. Boldt, owner of Philadelphias Bellevue-Stratford Hotel (1902-04), G.W. & W.D. Hewitts most famous building. |
