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Thomas Hastings (architect)
American architect (1860–1929)
Thomas Hastings | |
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| Born | (1860-03-11)March 11, 1860 New York City, US |
| Died | October 22, 1929(1929-10-22) (aged 69) Mineola, New York, US |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Employer | Carrère and Hastings |
Thomas Hastings (March 11, 1860 – October 22, 1929) was an American architect, and a partner in the firm of Carrère and Hastings (active 1885–1929).
The Carrère & Hastings Digital Collection includes over architectural drawings from the ss for the Ponce de Leon Hotel (now Flagler College).
Biography
He was born in New York City to Thomas Samuel Hastings, a Presbyterian minister, and Fanny de Groot. Hastings came from a colonial Yankee background, his ancestor Thomas Hastings having come from the East Anglia region of England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1634.[1] Hastings's father was president of the Union Theological Seminary.
His grandfather, also named Thomas Hastings, was the composer of the hymnRock of Ages. He married Helen Benedict of Greenwich, Connecticut.[2]