Paul V. Hyland (1876-1966), Architect
Paul V. Hyland was born in Chicago in 1876 and began his education in the public schools of that city. As a teenager he worked as a draftsman for various Chicago architects, and attended Niagara University in Niagara Falls, New York for a few years. He married Lillian Mahler in 1898 in Chicago and together they had a daughter and three sons. He worked as a superintendent for several architects and took the Illinois examination for licensure as an architect, failing in 1902 and passing in 1908.[1][2] When he established his own practice in 1908, he was described as a “prominent member” of the Chicago Architectural Club for many years.[3] His first partnership, Hyland & Green, had projects in both Chicago and Lincoln, Nebraska. The firm was listed as a patron of the 1912 annual exhibition of the Chicago Architectural Club, held at the Art Institute of Chicago. The firm exhibited several drawings of new designs at the exhibition.[10] Hyland next employed Joseph G. McArthur as his representative in Lincoln, together accomplishing major projects there between 1915 and 1918. Hyland also maintained an independent practice in Chicago, designing many banks throughout Illinois and Iowa before partnering again as Hyland & Corse in the late 1920s. Hyland and his family were still in Chicago at the time of the 1940 U. S. Census, which described his occupation as "engineering inspector" employed in "building construction." He died in 1966 in Los Angeles, California.[4]
This page is a contribution to the publication, Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. See the format and contents page for more information on the compilation and page organization.
Contents
Compiled Nebraska Directory Listings
Lincoln, Nebraska, 1917-1918
Educational & Professional Associations
1891-1893: draftsman for T. M. Whitehouse, Chicago, Illinois.
circa 1894-1895: attended Niagara University, Niagara, New York.
1895-1898: superintendent for N. D. Little, architect, Chicago, Illinois.
1898-1899: employed by Winslow Brothers Ornamental Ironworks, Chicago, Illinois.
1899-1900: employed by D. H. Burham & Company, architects, Chicago, Illinois.
1901: superintendent for P. J. Weber, architect, Chicago, Illinois.
1901-1902: superintendent for Jenney & Mundie, architects, Chicago, Illinois.
1902: failed examination for Illinois architectural licensure.
1908: passed Illinois exam, gaining architect's license No. 301.[1]
1908-1909: architect, Chicago, Illinois.[3][a]
1910-1914: architect and partner, Hyland & Green, Architects, Chicago, Illinois.[10][b]
1914-1926: architect, Chicago, Illinois.
1915-1918: extends practice in Lincoln, Nebraska, employing J. G. McArthur as superintendent and "representative architect."
1927-1930: architect and partner, Hyland & Corse, Chicago, Illinois.
Buildings & Projects
1908-1909
Muscatine State Bank (1909-1910), 100 W Second, Muscatine, Iowa.[7][16][e]
1910-1914
From 1910-1914, Hyland practiced in partnership with Herbert H. Green as Hyland & Green. While based in Chicago, the partners also carried out projects in Lincoln, Nebraska. See Hyland & Green for their projects. The firm dissolved in 1914. Both men maintained Chicago offices at least into the 1920s, while Hyland had additional significant commissions in Lincoln in 1916-1918.
1914-1918
Hyland resumed an independent practice based in Chicago in 1914. From 1915-1918, Hyland employed Joseph G. McArthur as his building superintendent and representative in Lincoln, Nebraska, gaining major commercial and residential commissions. McArthur began practicing independently in Nebraska, relocating to Omaha by 1918. See Hyland, with McArthur for their Nebraska projects.
Hotel (1914), Muscatine, Iowa.[14][c]
Otoe County National Bank (1915), Nebraska City, Nebraska.[15][d]
1919-1926
Knights of Columbus lodge hall, store and office (1918), DeKalb, Illinois.[17]
Eleven-room School for Saint Ignatius Parish (1919-1921), Loyola Avenue near Lakewood, Chicago, Illinois.[18][f]
Addition to Muscatine State Bank (1920), 104 W Second, Muscatine, Iowa.[7]
Keokuk Savings Bank (1920), 5th & Main Streets, Keokuk, Iowa.[19]
Mercer Co. Bank (1920), Aledo, Illinois.[20]
American Envelope Co. factory (1920), 3140 Grand Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.[21]
School for Catholic bishop of Chicago (1921), 1210-1326 Loyola Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.[22]
First National Bank of Kewanee (1921), Kewanee, Illinois.[23]
Remodeling of Peoples Trust & Savings Bank and Office Building (1921), Galesburg, Illinois.[24]
James L. Kraft house (1922), North Kenmore St., Wilmette, Illinois.[5]
Alumni Gym (1923), Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois.[6]
First National Bank (1923), 101 S Jefferson, Mount Pleasant, Iowa.[9]
Gymnasium (1924-1925), Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa.[8]
1927-1930
Hyland & Corse designed a pair of tall Chicago buildings in the late 1920s.
Carlton Towers (1927), Logan Square, Chicago, Illinois.[12]
Equitable Building (1928), Chicago, Illinois.[11][13]
Notes
a. Western Architect of June 1908 notes "Paul V. Hyland, for a number of years a prominent member of the Chicago Architectural Club, has opened offices of the practice of architecture at 1601 Hayworth Building, Chicago."[3] The 1909 Chicago Central Business & Office Building Directory lists Hyland at "1601, 42 Madison."
b. The partnership of Hyland and Green is reflected in the records of several projects in Lincoln, Nebraska from 1910 and 1911, in Chicago directories through 1913. Their office was at 29 East Madison in 1912-13. By 1914, Paul V. Hyland remained at the East Madison office, while Herbert H. Green had relocated to #1329 at 30 North Michigan Avenue.
c. American Contractor of April 18, 1914 carries both the announcement of the dissolution of the partnership of Hyland & Green and a description of a major project by Hyland: "Muscatine, Ia.--Hotel: 7 sty & bas. 141x60. $150,000. Muscatine. Archt. Paul V. Hyland...Chicago. Owner's name withheld. Hull & Leyman, mgrs., Peoria, Ill. Architect taking bids on struct. iron and steel and plumbing; other branches later." The May 16, 1914 edition identified the owner as Muscatine Hotel Co., increased the estimated cost to $200,000, and added the following descrption: "Press brick, terra cotta trim, granite base, fireproof construction, composition roof, struct. iron & steel, orn. iron, galv. iron skylights & gutters."[14]
d. In 1915, American Contractor provided several references to Hyland's design for Otoe County National Bank in Nebraska City, Nebraska. On July 31, the status of the $18,000 project was: "Plans in progress." On Oct 2, the general contract was announced as let to James Welsch of Nebraska City.[15]
e. Improvement Bulletinin 1909 describes this bank "for the Cook Musser Co." as a two-story building, 40x80, "to cost $60,000."[16]
f. American Contractor first listed this project in 1919, but in 1920 indicated it was "in abeyance" as the bids were too high. Not until 1921 was it announced that contracts had been let.[18]
References
1. Personal correspondence from Wayne Temple (Senior Deputy Director, Illinois State Archives), to Justin Van Mullem (Lincoln Planning Dept.), July 14 and 23, 1995; on file, Lincoln/Lancaster County Planning Dept., Lincoln, Nebraska.
2. Ancestry.com. Cook County, Illinois, Marriages Index, 1871-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
3. The Western Architect 11:6 (June, 1908), V.
4. Social Security Death Index lists Hyland's date of birth as 12 May 1876; California Death index provides his date of date as 26 June 1966. Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
5. “James L. Kraft,” Wikipedia, accessed May 20, 2011, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L._Kraft
6. “Hidden Loyola: Alumni Gym,” Loyola University Libraries, Digital Special Collections website, accessed May 20, 2011, http://www.lib.luc.edu/specialcollections/exhibits/show/hidden-loyola/west_quad
7. Site Inventory Form, State Historical Society of Iowa, accessed February 25, 2016, http://musserpubliclibrary.org/uploads/2012/04/FS-043-100-104-W-2nd-St-70-00152.pdf
8. Council of Independent Colleges, Historic Campus Architecture Project, accessed May 20, 2011, http://puka.cs.waikato.ac.nz/cgi-bin/cic/library?a=d&d=p1000
9. Molly Myers Naumann, “Architectural and Historic Resources of Mount Pleasant, Iowa” National Register of Historic Places: Multiple Property Documentation Form (Mount Pleasant: City of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, May, 1991), accessed May 20, 2011, http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/64500172.pdf
10. Book of the Twenty Fifth Annual Exhibition of the Chicago Architectural Club, in the galleries of the Art Institute of Chicago, April 9 to April 28, 1912", accessed May 20, 2011, http://www.artic.edu/aic/libraries/pubs/1912/AIC1912ChiArClub25thAn_comb.pdf
11. Frank Randall, The History of the Development of Building Construction in Chicago (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1949).
12. Architectural Record (June 1927), 113 (advertisements).
13. Western Architect (July 1928), inside front cover.
14. American Contractor (April 18, 1914), 22; (May 16, 1914), 45.
15. American Contractor (July 31, 1915), 15, 38, 87; (October 2, 1915), 56, 95.
16. Improvement Bulletin (January 2, 1909), 24; (October 9, 1909), 25.
17. American Contractor (June 8, 1918), 39.
18. American Contractor (October 11, 1919), 42; (May 29, 1920), 42; (February 19, 1921), 55.
19. American Contractor (January 24, 1920), 37; (May 29, 1920), 42.
20. American Contractor (May 29, 1920), 40. Estimated cost, $80,000.
21. American Contractor (December 25, 1920), 40.
22. American Contractor (March 5, 1921), 62. Estimated cost, $175,000.
23. American Contractor (June 11, 1921), 45. Estimated cost, $80,000.
24. American Contractor (December 17, 1921), 48. Estimated cost, $90,000.
Page Citation
D. Murphy and E. F. Zimmer “Paul V. Hyland (1876-1966), Architect,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, February 29, 2016. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, November 26, 2024.
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