Great Events in Smethport History

Great Events in Smethport History. William Halsey Wood's Architectural Triumph. One of the few remaining Pristine Examples of the Architect's Genius , Short-lived but Brilliant Architect Hired by Smethport's Henry Hamlin , , William Halsey Wood had already become nationally famous when he was contacted by Henry Hamlin to design a magnificent church for Smethport. Henry's gift to Smethport was to be a monument of perfection. Wood had the talent to make Henry's dream come true. Smethport's St. Luke's was consecrated in 1892, only five years before Wood's early death. , , Wood, born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1855; developed an exceptional talent for drawing as a young child. Following his formal schooling, he entered the office of Thomas A: Roberts, architect, and by the age of twenty was admitted to partnership with his employer under the firm name of Roberts, Taylor and Wood but soon entered into his own private practice. Multiple trips to Europe influenced his cathedral style. He displayed remarkable ability as a church architect. , , He gained his first fame in 1889. when his was one of the four plans selected for elaboration in the international competition for the design of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NYC; fully one hundred architects were in the competition. His plan, of which “Jerusalem the Golden” was the underlying theme, was much admired but not chosen. Wood went on to design dozens of cathedrals throughout the United States. , (See list below.) , , Partial List of Architecture by William Halsey Wood , Source: Memories of William Halsey Wood 1855-1897 , Written and Published by Mrs. William Halsey Wood, Philadelphia, PA , (special thanks to the Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ) , addresses for some are included/ some may no longer exist/ , Some churches, unlike St.Luke's, have been heavily altered. , , The Church of St. Michael and All Angels, 1000 West 18th St., Anniston, AL St. John's Church, 400 Humphrey St. New Haven, CT , St. Mary's Episcopal Church 1307 Holmes St: Kansas City, MO , Christ Church, Bloomfield, 74 Park St. Glen Ridge, NJ , St. Paul's Church East Orange, NJ , St. Mark's Church, Jersey City, NJ , First Baptist Peddie Memorial Church, Newark, NJ , First Congregational Church, Newark, , NJ , St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Newark, NJ , St. John's Church, 215 Lafayette Ave, Passaic, NJ , St. Paul's Church, corner of Broadway and East 18th Patterson, NJ , St Peter's Episcopal Church, 127 Broad Street Washington, NJ , William Halsey Wood's Queen Anne-style Mansion, 112 Willow St, Brooklyn Height, NY , St. Paul's Church, Morrisania, New York, NY , The Bellevue Hospital Library, New York, NY , Church of the Redeemer, 84th St. and Park Avenue, New York, NY , Extension of All Angels' Church, New York, NY , Zion and St. Timothy's Church and Parrish Hall, New York, NY , Yadoo Castle-Spencer and Katrina Trask Mansion, Saratoga Springs, NY , St. John's Church, 323 Wick Ave., Youngstown, OH , Braddock Carnegie Library, Library Street and Parker Avenue, Braddock, PA (1st of 1,679 Carnegie Libraries) , Emmanuel Church, Corry, PA , Church of the Good Shepherd, corner of Johnston &2nd Ave, Hazelwood, Pittsburgh, PA , Church of the Ascension, Ellsworth Ave. and Neville Street, Shadyside, Pittsburgh, PA , St. Luke's Episcopal Church; Smethport, PA , St. Paul's, Chattanooga, TN , St. Mary's Episcopal, 672-92 Poplar Ave., Memphis, TN (finished after death of William Halsey-Wood and altered “disastrously” by a local architect) , Chapter House of the University of the South, Sewanee, TN , The Theological Seminary, Nashotah, Wisconsin- 1893 (immense quadrangle of buildings much of which has been destroyed by fire) , St. Matthew's Cathedral, 3rd and Ivinson, Laramie, WY (towers added in 1916 - 19 years after WHW death) , St. John's College, Shanghai, China