The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-10
SUDDEN DEATH OF
GEORGE A. HINES
Was Widely Known Architect and
Draughtsman - Represented Town
in the Legislature.

in the Legislature.
George Arnold Hines, rs, a lifelong
resident of Brattleboro and one of the
best known and most highly respected |
men of the town, died suddenly in |
Wilfred F. Root s pharmacy Saturday |
afternoon at , clock as briefly told |
in The Reformer Saturday. The ex
cessive heat was the primary cause of |
death, although Mr.. Hines had not been |
in the best Of health for some time |
He went into the drug store only a |
short time before the end came.
Mr.. Hines was born in the house in |
which he had always made his home
at 81 Canal street and i'm which three |
generations Of the family have been |
born. He was Il son of Col Arnold |
Jefferson and Maria l.. Brown Hines |
and direct descendant Of Roger vii
liamS
In early life he attended Parson |
Brown 5 private school on Chase street |
and West Brattleboro academy. He |
entered Harvard at the age OF Il years |
and graduated in 1862 from the Law
renee Scientific school of that univers-
| ity in the civil engineering and archit |
tectural courses.
Mr.. Hines married in Philadelphia,
Pa, April l6, 1863, Miss Henrietta
flensel and at once returned to Brattle-
boro, where he had since made his
home continuously. Mr.. Hines entered
into partnership with John Ninton un-
der the firm name of Hines 4 Ninton
and conducted machine shop several
years.
At the same time his ability as
| civil engineer required much of his time
and he surveyed and laid out many of
| the streets Of the town. When the Bos
| ton & Maine railroad was constructed
| in this locality the civil engineers Of
;hat road called ON him for much data
to assist them in their work. and only
recently when testimony in perpetuam
was taken in u local railroad matter
| Mr.. Hines 5 testimony was among the
most important taken.
! His ability as an architect has been
left to posterity in the folm of the
soldiers monument, which he designed,
the high school building, Crosby blocl,
aud the Peoples National bank build
/ ing, ali of which were constructed from
! his plans. He also designed several
other buildings Of lesser Importance
and numerous private dwellings in
Brattleboro.
Soon after leaving the. partnership
with Mr.. Nintou he entered the employ
Of the Estey Organ Go. as draughts-
man and expert accountant, retiring
six years ago. since which time he
had not been actively engaged in husi-
ness. Several noted organs built by
he company were i'm part the result Of
his ability as Il draughtsman, among
them the large organ in the Keith thea
ter in Boston, which is under the stage.
In 1894 MIR. Hines represented Brat
tleboro in the state Legislature. He was
greatly Interested in geueaiogy and had
traced back through many generations
, the history of his family. He had n
: gift for verse writing and a number Of
. years ago published privately Il vol
ume under the title, The Superscrip-
d tion and Other Verse. Dedicated to My
Children and Grandchildren. In this is
=, TO be found numerous bits of verse in
=, dicative of the love Of things beauti-
full and especially his love for mem
bers Of his family and intimate friends.
For a long time he had been inter
ested in the Prospect Hill Cemetery
association and for the past several
years had been secretary and treasurer
II OF tnG dSSbtidJlbi. ne WIS d iltfIlbti
of the Professional club Of BrAttleborc
and Of the Sons Of the American Revo
e luton. Years ago he was active in the
O volunteer fire department and had serv
| cd as foreman of two different com
% panies.
. Although not a member, he was ;
regular attendant of the Universahst
: church and was greatly interested il
4 all the affairs Of that society. Mr.
4 Hines was a man whose word was a
d good as his bond, man whom many
Il sought constantly for advice onla wild,
lei range of subjects and who, when h.
II spoke, did as one with positiv'
- knowledge of the subject under dis
Id cussion He was greatly devoted t.
y his family and his friends included
y all of his wide range of acquaintance
Il Mrs. Hines died in November, 1902
- He leaves three daughters, Marie, wifi
~ of w. S. McKenney of Northampton
md Mass, and Bertha, wife of Cashie
! w. H. Brackett, and Miss Amy j. Hine
ral of Brattleboro He also leaves one sis
K ter, Mrs. A. 2. Wilder of Kansas City
es Mo. One son, Arnold, died when 81
IS years of age.
le. The funeral will be held tomorro'
be afternoon at $50 o'clock in the home
be Rev. Delmar f. Trout, pastor of tn
tn Tniversalist church, officiating Th
il burial will take place in the family lo
'es in Prospect Hill cemetery.