The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-04
EDWARD D. HARRIS.
ARCHITECT, is DEAD
He Was Identified With Real
Estate Interests of A. T.
Stewart.
EXECUTOR FOR HILTON
Also Specialized in Entomol-
ogy and GenealOgy--Was
Pneumonia Victim.

EDWARD DoODleday Harris, an arcni-
tect who was closely associated with
the famous merchant Alexander T. Stew
art, who designed or remodelled build
ings and estates with which the Hilton
or Stewart name is Identified and who
was the surviving executor and trustee
OF Judge Henry Hiltons estate. died Of
pneumonia on Sunday in his home. 224
Pal sades' avenue, Yonkers, In his
sightieth year.
BY avocation he was a student OF
eenealosy and entomology. and in the
course Of long and busy life he wrote
many papers relating to thtse hobbies
He Ind IN office In the Stewart Building.
ESQ broadway. and was there regularly
until about week ago, when he be-
came Ill.
Mr.. Harris was born in Cambridge.
Mass. on September 80. 1899. His
father. DR.. William Thaddeus Harris.
was for twenty-five years libraria of
Harvard. The eonNstudied In the Massa-
chnsetts School Of Architecture. Com
Ing to New York In 1872. he took charge
OF the real estate improvements OF A. r.
Stewart, and later those of Judge Hilton.
Mr.. Stewards legal adviser and chief
heir. The merchant was already estab-
lished at Broadway. Ninth and Tenth
streets, in the present 'old building OF
the WanamakeT store. and was. using
the Stewart Building. at $50 Broadway.
for his wholesale business.
Building Completely Modernized.
Upon Mr.. Stewards death in 1876 the
Wholesale end OF the business was moved
mp town. and two years later Mr.. Harris,
acting for Judge Hilton. converted the
Stewart Building into a place OF Offices.
II was bought by Frank A. Munsey IN
1917 and has been completely modern
lied
Mr. Harris planned and supervised the
construction OF Woodlawn, Judge Hill
tons 1850 acre estate at Saratoga, now
the property OF George w. Loft. He re-
modelled those other Saratoga land
marks the Grand Union Hotel and the
old Windsor Hotel and the womans
Hotel, now the Park Avenue, in New
York. He also remodelled St Paurs
School and St Mary's School for Girls.
both at Garden City. st. Mary's Cathe-
dral at Garden City. which Mrs Stewart
erected as a memorial to her husband,
was begun by another architect and
completed by Mr.. Harris.
The architect was not only the pro-
fessionai employee but the trusted friend
the latter's will Mr.. Harris and the late
Judge Horace Russell. Hilton's son-in-
law. were appointed executors and trus-
tees After Judge Russelrs death. which
occurred In 1912. Mr.. Harris managed the
Hilton estate alone. which was quite a
task. for the will was complicated and
tho courts were frequently called upon
to construe Its meaning.
Mr.. Harris lived at Saratoga for FIVE
years while working there. but settled
In Yonkers thirty five years ago in the
home In which he died His leisure time
In warm weather vas devoted to en-
tcmology. He SPECIALIZED on the cicln-
delid@, a family OF beetles He gath
cred specimens North and South himself
and got others from all parts OF the
world. so that he possessed one OF the
finest COLLECTIONS In existence. He was a
life member Of the American Museum Of
Natural History and a member OF the
New York chronological Society. With
contributions to scientific periodicals he
enriched the literature OF entomology.
In the winter. when bug hunting"
WAS denied him. he INDUCED himself in
his other hobby. geneaology. tracing the
lineage OF several well known American
IdInlIles bdCh tIrOukn tHe centuries. One
OF these was the Mott family He was
senior member OF the Massachusetts His
torical Society and a member OF the New
England Historical Society and the New
York Genealogical and Biographical So
ciety. He wrote many pamphlets and
articles IN this field.
Mr.. Harris married in 1864 Miss Kath-
crime r, Wheelock. n daughter OF DR..
Hiram Wheelock Of Boston, who sur
wives him. with n son, William Cary
Harris. and daughter. Mrs. William r.
Wilson. Mr.. and Mrs. Harris returned
three weeks ago from a trip to Southern
Pines, y. c.
The Rev. John Mark Ericsson, rector
of st. Johns Protestant Episcopal
Church. Yonkers, will officiate at a pri-
vate funeral service in the Harris home
tomorrow. Burial will be In Cambridge
Mass.