Evening star., 1951-12-07

ings here. He was a founder and
past president of the Washington
Building Congress and past presi-
dent of the District Chapter of the
American Institute of Architects.
Mr.. Heaton helped organize the
Building Congress amidst the
skepticism of many of his as
sociates. Set up to promote the
welfare of the entire building in
dustry. the organization for four
years had its headquarters in a
corner of his office.
A lover of Colonial architecture,
Mr.. Heaton greatly admired
Thomas Jefferson and made fire.
quent visits to his home at Mon
ticello. His work was distinct and
it is said that it always carried his
trademark in some little detail he
added. He disliked modern
forms of architecture.
During the depression years Mr..
Heaton was leader in the
"Renovize Washington" move
ment, an effort to repair and re-
store the city's homes and, att
the same time. provide work for
members of the building industry
Mr.. Heaton worked for better
craftsmanship in the building
trades and was an advocate of
craftsmanship awards for out
standing workers on construction
projects.
He was active in numerous civic
undertakings and served on many
architectural award committees.
MIR. Heaton held number of
awards for his own work.
Mr.. Heaton designed buildings
here for the National Geographic |
Society. George Washington Uni
versity, the Methodist Home for
the Aged. the Washington Home
for Foundlings and the John Dick
son Home. He a;so Gesigned the
YWCA Building at Seventeenth
and K streets NV.
Worked on Cathedral.
His plans also were used for
branch Offices of the WASHINGTON
Loan & Trust Co., the McLachlen
Banking Corp. and the Chevy
Chase Savings Bank.
For the first II years of con-
struction on the WASHINGTON
Cathedral. he was supervisory ar
chitect. He was a member of the
Architectural Advisory Board of
the Washington Diocese Of the
Episcopal Church.
A graduate OF Central High
School here, Mr.. Heaton studied
at the Sorbonne in Paris.
Mr.. Heaton was a member of
the boards of the Equitable Co.
operative Building and Loan Asso-
ciation and Of the John Dickson
Home.
Served in First War.
He also belonged to the Cosmos
Club, the Columbia Country Club
and the Washington Board of
Trade. Mr.. Heaton was men,
ber Of st. Adams Episcopal
Church. He was an Army captain
in World War I.
Mr.. Heaton leaves his wife. Mrs.
Mabel Williams Heaton: daugh-
ter, Mrs. Charles M. Nash, and a
son, James Heaton. both of Sum-
ner. Md; two sisters. Mrs. John
L. Weaver, of Chevy Chase, Md,
and Miss Mary B. Heaton, of 470l
Connecticut avenue NV, and
four grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 2
pm. tomorrow at St. Adams
church. Burial will be in Rock
Greek Cemetery.
Among honorary pallbearers will
be past presidents of the Wash
lngton Building Congress, includ-
ing Theodore I. Coe; Hector M.
airing, Leon Chatelain, jr.;
Charles H. Tompkins, Charles P. (
Penn, A. w. Lee. John G. Scharf,
Louis Justement. P. Y. K. Howat
and William F. Nelson.
Other honorary pallbearers will
be Robert B. Lewis, Edward Nc
Aleer. Walter Pratt, jr.; Edison A.
Edison, Allan Graeff, Baker Rob-
1nson. Frank P. Howard. Louis
Simon, James M. Gongwer, George
Bisset. Dion S. Birney, Charles H.
Doing. Thomas Stevenson and
George S. Briggs.