page_title: George F. Hammond
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: George F. Hammond / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Front of the Old McKinley High School, located at 800 N. Market Street in Canton, Ohio, United States. Built in 1916, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
context_page_description: George Francis Hammond was an architect in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, who designed commercial buildings, hotels, schools, churches, residences, and the plans for Kent State University's layout and original buildings. His work is mostly Neoclassical architecture, including in the Beaux Arts Architecture style, and includes an example of Egyptian Revival architecture in the basement foyer of the Hollenden Hotel.
context_section_description: In 1876, Hammond worked as a draftsman in the office of William G. Preston and in the office of William Ware in Boston. He began independent work in 1878 and became part of the Koehler & Hammond firm for a year, bringing him to Cleveland in 1885 to work on the Hollenden Hotel. He moved to Cleveland in 1886. He was active in Cleveland until 1926. Hammond lived at 1863 Caldwell Road in Cleveland Heights.
  He designed hospitals, schools, factories, and power buildings in Chicago, Kansas City, New Orleans, Toronto, and Montreal. Hammond's home in Cleveland Heights is "a fine Colonial Revival residence". Hammond designed several suburban homes, especially in the Clifton Park area of Lakewood and published A Treatise on Hospital and Asylum Construction in 1891.
caption: Old McKinley High School building at Canton McKinley High School
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