page_title: Purdy and Henderson, Engineers
section_title: Professional history
hierarchical_section_title: Purdy and Henderson, Engineers / Lightner Henderson / Professional history
caption_attribution_description: One Times Square under construction 1903
context_page_description: In the early 1890s Corydon Tyler Purdy and Lightner Henderson started their engineering office in Chicago, Illinois, by the name of Purdy and Henderson, Engineers. In 1896 they transferred their headquarters to New York City. They eventually had branch offices in Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; Seattle, Washington; and Havana, Cuba at 32 Calle Empedrado. Purdy and Henderson were a patron of the Seattle Architectural Club in 1910. Lightner Henderson died prematurely in 1916, but the firm continued to operate under the name of Purdy and Henderson well after his death. Purdy and Henderson, Engineers, collaborated with architect H. Craig Severance on the Bank of Manhattan Trust Building, which, for one month, was the tallest building in the world. The firm most likely closed at about the time of Corydon Purdy's death in 1944. They worked on the Agen, John B., Warehouse, Downtown, Seattle, WA. in 1910 and the Royal Insurance Company, Limited, Headquarters Building #2, Financial District, San Francisco, CA, among others.
context_section_description: Henderson worked in 1890 for an engineering firm in Cleveland, OH. Purdy and Henderson incorporated in 1901. After incorporation, Henderson became the President of the corporation from 1901-1915. Purdy and Henderson worked on several buildings on the Eastern US, and on projects in San Francisco, CA, and Seattle, WA. In about 1900, Purdy and Henderson had offices in New York City, Boston, MA, Chicago, IL, Havana, Cuba and Seattle, WA.
  Henderson was a member of Western Society of Engineers, 1891-1916.
caption: One Times Square, New York City, 1904
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