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Harry S. Fairhurst (3 April 1868 – 31 May 1945) was a prominent architect in Edwardian Manchester. He was responsible for many of the city's iconic warehouses and his commissions include Blackfriars House, headquarters of the Lancashire Cotton Corporation and Arkwright House, headquarters of the English Sewing Cotton Company. ==Work and professional life== Harry Smith Fairhurst was born in Blackburn on 3 April 1868. He commenced articles in 1883 with James Wolstenholme and improved with Maxwell and Tuke. He moved to Cardiff where he worked as assistant to William Frame.〔 He qualified in 1891 and started his own practice in Blackburn in 1895. He moved to Manchester in 1901 where he worked in partnership with James Harold France until 1905. From 1905 his assistant was James Alexander Mitchell Hunter who became his partner in 1908. The practice's first commissions were warehouses for Lloyds Packing Company.〔(Dictionary of Scottish Architects Biography Report (November 7, 2012, 6:22 pm) )〕 Fairhurst's commissions include India House, Bridgewater House and Lancaster House which are Grade II or II * listed buildings. York House in Major Street was another but has been demolished.〔 Fairhurst's warehouses were built using fire-proof techniques. He was known for his high standards. Some buildings were finished with Portland stone façades while the Lloyd's warehouses had Edwardian Baroque frontages built from red brick and orange terracotta or faience, and exposed glazed steel-frame backs. Fairhurst was president of the Manchester Society of Architects in 1926–27. He took his son Philip Garland Fairhurst (P Garland Fairhurst aka Garry), into partnership in 1929.〔 Father and son were influenced by trips to North America and they perfected the steel and concrete technique. Buildings from this era were Lee House in Oxford Street and Rylands Warehouse in Market Street. They also designed Christie's Hospital and Holt Radium Institute.〔 Harry Smith Fairhurst retired in 1941 and died in 1945. The practice was continued by his son who was president of the Manchester Society of Architects in 1947–49.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harry S. Fairhurst」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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