Guy Tilden
Guy Tilden (May 11, 1858 – August, 6, 1929) was a Canton, Ohio, United States Architect during the late 19th and early 20th century. Several of his structures are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Guy Tilden was born in Youngstown, Ohio on May 11, 1858.
Also recorded as Guy C. Tilden
Guy Tilden
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- Name
- Guy Tilden
- Born
- 11 May 1858
- Birthplace
- Youngstown, Ohio
- Died
- 6 August 1929
- Place of death
- Canton, Ohio
- Occupation
- Architect
- Nationality
- United States
- Honours
- Fellow of the American Institute of Architects
- Languages
- English
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Guy Tilden (May 11, 1858 – August, 6, 1929) was a Canton, Ohio, United States Architect during the late 19th and early 20th century. Several of his structures are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Guy Tilden was born in Youngstown, Ohio on May 11, 1858.
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Biography
Biography
He married Belle La Grande Sanford on November 21, 1880 and moved to Alliance, and then to Canton in 1883. He and his wife had four children. Over the next decades, until the mid-1920s, he was Canton's premier architect. In 1889 he was named a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Tilden died August, 1929. He was buried at West Lawn Cemetery A listing of some of the structures he designed follows
w:National Register of Historic Places listings in Stark County, Ohio Bender's Restaurant-Belmont Buffet, 137 Court Ave., SW, Canton, Ohio This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 87001193 (Wikidata).
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w:National Register of Historic Places listings in Stark County, Ohio Bender's Restaurant-Belmont Buffet, 137 Court Ave., SW, Canton, Ohio
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Guy Tilden • Born — 11 May 1858 • Birthplace — Youngstown, Ohio • Died — 6 August 1929 • Place of death — Canton, Ohio • Resting Place — West Lawn Cemetery • Occupation — Architect • Illustration — Lions Lincoln Theater, Massillon, Ohio
National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
Tilden designed numerous structures in Canton, Ohio, which were reviewed in a study that nominated many of them for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. • Illustration — Canton Public Library All located in Canton • Bender's Restaurant-Belmont Buffet • Canton Public Library • Case Mansion • Harry E. Fife House • Harvard Company-Weber Dental Manufacturing Company • Hotel Courtland • Brooke and Anna E. Martin House • Trinity Lutheran Church
Others
Others
• Illustration — Dueber-Hampden Watch Factory, Drawn by Henry Howe • Congress Lake Clubhouse - Lake Township • Lions Lincoln Theater - Massillon • Seventh Street Bridge (since replaced) - Canton • Dueber-Hampden Watch Factory - Canton • Seneca Street School - Alliance • Hotel McKinley - Canton • Dime Savings Bank - Canton • F.E. Case Building - Canton • William E. Sherlock Residence - Canton • A.M. Dueber Residence - Canton • Harry Harper Ink Residence - Canton • Northeast and Southwest YMCA - Canton
Identity
Identity
Guy Tilden is recorded as having received Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
Life and career
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1858
Guy Tilden born at Youngstown.
1886
Trinity Lutheran Church is dated 1886.
1929
Guy Tilden died at Canton.
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Youngstown.
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Canton.
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- 1.Familysearch.com. Ohio Death Records - Guy Tilden.
- 2.Barbour, Fannie Cooley Williams. Spelman Genealogy: The English ancestry and American descendants of Richard Spelman of Middletown, Connecticut 1700. Frank Allaben Genealogical Company. 459. 1910.
- 3.AIACoF
- 4.Guy Tilden Thematic Resources/ Architecture of Guy Tilden in Canton 1885-19O5. July 1986.
- 5., Ohio Historical Society, 2007
- 6., Ohio Historical Society, 2007
- 7., Ohio Historical Society, 2007
- 8., Ohio Historical Society, 2007
- 9., Ohio Historical Society, 2007
- 10., Ohio Historical Society, 2007
- 11., Ohio Historical Society, 2007
- 12., Ohio Historical Society, 2007
- 13.The Heritage of Congress Lake Club 2006
- 14.Lincoln Theater
- 15.Historic Bridges of the United States
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q5622634: Guy TildenWikimedia Foundation
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