Harrison Henry Atwood

The recorded working language is English. Places of work recorded in the authority are Boston and Washington, D.C. Residence is recorded at Massachusetts. Positions recorded include United States representative and member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Works named in the authority record are St.

• Name — Harrison Henry Atwood • State — Massachusetts • Term Start — March 4, 1895 • Term End — March 3, 1897 • Preceded — Michael J. McEttrick • Succeeded — Samuel J. Barrows • Office2 — Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives • Term Start2 — 1887 • Term End2 — 1889 • Constituency2 — 8th Suffolk district • Preceded2 — Patrick D. Dwyer Matthew Dolan • Succeeded2 — Joseph P. Lomasney • Term Start3 — 1915 • Term End3 — 1915 • Constituency3 — 24th Suffolk district • Preceded3 — Timothy J. Ahern Sanford Bates Charles S. Lawler • Succeeded3 — Charles S. Lawler • Term Start4 — 1917 • Term End4 — 1918 • Constituency4 — 19th Suffolk district • Succeeded4 — Frank L. Brier Elihu D. Stone • Term Start5 — 1923 • Term End5 — 1924 • Constituency5 — 19th Suffolk district • Preceded5 — Frank L. Brier Herbert W. Burr Charles Shulman • Succeeded5 — Bernard P. Casey Bernard Ginsburg • Term Start6 — 1927 • Term End6 — 1928 • Constituency6 — 17th Suffolk district • Preceded6 — Peter J. Fitzgerald Joseph J. Mulhern • Succeeded6 — Frank J. McFarland • Office7 — 5th City Architect of Boston • Term Start7 — 1889 • Term End7 — 1891 • Preceded7 — Charles J. Bateman • Succeeded7 — Edmund M. Wheelwright • Born — 26 August 1863 • Birthplace — North Londonderry, Vermont, U.S. • Died — 22 October 1954 • Place of death — Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. • Party — Republican Progressive • Spouse — Clara Stein • Children — Harrison Jr. August • Occupation — Architect

Born at the home of his grandmother in North Londonderry, Vermont, Atwood attended public schools in Boston. He studied architecture and engaged in that profession in Boston. Atwood was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897). Atwood defeated incumbent Democrat Michael J. McEttrick. He was a member of the Republican State Committee. Atwood was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress. He resumed his former profession in Boston. From 1888 to 1894 he was a member of and secretary to the Boston Republican City Committee. From 1889 to 1890 he was City Architect of Boston, designing the Bowditch School, the Congress Street Fire Station, and the Harvard Avenue Fire Station, all on the National Register of Historic Places. Atwood also designed several churches for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston. He was again a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1915, 1917, 1918, 1923, 1924, 1927, and 1928. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1918 to the Sixty-sixth Congress, and then resumed his work as an architect in Boston. In April 1938, he moved to Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts.

Atwood died in Boston on October 22, 1954, and was interred in Forest Hills Cemetery in the Forest Hills neighborhood of Boston.