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Thomas Hastings (architect)
American architect (1860–1929)
Thomas Hastings | |
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| Born | (1860-03-11)March 11, 1860 New York City, US |
| Died | October 22, 1929(1929-10-22) (aged 69) Mineola, New York, US |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Employer | Carrère and Hastings |
Thomas Hastings (March 11, 1860 – October 22, 1929) was an American architect, and a partner in the firm of Carrère and Hastings (active 1885–1929).
Biography
He was born in New York City to Thomas Samuel Hastings, a Presbyterian minister, and Fanny de Groot. Hastings came from a colonial Yankee background, his ancestor Thomas Hastings having come from the East Anglia region of England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1634.[1] Hastings's father was president of the Union Theological Seminary.
His grandfather, also named Thomas Hastings, was the composer of the hymnRock of Ages. He married Helen Benedict of Greenwich, Connecticut.[2]