Background
Hewitt, Herbert Edmund was born on July 20, 1871 in Bloomington, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles Edmund and Helen (Thompson) Hewitt.
Hewitt, Herbert Edmund was born on July 20, 1871 in Bloomington, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles Edmund and Helen (Thompson) Hewitt.
Student of University of Illinois, 1889-1891, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1892-1894, University of Chicago, 1895. Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1911.
Carter Edmund, Gillette Hewitt (Mistress Robert C. Barker). Engaged in practice alone in Peoria, Illinois, 1897-1907. Then member firm Hewitt & Emerson, 1907-1927, Hewitt, Emerson & Gregg since 1927.
Designer (with partners) of Peoria Life Building, Commercial National Bank Building, Consistory Cathedral, Shrine Temple, Barker Memorial, Proctor Recreation Center, State Reformatory for Women (Dwight, Illinois)., et cetera
Fellow) The American Institute of Architects (director). Member Illinois Architects’ Examining Commission, The Art Institute of Chicago of Peoria (ex-president), Illinois Society of Architects, Delta Upsilon. Clubs: Creve Coeur, Orpheus (ex-president), Country.
Married Helen Richmond Carter, October 10, 1906. Children: Major.