Background
III, Philetus Havens Holt, was born on August 19, 1928 in Summit, New Jersey, United States. Son of Robert Sherman and Alice Kathleen (Gallwey) Holt.
III, Philetus Havens Holt, was born on August 19, 1928 in Summit, New Jersey, United States. Son of Robert Sherman and Alice Kathleen (Gallwey) Holt.
AB with honors, Princeton University, 1950. Master of Fine Arts, Princeton University, 1952.
Registered architect, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Maryland., California. Licensed professional planner, New Jersey Designer West.F.R. Ballard, Architect, New York City, 1952-1955. Designer, associate C.K. Agle, Architect, Princeton, New Jersey, 1955-1965.
Partner Holt & Morgan, Princeton, 1965-1972.
Principal Holt Morgan Russell Architects, P.A., Princeton,1972—. Vice president Architects Housing Company, Trenton, New Jersey, 1976-1990.
Member State Review Board for Historic Sites, New Jersey, since 1983, vice chairman, 1989-1997, chairman 1997. Guest lecturer University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, since 1972.
Architect Douglass & Cook Colleges
(honorable mention American Institute Steel Construction 1979), 1977, Batsto Visitors Center, 1982, (restoration and preservation) Drumthwacket Gardens, 1983. Illustrator book: Gardens of Illusion (Alice Davis Hitchcock award 1982), 1982. Trustee, Arts Council of Princeton, 1970-1982, president, 1972.
Member Mayor"s Advisory Committee for Downtown, Princeton, 1971-1972.
Trustee Arts Council Princeton, 1970—1982, president, 1972. Member Mayor's Advisory Committee Downtown, Princeton, 1971—1972. Member of Society Architectural Historians, History Society Princeton (former trustee, president 1980-1982), American Institute of Architects (medal 1952), Corinthians (New York City).
Married Nancy deFreest Brownley, June 16, 1950. Children: Alexandra Foster, Robert Stephen.