Harvard Jolly

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Harvard Jolly is a St. Petersburg, Florida based architectural firm known for its work on school, healthcare and public buildings. It was founded as a solo practice in 1938 by William B. Harvard Sr.[1][2] With the addition of Blanchard E. Jolly as partner, the firm became Harvard Jolly in 1961. In the 1970s Enrique M. Marcet, R. John Clees, John Toppe, and William B. Harvard Jr. joined the firm, which became known as Harvard Jolly Clees Toppe Architecture for some time. Harvard Jolly has offices in St. Petersburg, West Palm Beach, Tampa, Sarasota, Jacksonville, Tallahassee, Orlando, and Ft. Myers.[3][1]

In 2012, Harvard Jolly was chosen along with of Princeton, New Jersey to design St. Petersburg College's College of Business building.[1] In 2013 the firm was chosen to design a 111,000 square foot $60 million police headquarters building in St. Petersburg, Florida.[4]

William B. Harvard Sr.[]

William B. Harvard Sr. was born in Waldo, Florida after graduating from Sewanee Military Academy he attended the University of Cincinnati in the mid 1930s. He came home to Florida after his father's death during the Great Depression, originally apprenticing in Miami. Harvard set up his own practice after a commission brought him to St. Petersburg, Florida. Harvard Jolly is known for his modern architecture designs including the St. Petersburg Pier, bandshell in Williams Park, Hospitality House at Busch Gardens, and .[2]

Recent works by Harvard Jolly[]

Early works[]

The Inverted Pyramid Pier
The Williams Park bandstand
  • Langford Resort Hotel (1955) Winter Park, Florida
  • complex, Sarasota, Florida
  • Marina Civic Center renovation, Panama City, Florida
  • Bay Pines Veterans’ Administration Medical Center (1980s)
  • St. Petersburg Pier (Inverted pier built in 1973, since demolished as of 2015)[2]
  • St. Joseph's Hospital, Tampa[2]
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  • Garden of Peace Lutheran Church[2]
  • Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church on Haines Road[2]
  • Derby Lane, a steel building[2]
  • Tides Hotel[2]
  • Langston Holland House in Pinellas Point[2]
  • Central Library on 9th Avenue[2]
  • National Bank on Tyrone Boulevard[2]
  • Federal Building (Demolished)
  • Hospitality House at Busch Gardens[2] (1959)
  • Williams Park Band Shell and Pavilion (1954), a 1955 recipient of the Award of Merit from the American Institute of Architects[8]
  • 2900 Pelham Dr. N.[9]

Libraries[]

Harvard Jolly is a member of the American Library Association and the Florida Library Association.[10] The firm has designed over 120 libraries and has received 19 awards for their designs.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c http://www.usfsp.edu/blog/2012/07/09/harvard-jolly-of-st-petersburg-hired-to-design-college-of-business-building/
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m The secret power of Bill Harvard The Floridian September 9, 1973 St. Petersburg Times
  3. ^ "Harvard Jolly Architecture". Harvard Jolly Architecture. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  4. ^ St. Petersburg hires Harvard Jolly to design a police headquarters March 8, 2013 Tampa Bay Business Journal
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-06-07. Retrieved 2013-05-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ a b c d e Harvard Jolly Architecture chosen for Sarasota High School project[permanent dead link] March 30, 2012 by Harold Bubil Sarasota Herald Tribune
  7. ^ a b c "HCD Mag".
  8. ^ Pitper Castillo Band shell still inspires chorus of debate, pride November 14, 1994 page 6 City Times section, St. Petersburg Times
  9. ^ "A St. Pete home designed by famed architect Blanchard Jolly is back on the market". 14 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Harvard Jolly Architecture".
  11. ^ a b "Harvard Jolly Architecture".

Further reading[]

  • Harvard Jolly Clees Toppe Architecture, Booth-Clibborn Editions, 2000 ISBN 186154152X, 9781861541529 120 pages

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