H. Mather Lippincott Jr.
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November 6, 1921
H. Mather Lippincott Jr. | |
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| Born | Horace Mather Lippincott Jr. November 6, 1921 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US |
| Died | September 20, 2010 (aged 88) |
| Education | Haverford College University of Pennsylvania School of Architecture |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Practice | Cope & Lippincott Cope, Lippencott, & Silfer |
Horace Mather Lippincott Jr. (November 6, 1921 – September 20, 2010) was an American architect. He is best known for his work on Quaker meeting houses and schools. His practice was Cope & Lippincott Architects in Philadelphia.
Lippincott was born on November 6, 1921, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1] His parents were Sarah Styer Jenkins and Horace Mather Lippincott, the latter a Quaker editor, author, and historian.[2][3][1] He was raised a Quaker.[4]
Lippincott attended Chestnut Hill Academy in Philadelphia.[4] He graduated high school in 1939 from Westtown School.[4] He attended Haverford College, graduating with a B.A. in history in 1943.[1] While at Haverford, he was elected class president.[4]
During World War II, Lippincott served as an ambulance driver in the American Field Service for two years.[4] He then enrolled in the University of Pennsylvania School of Architecture, graduating with a B.Arch. in 1948.[3][1] While at the University of Pennsylvania, he was a member of St. Anthony Hall.[4][5]
Career
Lippincott started his architectural career with Oscar Stonorov near Philadelphia in 1948 from 1951.[1] He also established a private practice in 1948.[6] From 1952 to 1965, Lippincott lectured on architectural engineering at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Fine Arts.[1]
In February 1957, Lippincott formed Cope & Lippincott Architects in Philadelphia with Paul M. Cope, a Quaker who was his college roommate.[4][1] Later, the firm was know as Cope, Lippencott, & Silfer.[7] The firm received several design and preservation awards.[4] They designed the Fred W. Noyes Foundation Museum, the Friends Neighborhood Guild House, NYU Conservation Center, and the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Friends Center Complex.[6]
Lippincott was known as a designer of Quaker educational and spiritual buildings.[4] His meeting house projects include Damariscotta, Maine; Germantown, Pennsylvania; Media, Pennsylvania; Moorestown, Pennsylvania; New Garden, North Carolina; New Providence, New Jersey; Radnor, Pennsylvania; and Summit, New Jersey.[4] His school project includes Atlantic City Friends School, Germantown Friends School, Greene Street Friends School, Moorestown Friends School, Sidwell Friends School, Solebury Friends School, and Westtown School.[4]
From 1958 to 1966, Lippincott collaborated with Robert Venturi for several projects; Lippincott met Venturi while working for Shonorov.[1] They renovated the James B. Duke House and worked on the Guild House.[1] In 1979, he collaborated with Robert T. Crane III to design the Walter Burley Griffin memorial on Mount Ainslie in Canberra, Australia.[8]
In 1978, Lippincott designed the Friends' Center on Cherry Street in Philadelphia.[4] This project included designing the headquarters for the national Quaker organization along with a conference center.[4] The new complex connects with the historic Quaker meetinghouse that was built by Lippincott's great-great-grandfather.[4] In 1985, he designed the municipal building for Birmingham Township, Pennsylvania.[7] After he retired, Lippincott oversaw the renovation of the St. Anthony Hall House at the University of Pennsylvania.[4]
Lippincott became a fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1972.[4] He was president of the Philadelphia chapter of AIA in 1969.[4]