Henry Hurst was a master builder elected to the Carpenters’ Company in 1807. According to the 1813 City Directory, Hurst resided at 300 Sassafras street (race street) and worked as a carpenter. The 1816 Directory listed a Henry Hurst as a grocer living at 195 North 3rd street. The very close proximity of these two addresses reveals the possibility that Hurst changed professions around this time and lived on the corner of Race and 3rd street. It is also possible that Henry Hurst the grocer was a relative of Henry Hurst the carpenter. Minutes of the Carpenters’ Company mention a financial request from Hurst’s recently widowed wife living in Lancaster city. Henry Hurst disappears from the Philadelphia Directories after 1816 possibly dating his family’s removal to Lancaster.  After his death in 1831, the Company heeded his widow’s request for help with the funeral expenses. A Company committee looked into her situation and recommended that she be put on the widows' list at $15 per quarter.

Biography from the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings site, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Tom Stokes.

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Biography from the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Tom Stokes.]]>
Biography from Philadelphia Architects and Builders, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Roger W. Moss.]]>
Bio from the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Tom Stokes.]]>
Biography from the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Tom Stokes.]]>