Wikipedia Draft:Henry Harding

Biography

Henry Knowles Harding (1904-1984) was born in Dedham, Massachusetts and attended St. George's School in Newport, Rhode Island. He went on to graduate from Princeton, received a degree in architecture from the University of Pennsylvania and post-graduate degrees from the Fontainebleau School in Paris and New York University.

After his school career, Harding moved to Florida and apprenticed with the firms of Wyeth, King, & Johnson and Howard Major. Harding opened an office in Palm Beach in 1936, and later in nearby Ocean Ridge, where he practiced for forty years and designed over 400 residences and villas. Harding was known for his neo-classical designs along with distinctive roof lines in the Bermuda style. Harding’s major works include Deux Horizons, a lake to ocean estate in the south end of Palm Beach, and the original St. Mary’s Hospital in West Palm Beach.