Palmetto Building

Julius F. Harder was an American architect based in New York City. He was a principal in the firm Isreals & Harder.[1]: 275  Before starting his own firm with Isreals, Harder had worked for architect John Rochester Thomas.[1]: 63 

He designed the Palmetto Building, a skyscraper built during 1912-1913 that was then the tallest building in the state of South Carolina. The building's construction was supervised by local architects Wilson & Sompayrac.[2]

He designed the award-winning Samuel Hahnemann Monument, Reservation 64, Massachusetts & Rhode Island Aves. at Scott Cir. NW Washington, DC (Harder, Julius F.), NRHP-listed

He served as treasurer of the Architectural League of America at its fifth annual convention.[3]

Samuel Hahnemann Monument, Washington, D.C.

References

  1. 1 2 Stern, Robert A. M.; Gilmartin, Gregory; Massengale, John Montague (1983). New York 1900: Metropolitan Architecture and Urbanism, 1890–1915. New York: Rizzoli. ISBN 0-8478-0511-5. OCLC 9829395.
  2. ↑ "Palmetto Building, Richland County (1400 Main St., Columbia)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  3. ↑ The Inland Architect and News Record. 1903. p. 127. Retrieved October 25, 2020.



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