Hayden, Wheeler, and Schwend (1899-1900)
Residences:
- Charlotte, North Carolina
Trades:
- Architect
Building Types:
The architectural firm was formed in 1899 in Charlotte when Oliver Duke Wheeler and Luke Hayden of Hayden and Wheeler took Louis E. Schwend as partner. Schwend died in November 1900. This was one of a series of partnerships formed by Wheeler. For the firm’s operation and selected building list, see the entries for Oliver Duke Wheeler and Louis E. Schwend.
Charlotte Consolidated Construction Company (4Cs) Office
Contributors:Hayden, Wheeler, and Schwend, architects; Oliver Duke Wheeler, architectDates:1899
Location:Charlotte, Mecklenburg CountyStreet Address:Charlotte, NC
Status:No longer standing
Type:Commercial
Images Published In:Mary Norton Kratt and Mary Manning Boyer, Remembering Charlotte: Postcards from a New South City, 1905-1950 (2000).
Note:The Charlotte Consolidated Construction Company Building is the first building on the left in the postcard.
Grace A. M. E. Zion Church
Contributors:Hayden, Wheeler, and Schwend, architects; William W. Smith, contractor; Oliver Duke Wheeler, architectDates:1900-1902
Location:Charlotte, Mecklenburg CountyStreet Address:219 S. Brevard St., Charlotte, NC
Status:Standing
Type:Religious
Images Published In:Catherine W. Bishir, North Carolina Architecture (1990).
Catherine W. Bishir and Michael T. Southern, A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Piedmont North Carolina (2003).Note:Contractor William W. Smith was a leading member of the congregation, which was formed in 1886.
Guilford County Jail
Contributors:Hayden, Wheeler, and Schwend, architects; Louis E. Schwend, architect; Oliver Duke Wheeler, architectDates:1899
Location:Greensboro, Guilford CountyStreet Address:Courthouse Square, Greensboro, NC
Status:No longer standing
Type:Public
Iredell County Courthouse
Contributors:Hayden, Wheeler, and Schwend, architects; Nicholas Ittner, contractor; Louis E. Schwend, architect; Oliver Duke Wheeler, architectDates:1899-1900
Location:Statesville, Iredell CountyStreet Address:Center St. at Court St., Statesville, NC
Status:Standing
Type:Public
Images Published In:Catherine W. Bishir and Michael T. Southern, A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Piedmont North Carolina (2003).
Note:This courthouse, designed by Louis Schwend, became the prototype for many other courthouses designed by Wheeler and his partners in North Carolina.
J.W. Cannon House
Contributors:Hayden, Wheeler, and Schwend, architects; Louis E. Schwend, architect; Oliver Duke Wheeler, architectDates:1900
Location:Concord, Cabarrus CountyStreet Address:65 N. Union St., Concord, NC
Status:Standing
Type:Residential
Images Published In:Peter R. Kaplan, The Historic Architecture of Cabarrus County, North Carolina (2004).
Trinity College Library
Contributors:Hayden, Wheeler, and Schwend, architects; Louis E. Schwend, architect; Oliver Duke Wheeler, architectDates:1902
Location:Durham, Durham CountyStreet Address:Trinity College Campus, Durham, NC
Status:No longer standing
Type:Educational
Images Published In:Claudia P. Roberts (Brown) and Diane E. Lea, The Durham Architectural and Historic Inventory (1982).
Note:The photograph shows a portion of the Trinity College Campus (now the East Campus of Duke University). The building in the right foreground is the Craven Memorial Bulding designed by Hook and Sawyer. Behind it, the domed building is the Trinity College Library by Hayden, Wheeler, and Schwend.
