{{short description|American architect and politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Harrison Henry Atwood | image = Harrison Henry Atwood cir. 1894.png | caption = Atwood c. 1894 | state = [[Massachusetts]] | district = {{ushr|MA|10|10th}} | term_start = March 4, 1895 | term_end = March 3, 1897 | preceded = [[Michael J. McEttrick]] | succeeded = [[Samuel J. Barrows]] | office2 = Member of the<br>[[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] | term_start2 = 1887 | term_end2 = 1889 | constituency2 = 8th Suffolk district | preceded2 = Patrick D. Dwyer<br>Matthew Dolan | succeeded2 = Joseph P. Lomasney | term_start3 = 1915 | term_end3 = 1915 | constituency3 = 24th Suffolk district | preceded3 = Timothy J. Ahern<br>[[Sanford Bates]]<br>Charles S. Lawler | succeeded3 = Charles S. Lawler | term_start4 = 1917 | term_end4 = 1918 | constituency4 = 19th Suffolk district | preceded4 = | succeeded4 = Frank L. Brier<br>Elihu D. Stone | term_start5 = 1923 | term_end5 = 1924 | constituency5 = 19th Suffolk district | preceded5 = Frank L. Brier<br>Herbert W. Burr<br>Charles Shulman | succeeded5 = Bernard P. Casey<br>Bernard Ginsburg | term_start6 = 1927 | term_end6 = 1928 | constituency6 = 17th Suffolk district | preceded6 = Peter J. Fitzgerald<br>Joseph J. Mulhern | succeeded6 = Frank J. McFarland | office7 = 5th City Architect of [[Boston]] | term_start7 = 1889 | term_end7 = 1891 | preceded7 = [[Charles J. Bateman]] | succeeded7 = [[Edmund M. Wheelwright]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1863|8|26}} | birth_place = [[Londonderry, Vermont|North Londonderry, Vermont]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1954|10|22|1863|8|26}} | death_place = [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], U.S. | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]<br>[[Progressive Party (United States, 1912)|Progressive]] | spouse = Clara Stein | relations = | children = Harrison Jr.<br>August | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = Architect | signature = | website = | footnotes = <ref>{{cite book |title=Who's Who in State Politics |year=1915 |publisher=Practical Politics |location=Boston |url= https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinstatepo1915bost }}</ref> }} '''Harrison Henry Atwood''' (August 26, 1863 – October 22, 1954) was an American architect and politician who represented Boston in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1895 to 1897 and for several nonconsecutive terms in the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]]. He was a member of the [[Republican Party (US)|Republican Party]] but was also supported by the [[Progressive Party (United States, 1912)|Progressive Party]] during his later terms in the Massachusetts House.
==Biography== Born at the home of his grandmother in [[Londonderry, Vermont|North Londonderry, Vermont]], Atwood attended public schools in [[Boston]]. He studied architecture and engaged in that profession in Boston. Atwood was elected as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] to the [[54th United States Congress|Fifty-fourth]] Congress (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897). Atwood defeated incumbent Democrat [[Michael J. McEttrick]].<ref>{{Citation | title = FIGHTING 10TH. District Captured by the Republicans. Atwood Leads in the Exciting Race. Elected to Congress Beyond Doubt. McEttrick Second and 1029 Behind. But He Led McNary by No Less Than 1655 Votes. Fitzgerald in 9th Defeats Jesse M. Gove. Both Cronan and Coakley Left Out in the Cold. FITZGERALED'S FIGHT. How He Defeated Jesse Gove in the 9th Congressional District. FULLER THE VICTOR. He Defeats Both Cronan and Coakley for the Senate.| page = 1 | newspaper=Boston Daily Globe | location = Boston, MA | date = November 7, 1894}}</ref> He was a member of the Republican State Committee.
Atwood was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1896 to the [[55th United States Congress|Fifty-fifth]] Congress. He resumed his former profession in Boston. From 1888 to 1894 he was a member of and secretary to the Boston Republican City Committee. From 1889 to 1890 he was City Architect of Boston, designing the [[Bowditch School]], the [[Congress Street Fire Station]], and the [[Harvard Avenue Fire Station]], all on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. Atwood also designed several churches for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston. He was again a member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] in 1915, 1917, 1918, 1923, 1924, 1927, and 1928.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1918 to the [[66th United States Congress|Sixty-sixth]] Congress, and then resumed his work as an architect in [[Boston]]. In April 1938, he moved to [[Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts]].
==Death== Atwood died in [[Boston]] on October 22, 1954, and was interred in [[Forest Hills Cemetery]] in the [[Forest Hills, Boston|Forest Hills]] neighborhood of Boston.
==Buildings on the National Register of Historic Places designed by H.H. Atwood== {{Gallery |File:Bowditch School Boston MA 01.jpg|[[Bowditch School]] |File:Harvard Avenue Fire Station Boston MA.jpg|[[Harvard Avenue Fire Station]] |File:Congress Street Fire Station South Boston MA.jpg|[[Congress Street Fire Station]] }}
==See also== * [[1915 Massachusetts legislature]] * [[1917 Massachusetts legislature]] * [[1918 Massachusetts legislature]] * [[1923–1924 Massachusetts legislature]]
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==Bibliography== {{CongBio|A000336|ref=none}} *[https://books.google.com/books?id=qmn1dLCOR_oC Official Congressional Directory] By United States Congress
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