Victor Huot
{{Short description|French-born American architect (1822–1904)}}
{{confused|Victor Huot (cartographer)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Victor Huot
| birth_date = February 17, 1822
| birth_place = Bretonvillers, Doubs, France
| death_date = June 1904
| death_place = Davenport, Iowa, United States
| education = Polytechnique École in Paris
| occupation = Architect, builder, manufacturer
| spouse = Marie Favre (m.1854–)
| children = 2
}}
Victor Huot (February 17, 1822 – June 1904){{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J0BFAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22victor+huot%22+builder&pg=PA15 |title=Improvement Bulletin |publisher=Chapin Publishing Company |publication-date=November 10, 1904 |chapter=Obituary: Victor Huot |via=Google Books}} was a French-born American architect and builder. He was mostly active in Davenport, Iowa, but also worked in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Cleveland, Ohio.
Biography
Victor Huot was born on February 17, 1822, in Bretonvillers, Doubs, France.{{Cite web |date=May 30, 1904 |title=Victor Huot Passes Away |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/quad-city-times-victor-huot-passes-away/159275926/ |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=Quad-City Times |language=en-US |via=Newspapers.com}} He was the son of Marie Justin and Jean Baptiste Huot. He studied architecture at École Polytechnique in Paris, and at St. Remy's.
He came to the United States in 1842, initially arriving in Cleveland, Ohio, and moving to New Orleans in 1854. Huot was close with fellow architect T. W. McClelland, and his apprentice of nine years was John Doland.{{Cite web |date=February 21, 1904 |title=Venerable couple are fifty years wed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/quad-city-times-huot-architect/31122408/ |website= |publisher=Quad-City Times |via=Newspapers.com}} Huot designed Ambrose Hall at 518 West Locust in Davenport, Iowa, as well as St. Joseph's Catholic Church at W. 6th Street and Marquette Street. Both are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
He established a sash door and blind manufacturing business in Davenport, Iowa.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mRM1AQAAMAAJ&dq=%22victor+huot%22+builder&pg=PA516|title=Portrait and Biographical Record of Denver and Vicinity, Colorado: Containing Portraits and Biographies of Many Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present, Together with Biographies and Portraits of All the Presidents of the United States|date=November 10, 1898|publisher=Chapman Publishing Company|via=Google Books}} In 1870 he partnered with C. G. Hipwell to do slate roof work.
On May 30, 1904, Huot fell from a shed roof and suffered from a head injury, and died either a few hours, or a days later, the sources dispute the exact time of death.{{Cite web |date=May 31, 1904 |title=Aged Resident Passes Away |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-times/33649623/ |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=The Daily Times |language=en-US |via=Newspapers.com}} He was survived by his wife and two children.
Work
File:St. Joseph's Catholic Church (Davenport, Iowa).jpg
- St. Joseph's Catholic Church (1881), Davenport, Iowa{{cite web |author1=Bowers |first=Martha |author2=Svendsen-Roesler |first2=Marlys |date=July 7, 1983 |title=National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: St. Joseph's Catholic Church |url={{NRHP url|id=83002510}} |access-date= |publisher=National Park Service}} with {{NRHP url|id=83002510|photos=y|title=photo}}
- Immaculate Conception Academy (1884), Davenport, Iowa
- Sacred Heart Cathedral, Davenport, Iowa
- Ambrose Hall (1885–1912) at St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa{{Cite web |date=April 11, 1977 |title=Ambrose Hall |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/77000553 |website=NPGallery, Digital Asset Management System}}
- Huot designed the slate roof only, for the J. Monroe Parker–Ficke House, in the College Square Historic District, Davenport, Iowa{{Cite web |title=Parker-Ficke House Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=202211 |website=www.hmdb.org}}
- Grace Episcopal Cathedral, Davenport, Iowa
- Burtis House
- Sharon residence (Fred B. Sharon House), Cork Hill in Davenport, Iowa
- St. Ambrose, Davenport, Iowa{{Cite web |date=May 9, 2019 |title=Newsletter: Old St Joseph Church |url=https://www3.scottcountyiowa.gov/history/pub/schps-newsletters/2019/201905_SCHPS_Newsletter.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241110141949/https://www3.scottcountyiowa.gov/history/pub/schps-newsletters/2019/201905_SCHPS_Newsletter.pdf |archive-date=November 10, 2024 |website=Scott County Historic Preservation Society, Inc.}}
- Sisters Academy, Davenport, Iowa
- Mercy Hospital (the original building), Davenport, Iowa
- Rosa Woolmansee residence
- Dessaint–Petersen residence, also known as the W.D. Petersen residence, Davenport, Iowa
- Alibone Morton / Judge Nathaniel French home
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Huot, Victor}}
Category:French emigrants to the United States