Henry Adams (engineer)

Henry Adams (born February 11, 1858 in Duisburg , † December 9, 1929 ) was an American civil engineer.

Adams came to Baltimore from Germany in 1880 . He first worked as a civil engineer for the prominent building contractor in Baltimore Benjamin F. Bennett and then from 1886 for the government (Chief Engineer of the Treasury, Supervising Architect's Office). In 1894 he was one of the founders of the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers (ASHVE), of which he was president from 1899 to 1900. Among other things, he built the heating and ventilation installations on Ellis Island for the government . In 1898 he founded his own engineering company, Henry Adams LLC (which still exists in Baltimore today).

He was on the board of directors of the Maryland Institute in Baltimore, where he also taught for twelve years.

He was the engineer of many structures in Baltimore, especially after a major fire in the city at the beginning of the 20th century (Bromo Seltzer Tower 1910, Maryland Institute of Arts 1908, for which he received the Gold Key of the New York Association of Independent Architects, Baltimore Museum of Art 1929, Belvedere Hotel 1903, Equitable Building 1906, Emerson Hotel 1912, Hearst Tower 1912, Southern Hotel 1917, Church Home Hospital 1922, City College Baltimore 1928, Court Square Office Building 1926, Pittsburgh Glass Company Building 1929).

The company also planned structures in China (Peking Union Medical College) and Manila.

He was the first recipient of the Institution of Structural Engineers gold medal .

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• Henry Adams Consulting Engineers, History