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Hewitt C. Wells
Hewitt C. Wells (1915 - October 2, 1989) was an American architect. He designed buildings in San Francisco, California and Nevada, including the National Register of Historic Places-listed Washoe County Library in Reno. LifeWells was born in 1915 in Washington, D.C.[1][2] He was educated at Choate Rosemary Hall, and he graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor's degree in 1938 and a master's degree in 1940.[1][3] He served in the United States Navy on board the USS Bailey during World War II, earning three battle stars.[3] Wells began his career by working for architect Albert Kahn in Detroit, Michigan.[1] He later designed at least two buildings in San Francisco, California: the Franciscan Restaurant in Fisherman's Wharf,[1] and a residential skyscraper in Russian Hill in the International Style.[4] He relocated to Reno, Nevada in 1960,[5] where he designed several government buildings,[6] including an addition to the Washoe County Courthouse.[5] He also designed the Washoe County Library in Reno,[1] listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the John W. Calhoun Annex of the Nevada State Museum in Carson City.[2] Wells taught at the Truckee Meadows Community College,[5] and he exhibited his watercolor paintings.[2][3] Wells had a wife, Marian, two daughters, and two stepsons.[3] He died on October 2, 1989, in Santa Rosa, California.[6][7] He was eulogized by Nevada Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Clifton Young at a memorial service was held in Reno on October 30, 1989.[7] References
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