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Harvard Jolly is a St. Petersburg, Florida based architectural firm known for its work on school, healthcare and public buildings. It was founded as a solo practice in 1938 by William B. Harvard Sr.[1][2] With the addition of Blanchard E. Jolly as partner, the firm became Harvard Jolly in 1961. In the 1970s Enrique M. Marcet, R. John Clees, John Toppe, and William B. Harvard Jr. joined the firm, which became known as Harvard Jolly Clees Toppe Architecture for some time. Harvard Jolly has offices in St. Petersburg, West Palm Beach, Tampa, Sarasota, Jacksonville, Tallahassee, Orlando, and Ft. Myers.[3][1]

In 2012, Harvard Jolly was chosen along with Ikon 5 Architects of Princeton, New Jersey to design St. Petersburg College's College of Business building.[1] In 2013 the firm was chosen to design a 111,000 square foot $60 million police headquarters building in St. Petersburg, Florida.[4]

William B. Harvard Sr.

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William B. Harvard Sr. was born in Waldo, Florida. After graduating from Sewanee Military Academy, he attended the University of Cincinnati in the mid-1930s. He returned to Florida after his father's death during the Great Depression, originally apprenticing in Miami. Harvard then set up his own practice after a commission brought him to St. Petersburg, Florida. Harvard is known for his modern architecture designs including the St. Petersburg Pier, bandshell in Williams Park, Hospitality House at Busch Gardens, and Pasadena Community Church.[2]

Recent works by Harvard Jolly

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Early works

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The Inverted Pyramid Pier
The Williams Park bandstand

Libraries

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Harvard Jolly is a member of the American Library Association and the Florida Library Association.[9] The firm has designed over 120 libraries and has received 19 awards for their designs.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Harvard Jolly of St. Petersburg hired to design College of Business building | University of South Florida St. Petersburg". Archived from the original on 2013-06-23. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m The secret power of Bill Harvard Archived 2012-06-08 at the Wayback Machine The Floridian September 9, 1973 St. Petersburg Times
  3. ^ "Harvard Jolly Architecture". Harvard Jolly Architecture. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  4. ^ St. Petersburg hires Harvard Jolly to design a police headquarters March 8, 2013 Tampa Bay Business Journal
  5. ^ a b c "HCD Mag". December 2006.
  6. ^ https://www.cltampa.com/tampa/a-st-pete-midcentury-home-designed-by-inverted-pyramid-architect-william-b-harvard-is-now-for-sale/Slideshow/16732628/16732678
  7. ^ Pitper Castillo Band shell still inspires chorus of debate, pride[dead link‍] November 14, 1994 page 6 City Times section, St. Petersburg Times
  8. ^ "A St. Pete home designed by famed architect Blanchard Jolly is back on the market". 14 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Harvard Jolly Architecture".
  10. ^ a b "Harvard Jolly Architecture".

Further reading

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  • Harvard Jolly Clees Toppe Architecture, Booth-Clibborn Editions, 2000 ISBN 186154152X, 9781861541529 120 pages
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