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{{short description|American architect}}
{{Infobox architect
|name                 = Ward Wellington Ward
|image                = ChapmanHs 2007 12 16sm3.jpg
|image_size           =
|caption              = Exterior detail of the Chapman House in Syracuse, completed in 1913
|nationality          = [[United States|American]]
|birth_date           = {{Birth date|1875|07|26}}
|birth_place          = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]]
|death_date           = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1932|08|06|1875|07|26}}
|death_place          = [[Willard, New York]]
|practice             = Ward Wellington Ward
|significant_buildings=
|significant_projects =
|significant_design   = Lemoyne Manor, his studio and home
|awards               =
}}
'''Ward Wellington Ward''' (1875–1932) was an American [[architect]] who worked mostly in [[Syracuse, New York]].  He designed more than 250 buildings, of which more than 120 were built and survive.<ref name=wardmps>{{Cite journal|title=National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Architecture of Ward Wellington Ward in Syracuse, New York, 1908-1932|url={{NRHP url|id=64500441}} |format=pdf|date=September 11, 1996 |author=Richard Carlson |publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>  He was influenced by, and contributed to, the [[Arts and Crafts architecture|Arts and Crafts]] movement in architecture.  Ward's work is in varying styles, but the houses most typically include crafts-like details such as decorative cutouts in shutters.  His designs almost always include garages, gateways, and other small structures like [[gazebo]]s.
==Syracuse architect==
Ward was born in [[Chicago]]. His decision to live and work in Syracuse was influenced by the presence of [[Gustav Stickley]] in Syracuse, who promoted the "[[American Craftsman|Craftsman]]"-style of architecture, furniture, and other decorative arts in his magazine, ''[[The Craftsman (magazine)|The Craftsman]]''.  Gustav Stickley's own home in Syracuse is regarded as having the  first [[Craftsman style]] residential interior dating to 1902 in the United States.  Ward's wife's family was also in the Syracuse area.
Ward worked with [[Horatio Nelson White]] in Syracuse for a short time.
Ward's homes in Syracuse are concentrated in several neighborhoods which were upscale at the time of their development: [[Strathmore, Syracuse|Strathmore]], [[Scottholm, Syracuse|Scottholm]], Berkeley Park, and Sedgwick Farms.
He designed other buildings in Syracuse, too, and outside Syracuse he designed buildings including [[Mohegan Manor]] in [[Baldwinsville, New York]], originally built for the [[Independent Order of Odd Fellows]] and now used as a restaurant, and the [[Wellington House (Fayetteville, New York)|Charles Estabrook Mansion]].<ref>[http://moheganmanor.com/index.php/about-mohegan-manor About Mohegan Manor], Mohegan Manor website, accessed January 23, 2010</ref>
==Master craftsmen==
His work was part of an international movement, which used quality materials and "considered workmanship both an art and a craft." Ward discovered two master craftsmen early in his career; Henry Keck, who designed stained glass windows, and [[Henry Mercer]], who made Moravian handcrafted tiles in [[Doylestown, Pennsylvania]]. Ward used the tiles to decorate the face of wood-burning fireplaces.<ref name="crafts">{{cite news |title=Ward's Interior Design: Salvaging a Legacy |newspaper=[[The Post-Standard]] |location=Syracuse, New York |first=Julie |last=Fenster |date=July 15, 1978}}</ref>
==Personal life==
[[Image:Wellington-ward 1911-1216.jpg|left|thumb|140px|Ward Wellington Ward - Architect - Moyerdale - Syracuse Post-Standard, December 16, 1911]]
He was married to Maude Moyer<ref name="then">{{cite web|url=http://syracusethenandnow.org/Architects/WWWard/plan_to_mark_Ward_grave.htm |first=Dick |last=Case |title=Plan drafted to mark famed architect's grave |accessdate=2010-08-07|publisher=Syracuse Post-Standard, March 24, 2002 }}</ref> who was the daughter of local carriage and automobile manufacturer, [[Harvey A. Moyer]] and Rosamond Wilcox. She was raised in [[Liverpool, New York]].<ref name="maude">{{cite web|url=http://adirondackboys.blogspot.com/2006/11/when-penfield-closed-tradition-was-put.html|title=When Penfield Closed, Tradition was Put to Bed |date=20 November 2006 |accessdate=2010-08-07|publisher=Adirondack Boys, January 1, 2006}}</ref> The two met while she was attending the Boston Conservatory of Music in [[Boston, Massachusetts]] and he was attending [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]].<ref name="then"/>
Ward remodeled a farmhouse for his father-in-law, [[Harvey A. Moyer]] on Old Liverpool Road called ''Moyerdale'' and designed plans for a factory for the Moyer company on Wolf Street that is still in existence. In 1916, Ward built a home on a {{convert|5|acre|m2|adj=on}} lot overlooking [[Onondaga Lake]] and named it ''LeMoyne Manor''.<ref name="then"/>
The couple had one daughter, Peggy Ward Forgan, who relocated to [[Enumclaw, Washington]] after marriage to Peter Paul Forgan.<ref name="daughter">{{cite news |title=Legal Notices |newspaper=[[The Post-Standard]] |location=Syracuse, New York |date=December 9, 1974}}</ref>
He died in 1932 and Maude Moyer Ward later sold the house and moved to a house on her parents' ''Moyerdale'' property. She died in 1961. The Ward home was later brought out and changed into a restaurant and motel,  but still resembles the original structure.<ref name="then"/> Sadly, on August 29, 2018, LeMoyne Manor was demolished by the current owners of the property.
==Memorials==
Upon his death in 1932, Ward's remains were buried in the [[#External links|Moyer family plot in Woodlawn Cemetery]], Grant Boulevard, Syracuse, in a lot unmarked by a stone. A headstone was placed on Ward's grave in a public ceremony on October 20, 2002, by members of the ''Arts and Crafts Society'' of [[Central New York]].<ref name="memorial">{{cite news |title=Architect's Grave to be Marked |newspaper=[[The Post-Standard]] |location=Syracuse, New York |date=October 15, 2002}}</ref>
== National Register of Historic Places ==
Twenty-six homes and two other buildings designed by Ward and located within the city of Syracuse were listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on February 14, 1997, as a result of the ''Architecture of Ward Wellington Ward in Syracuse MPS'', a [[Multiple Property Submission]] to the National Register. Listed properties are:<ref name=wardmps/>
#[[Ashton House (Syracuse, New York)|Ashton House]], 301 Salt Springs Rd.
#[[John G. Ayling House]], 223 DeWitt St.
#[[Blanchard House (Syracuse, New York)|Blanchard House]], 329 Westcott Ave.
#[[Chapman House (Syracuse, New York)|Chapman House]], 518 Danforth St.
#[[Clark House (Syracuse, New York)|Clark House]], 105 Strathmore Drive, Strathmore
#[[Collins House (Syracuse, New York)|Collins House]], 2201 E. Genesee St.
#[[Dunfee House (Syracuse, New York)|Dunfee House]], 206 Summit Ave.
#[[Estabrook House (Syracuse, New York)|Estabrook House]], 819 Comstock Ave.
#[[Fairchild House (Syracuse, New York)|Fairchild House]], 111 Clairmont Ave, Strathmore
#[[Fuller House (Syracuse, New York)|Fuller House]], 215 Salt Springs Rd.
#[[Gang House (Syracuse, New York)|Gang House]], 707 Danforth Street; built in 1914 and currently used as a [[bed and breakfast]]<ref>[http://www.bbwellington.com/pages/history.html History], Bed & Breakfast Wellington website, accessed January 23, 2010</ref>
#[[Garrett House (Syracuse, New York)|Garrett House]], 	110 Highland St.
#[[Hoeffer House (Syracuse, New York)|Hoeffer House]], 2669 E. Genesee St.
#[[Hunziker House (Syracuse, New York)|Hunziker House]], 265 Robineau Road, Strathmore
#[[Kelly House (Syracuse, New York)|Kelly House]], 2205 E. Genesee St.
#[[Poehlman House (Syracuse, New York)|Poehlman House]], 2654 E. Genesee St.
#[[Porter House (Syracuse, New York)|Porter House]], 106 Strathmore Drive, Strathmore
#[[Sanderson House (Scottholm Terrace, Syracuse, New York)|Sanderson House at 112 Scottholm Terrace]]
#[[Sanderson House (Scottholm Boulevard, Syracuse, New York)|Sanderson House at 301 Scottholm Boulevard]]
#[[Sanford House (Syracuse, New York)|Sanford House]], 211 Summit Ave, Strathmore
#[[Alton Simmons House]], 309 Van Rensselaer St.
#[[Spencer House (Syracuse, New York)|Spencer House]], 114 Dorset Rd.
#[[Stowell House (Syracuse, New York)|Stowell House]], 225 Robineau Road, Strathmore
#[[Ward House (Syracuse, New York)|Ward House]], 100 Circle Rd.
#[[Welsh House (Syracuse, New York)|Welsh House]], 827 Lancaster Ave.
#[[White House (Syracuse, New York)|White House]], 176 Robineau Road, Strathmore
#[[Ziegler House (Syracuse, New York)|Ziegler House]], 1035 Oak St.
Two other multi-unit buildings were also listed:
#Former [[Beta Theta Pi]] fraternity house (now [[Theta Chi]] fraternity house), 711 Comstock Ave.
#[[Sherbrook Apartments (Syracuse, New York)|Sherbrook Apartments]], 600-604 Walnut Ave.
== See also ==
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Syracuse, New York]]
* [[Walnut Park Historic District]]
==References==
=== Notes ===
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=== Further reading ===
* {{cite news|last1=Walts|first1=Gary|title=The Historic Homes of Ward Wellington Ward|newspaper=The Post-Standard|date=16 October 2016|page=I1}}
==External links==
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*{{YouTube|rlLW5YJ3z1c|The Moyer Ward Legacy (series of videos) - Peter Forgan, 2010}}
*[http://syracusethenandnow.org/Architects/WWWard/WWWard.htm Ward Wellington Ward, at SyracuseThenAndNow]
*[https://aftercare.woodlawnsyracuse.org/ward-wellington-ward-1875-1932-GDkaU Ward Wellington Ward grave] at Woodlawn Cemetery (Syracuse, New York)
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[[Category:Houses in Syracuse, New York]]
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[[Category:Architects from Chicago]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Syracuse, New York]]
[[Category:Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Syracuse, New York)]]