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Pierce, Joseph H., was born in Dundee, Yates County, N. Y., September 2, 1855. His father, H. W. Pierce, was
a well known mechanic and builder and died at that place January 23, 1891, aged seventy three. William H. Pierce,
his only brother, follows his late father's vocation in Dundee. Joseph H. Pierce had pursued a course in. mechanical
draughting and drawing, and graduated from Starkey Seminary in 1878. In 1880 he came to Elmira and entered the
architectural office of W. H. Hayes, now of Minneapolis, Minn., whom he succeeded in the profession which he conducted
in his own interest over two years. In 1884 he formed a copartnership with Otis Dockstader under the firm name
of Pierce & Dockstader. The latter withdrew in 1890. After a period of one year a partner was taken in the
person of H. H. Bickford, the style of the firm being Pierce & Biekford. Mr. Pierce, has always taken an active
interest in all matters pertaining to the architectural profession and associations, having served three years
as a member of the executive committee previous to his election to the officeof secretary of the Western New York
Chapter, A. .1. A., at Buffalo, in November, 1890. Among the buildings designed by him are the following: First
M. E. Church, Northcott building, Thompkins, Fassett & Crocker's wholesale grocery building, First Baptist
Church, College Hill Chapel, New York State Armory, Advertiser building, Telegram building, and numerous other
residences, churches, and public structures, nob. only in Elmira and Chemung County, but in various cities and
villages in the States of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. He has been eminently successful. Painstaking,
careful, and conservative, never hasty or partisan, his opinions carry much weight. During the decade in which
Mr. Pierce has been engaged in the practice of his chosen profession, a vocation at once ennobling and interesting,
he has attained recognition among the leading members of the fraternity in this country. His designs. evince a
high degree of that fine artistic taste combined with those principles of eponomic building that are so essential
to success in modern architecture. His work is regarded as embracing such principles of hygienic construction that
come only from diligent study, wide experience, and careful application. Many of his drawings have been published
in the best architectural periodicals in the United States and the writer hereof has not infrequently found such
sketches treasured by younger architects as examples worthy of imitation. As secretary of the Western New York
Chapter, A. I. A., he is editor of that department in the Architectural Era, published at Syracuse, N. Y., the
official organ of that organization. Although at the zenith of man's allotted life Mr. Pierce has already accomplished
work worthy of emulation, and is withal a striking example of all that goes to make a worthy citizen and a successful
architect. Mr. Pierce is a thirty second degree Mason and has held the office of captain general of St. Omer'sCommandery.
He is also a prominent member of the Hedding M. E. Church, being a trustee, a member of the Board of Stewards,
and has for several years taught a large Bible class. He has served one year and six months more than a full period
of enlistment in the National Guard of the State of New York, being a sergeant for the last two or three years
of his service. September 29, 1886, he married Carrie, daughter of the late David Decker, of Elmira, N. Y.
From:
Our County and its people
A History of the Valley and County of Chemung
BY: Ausburn Towner
D. Mason & Co., Publishers
Syracuse, N. Y. 1892
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