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Witold Karol Von Henneberg

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Witold Karol Von Henneberg

Birth
Poland
Death
2 Apr 2014 (aged 91)
Burial
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.3728403, Longitude: -71.1402389
Plot
Halcyon Garden, Lot 10855
Memorial ID
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Mr. von Henneberg was born January 28, 1923 on the family estate in Berdowicze, Poland, the eldest of three sons born to Wanda Maria and Wilhelm Karol von Henneberg. With his brother, Jacek von Henneberg (1926-2015), formed the Cambridge architectural firm Henneberg and Henneberg.

AIA American Architects Directory (1970):

VON HENNEBERG, WITOLD KAROL. AIA 63. Boston Society of Architects.
Henneberg & Henneberg, 280-282 Franklin St, Cambridge, Mass. 02139.
Home Add: 618 Edmands Rd, Framingham, Mass. 01701.
b. Berdowicze, Poland, Jan. 28, 23. Educ: Dipl. Bldg. Construct. Eng, State Col. Bldg. Construct, Warsaw, Poland, 42; Warsaw Polytech. Faculty Arch, 42-44; Royal Univ. Rome Faculty Arch, Italy, 45-46; Dipl. Arch. & Planning, Univ. Liverpool, Polish Univ. Col, London, Eng, 48; First Hons, S.Bank Develop. Plan, London, Eng, 48; Brit. Govt. WW II Vet. scholar, 45. Prev. Firm: Prin, Archit. Collaborative, 51-59. Pres. Firm: Henneberg & Henneberg, org. 54, joined firm, 59. Reg: Mass.

Principal Works: Our Lady of Jasna Gora Church, Clinton, Mass, 62 [photo right]; Down E. Commun. Hosp, Machias, Maine, 64; Temple Beth Sholom, Framingham, 64; Cape Codder Hotel, Falmouth, Mass, 67; James Hennessey Sch, Lawrence, Lawrence, Mass, 69. Hon. Awards: First prize for pre-fab multi-story apt. bldg, S.A.R.P, Warsaw, 56; hon. mention for Cent. Commercial Dist, Chicago, Carson, Pirie & Scott, 57; hon. mention for Civic Plaza Develop. Plan, City of Kirkwood, Mo, 67. Govt.Serv: Polish Home Army, Div. Jelen, Seventh Lancers Regiment, Eighth Brit. Army, Second Armored Div, First Lancers Regiment, 41-45; wounded twice; Cross of Valor. AIA Activ: Boston Soc. of Archit, pub. rels. cmt, 67-69, Parker medal award jury, 68.

Mr. von Henneberg was born January 28, 1923 on the family estate in Berdowicze, Poland, the eldest of three sons born to Wanda Maria and Wilhelm Karol von Henneberg. With his brother, Jacek von Henneberg (1926-2015), formed the Cambridge architectural firm Henneberg and Henneberg.

AIA American Architects Directory (1970):

VON HENNEBERG, WITOLD KAROL. AIA 63. Boston Society of Architects.
Henneberg & Henneberg, 280-282 Franklin St, Cambridge, Mass. 02139.
Home Add: 618 Edmands Rd, Framingham, Mass. 01701.
b. Berdowicze, Poland, Jan. 28, 23. Educ: Dipl. Bldg. Construct. Eng, State Col. Bldg. Construct, Warsaw, Poland, 42; Warsaw Polytech. Faculty Arch, 42-44; Royal Univ. Rome Faculty Arch, Italy, 45-46; Dipl. Arch. & Planning, Univ. Liverpool, Polish Univ. Col, London, Eng, 48; First Hons, S.Bank Develop. Plan, London, Eng, 48; Brit. Govt. WW II Vet. scholar, 45. Prev. Firm: Prin, Archit. Collaborative, 51-59. Pres. Firm: Henneberg & Henneberg, org. 54, joined firm, 59. Reg: Mass.

Principal Works: Our Lady of Jasna Gora Church, Clinton, Mass, 62 [photo right]; Down E. Commun. Hosp, Machias, Maine, 64; Temple Beth Sholom, Framingham, 64; Cape Codder Hotel, Falmouth, Mass, 67; James Hennessey Sch, Lawrence, Lawrence, Mass, 69. Hon. Awards: First prize for pre-fab multi-story apt. bldg, S.A.R.P, Warsaw, 56; hon. mention for Cent. Commercial Dist, Chicago, Carson, Pirie & Scott, 57; hon. mention for Civic Plaza Develop. Plan, City of Kirkwood, Mo, 67. Govt.Serv: Polish Home Army, Div. Jelen, Seventh Lancers Regiment, Eighth Brit. Army, Second Armored Div, First Lancers Regiment, 41-45; wounded twice; Cross of Valor. AIA Activ: Boston Soc. of Archit, pub. rels. cmt, 67-69, Parker medal award jury, 68.

Gravesite Details

The memorial is located a few feet from his former Cambridge partner in the Architects' Collaborative, Ben Thompson.


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