Reasin and Wetherald

William H. Reasin and Samuel Brook Wetherald announced the formation of their partnership on September 2, 1851. They advertised their moved to the second floor of the Sun Iron Front Building on July 26, 1852. Reasin maintained his own office in the Sun Building after the death of Wetherald in 1854 until his own death in 1867.

Baltimore Sun, September 2, 1851

Reasin and Wetherald
Personnel
Founders	Samuel Brook Wetherald (1825-1854), William H. Reasin

The architect George A. Frederick, misspelling Reasin and Wetherald's names, reflected on their work in Baltimore in his 1912 unpublished memoir dictated to J. B. Noel Wyatt, who was then President of the Baltimore Chapter of the AIA:

Rasin and Wetherall did quite a large amount of work here. Mr. Wetherall, who unfortunately died at a comparatively early age, had a distinctive individuality, and by many years anticipated the famous "Richardson' in his pronounced preference and exemplification of the Italian (as distinguished from the more E. Byzantine of the same period), Romanesque style of architecture. Much of Rasin and Wetheral's work shows this preferential tendency. Their principal works were the Maryland Institute and Centre Market building; the Independent or Firehouse No. 6 Fire-engine house, Gay and Ensor Streets; the old "Bible House", W. Fayette, E. of Charles Street; the Noah Walker buildings, the earliest on the S.W. corner of Baltimore and Hanover Streets, the later one on the south side of Baltimore near Calvert with an "L" on the latter street. The former on the third floor level contained a central niche filled by a replica of "Crawford's Washington, (now placed in Druid Hill -Park) also the Granger building, S.W. corner of Baltimore and Sharp Streets; Excepting the fire-engine house, all of these buildings unfortunately fell as victims to the destructive fury of the great fire of 1904. The dwelling houses of Mr. Saml. Shoemaker, N. E. corner of St. Paul and Reade Streets; and that of Mr. Caughy, on W. side of St. Paul near Eager Street, also emanated in this office.

Ed Papenfuse, 11/5/2022

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