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HART REELAND ROBERTS TRACES ITS ORIGINS TO 1910 IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, WHEN A YOUNG ARCHITECT NAMED RUSSELL HART LEFT NEW YORK FOR NASHVILLE TO OVERSEE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HERMITAGE HOTEL, ACTING AS RESIDENT ARCHITECT AND FIELD SUPERVISOR. UPON THE LANDMARK HOTEL'S COMPLETION, HART DECIDED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF NASHVILLE'S BURGEONING ECONOMY AND ESTABLISHED HIS OWN PRACTICE USING HIS UNIQUE STYLE OF GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE. NEARLY A DECADE AFTER HART'S ARRIVAL IN NASHVILLE, ENGINEERS F. EUGENE FREELAND & MARTIN S. ROBERTS FORMED THEIR OWN NASHVILLE PRACTICE. WHILE INVOLVED IN SEPARATE COMPANIES, THE THREE MEN WORKED COLLECTIVELY ON A NUMBER OF PROJECTS BEFORE JOINING FORCES IN 1920 (ALONG WITH ARCHITECT GEORGE D. NEVINS) TO FORM NASHVILLE'S FIRST MAJOR ARCHITECTURAL & ENGINEERING FORM: HART NEVINS FREELAND ROBERTS, ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS. NUMEROUS NOTEWORTHY STRUCTURES AND BUILDINGS THAT TODAY ARE INTRINSICALLY WOVEN INTO THE HISTORY OF NASHVILLE AND ITS CULTURE. AS HFR CONTINUED TO BUILD ITS NATIONAL CLIENT BASE, IT QUICKLY BECAME EVIDENT THAT IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY ADVANTAGEOUS TO ESTABLISH A REGIONAL OFFICE IN MID-AMERICA FROM A NATIONAL STANDPOINT. AN ADDITIONAL IMPETUS FOR THIS IDEA CAME IN THE LATE 1980S WHEN THE COMPANY WAS CHOSEN TO DESIGN SEVERAL HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL ARTS BUILDINGS IN AMERICA'S HEARTLAND. AS A DIRECT RESULT, HFR OPENED ITS KANSAS CITY OFFICE IN THE SPRING OF 1992. THE FIRST MAJOR PROJECT TO COME OUT OF THE COMPANY'S NEW MID-AMERICA HUB WAS THE INNOVATIVE ST. JOSEPH MEDICAL MALL. WITH THE VOLUME OF WORK EXPONENTIALLY INCREASING IN THE KENTUCKY REGION AND BEYOND, HFR ESTABLISHED A LOUISVILLE OFFICE IN THE SUMMER OF 2007. THE NORTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY OFFICE NOT ONLY ENCOMPASSES THE STATE OF KENTUCKY, BUT ALSO COVERS SURROUNDING STATES SUCH AS OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, ILLINOIS, AND INDIANA. IN 2010, HFR CELEBRATED ITS 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY. HFR'S TEAM OF LICENSED ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, SURVEYORS, AND INTERIOR DESIGNERS SERVE AN EVER-EXPANDING LIST OF CLIENTELE ACROSS THE U.S. MANY OF THOSE CLIENTS, WHICH INCLUDE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, PRIVATE BUSINESSES, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, MEDICAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS, LIBRARIES AND UTILITY COMPANIES, ARE REPEAT CUSTOMERS WITH ONE INALIENABLE FACTOR IN COMMON-THEY ALL SEEK AN EXCELLENCE IN CLIENT SERVICE AND DESIGN THAT HFR HAS PROUDLY AND CONSISTENTLY DELIVERED OVER THE LAST 100+ YEARS. |Year Established: 1910.