Henry Harper (1846–1919) was an architect based in Nottingham who is noted for the large number of churches and chapels built for Primitive Methodists.
Life
He was born on 9 October 1846 in Calverley, Yorkshire, the son of Thomas Harper (1819–1856) and his wife Elizabeth (1821–1896). He was baptised on 18 July 1847 in St Wilfrid's Church, Calverley.
He married Mary Ann Marshall (1845–1905), fifth daughter of Samuel Marshall of Rawden on 12 October 1868 in the Primitive Methodist Chapel, Rawdon, Yorkshire and they had the following children:
Thomas Harper (1869–1897)
Harry Marshall Harper (1872–1943)
Ellen Harper (1874–1951)
Wilfred Harper (born 1878)
Fanny Harper (1880–1883)
In 1871 he is recorded as living at 23 Beech Street, Cheetham, Manchester, and his occupation was joiner and local preacher. In 1881 he was living at 20 Norton Street, Nottingham. By 1895 he is established as an architect in Nottingham, based in Tavistock Chambers, Nottingham.
After the death of his wife on 29 July 1905, he married Sarah Ann Doar (1842–1930) on 30 April 1907 at St Giles' Church, Sandiacre.
He died on 30 April 1919 at 71 Cromwell Street, Nottingham and after a funeral service at Forest Road Primitive Methodist Church was buried on 3 May 1919 in Nottingham General Cemetery.