C.F. Haglin Company papers

Charles Haglin was born on April 7, 1849, in Hastings, NY. He was educated in the public schools of that city and became a draftsman in the office of a Syracuse architect in his late teens. After a year, he moved to Chicago and, in 1873, he relocated to Minneapolis and entered practice with Franklin B. Long. The partnership ended in 1876 and Haglin entered into partnership with Frederick Corser for about five years. In 1881, Haglin formed a contracting firm with Charles Morse, and together they built a number of large structures in Minneapolis, including the Globe Building (1882) and the William Washburn residence ("Fairoaks") (1883), both designed by E. Townsend Mix of Milwaukee, WI. The company also erected the Minneapolis City Hall and Court House (1895-1905).

While the City Hall and Court House was underway, the partnership dissolved and Haglin operated the firm on his own until 1909, when B.H. Stahr joined as partner. The new company became known as the Haglin-Stahr Company. Between about 1900, when his association with Morse ceased, and his partnership with Stahr in 1909, Haglin's company built such Minneapolis structures as the Radisson Hotel (1909), Chamber of Commerce (later, Grain Exchange)(1901), Donaldson office building, Minneapolis Gas & Light Company, Orpheum Theater, the Plaza Hotel, and residences for George and Frank Peavey, Franklin Crosby, E.W. Decker, F.B. Semple (1901), L.S. Donaldson, and George H. Partridge. Late in his life, Haglin admitted his three sons into the partnership and the firm operated as C.F. Haglin & Sons. In 1920, the company contracted to rebuild Hibbing, MN, after the entire townsite was moved to make way for an expansion of an iron ore pit mine. Haglin died in Long Beach, CA, on February 23, 1921.