G. W. & W. D. Hewitt was a prominent architectural firm in the eastern United States at the turn of the twentieth century. It was founded in
Philadelphia in 1878, by brothers
George Wattson Hewitt (1841–1916) and
William Dempster Hewitt (1847–1924), both members of the
American Institute of Architects. The firm specialized in churches, hotels and palatial residences, especially crenelated mansions such as Maybrook (1881),
Druim Moir (1885–86) and
Boldt Castle (1900–04). The last was built for
George C. Boldt, owner of Philadelphia's
Bellevue-Stratford Hotel (1902–04), G.W. & W.D. Hewitt's most well-known building.