[1] At an early age, he became fond of the "solid necessities of building" and enjoyed working alongside his father.

A young man named Robert Grimacy gave him lessons in architecture; it was then that Addison Hutton considered it to be a possible direction in his own life.

Hutton studied architecture with Samuel Sloan, a leading Philadelphia architect and author of books on house designs.

Hutton died on June 26, 1916, and was buried at Short Creek Meeting House in Jefferson County, Ohio.

[1] His granddaughter has written a biography: Elizabeth Biddle Yarnall, Addison Hutton: Quaker Architect, 1834–1916 (Philadelphia: The Art Alliance Press, 1974).