Joseph Henry Pitt was born was born in Battersea, London, England in 1871 and was articled to Richard Goulburn Lovell (1861-1937) in Eastbourne, Sussex. He commenced independent practice in London in 1902. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1925. His address was given as 14, Harvest Road, Brondesbury, London in 1914; and 142, Holborn Bars, London in 1914 and 1927. He died in Middlesex on 26 January 1936. His address at the time of his death was 67 Chatsworth Road, Kilburn, Middlesex [now London]
Public buildings at Rochdale and Shipley; business premises: Brooks Street, Holborn; Tudor House, Redenham; Castle Street, Swansea; Tudor Building, Maidstone; and next Whitechapel Station: house, St. Albans. Prudential Approved Societies Buildings; 2 blocks. Brooks Street, Holborn; girls' hostel, Cholmely Park, Highgate; Prudential Buildings, Maidstone, Exeter
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 2: L-Z. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001