Thomas Harvey James was an architect in the Manawatu in the late 1800's and early 1900's. He began his business in Palmerston North in 1889, and remained there for four years, erecting or designing some of the finest buildings in the district, including the Colonial Bank, and the Palmerston North Hospital.
James also made some additions to the Feilding Hotel (also known as Hastie's Hotel), and created the Feilding Wesleyan Church. He was the architect for the Star Bowkett Building Society, and the Feilding Building Society, a post that he held since he moved to the district in 1893.