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Edwin Augustus Keeble (August 18, 1905 – September 22, 1979) was an American architect who was trained in the Beaux-Arts architecture tradition. He designed many buildings in Tennessee, including homes, churches, military installations, skyscrapers, hospitals and school buildings, some of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Donald W. Southgate (1887–1953) was an American architect. He designed many buildings in Davidson County, Tennessee, especially Nashville and Belle Meade, some of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
U.S. Post Office in Nashville, now Frist Center Tennessee Supreme Court Building in Nashville. Marr & Holman was an architectural firm in Nashville, Tennessee known for their traditional design. Notable buildings include the Nashville Post Office (now known as the Frist Art Museum) and the Milliken Memorial Community House in Elkton, Kentucky.
Swensson began his career in Nashville in 1951, when he was a student draftsman for Hart & McBryde. Swensson went to Chicago, where he worked for Perkins and Will, only to move back to Nashville. [1] AT&T Building, Nashville TN. Swensson founded Earl Swensson Associates (ESa), an architectural firm based in Nashville, in 1961. [1]
333 Commerce Street [5] (formerly the AT&T Building, South Central Bell Building, and BellSouth Building, also colloquially known as the Batman Building [12]) is a 617-foot (188 m), 33-story skyscraper completed in September 1994 and located in Nashville, Tennessee. The structure is designed as an office tower capable of housing 2,000 workers.
William Strickland (November 1788 – April 6, 1854) was a noted architect and civil engineer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Nashville, Tennessee.A student of Benjamin Latrobe and mentor to Thomas Ustick Walter, Strickland helped establish the Greek Revival movement in the United States.
When Tennessee instituted a registration law for architects in 1922, the McKissack brothers were initially denied their licenses. [ 5 ] : 6 However, after petitioning the state and obtaining architectural degrees, the brothers got their licenses and became the first licensed black architects in the United States [ 5 ] : 2 [ 15 ]
A jury of nationally-known architects devised a competition to narrow the competitors to six; three from Tennessee and three from out-of state. The designers were kept anonymous and the choice was made by a commission of local city fathers at the Hermitage Hotel in Nashville on February 14, 1922. Dougherty's design was the unanimous choice. [6]