African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865–1945
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| Editor | Dreck Spurlock Wilson |
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| Publisher | Routledge |
Publication date | January 12, 2004 |
| ISBN | 978-0-415-92959-2 |
African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865–1945 is an American biographical dictionary with a focus on the history of previously overlooked African American architects, the book was edited by Dreck Spurlock Wilson and published in the first edition on January 12, 2004, by Routledge.[1][2][3]
The book features 151 profiles, of which 9 are women.[1] Some of the earliest building designs in this book date back to 1865, however there are possibly earlier African American architects.[4]
People profiled in the book
[edit]African American women architects
[edit]African American male architects
[edit]- Julian Francis Abele
- Archibald Alphonso Alexander
- Romulus Cornelius Archer Jr.
- Walter Thomas Bailey
- Lester Oliver Bankhead
- Louis Harvey Bank
- Carl Eugene Barnett
- Joseph Manual Bartholomew Sr.
- Robert Charles Bates
- Louis Arnett Stuart Bellinger
- Plympton Ross Berry
- Edward Eginton Birch
- Ernest Octavuis Birch
- John Henry Blanche
- Joseph Haygood Blodgett
- Henry Clifford Boles
- Cyril Garner Bow
- Charles Sumner Bowman
- Thomas Wilson Boyde Jr.
- Calvin Thomas Stowe Brent
- John Edmonson Brent
- Sanford Augustus Brookins
- Albert Grant Brown
- Grafton Tyler Brown
- Leroy John Henry Brown
- Richard Lewis Brown
- Robert Lester Buffins
- Albert Irvin Cassell
- Charles Irvin Cassell
- William Emmett Coleman Jr.
- Julian Abele Cook Sr.
- Ralph Victor Cook
- William Wilson Cooke
- Clarence Cross
- William Jefferson Decatur
- Henry Beard Delany
- Charles Edgar Dickinson
- Clyde Martin Drayton
- Charles Sumner Duke
- DeWitt Sanford Dykes Sr.
- Gaston Alonzo Edwards
- Curtis Graham Elliott
- Daniel J. Farrar Sr.
- Arthur Wilfred Ferguson
- George Alonzo Ferguson
- Robert Lionel Fields
- Orpheus Hodge Fisher
- Wade Alston Ford
- George Washington Foster Jr.
- Louis Edwin Fry Sr.
- James Homer Garrott
- Lewis Wentworth Giles Jr.
- Lewis Wentworth Giles Sr.
- Jasminius Wilsonni Rudophus Grandy III
- Francis Eugene Griffin
- Calvin Pazavia Hamilton
- Richard Mason Hancock
- Clinton Stevens Harris
- Isaiah Truman Hatton
- William Augustus Hazel
- Cornelius Langston Henderson Sr.
- Joseph E. Hill
- Leroy Hilliard
- Stewart Daniel Hoban Sr.
- John Bunyon Holloway Jr.
- Granville Warner Hurley Sr.
- James Edward Hutchins
- Perry Costa Ifill
- Leon Quincy Jackson
- Willie Edward Jenkins
- Conrad Adolphus Johnson Jr.
- Harvey Nathaniel Johnson
- George Maceo Jones[5]
- William Thomas Jones
- Horace King
- John Thomas King
- Arthur Edward Lankford
- John Anderson Lankford
- Calvin Esua Lightner
- Henry Lewis Livas
- Howard Hamilton Mackey Sr.
- Robert Prince Madison
- Calvin Lunsford McKissack
- Moses McKissack III
- John Alexander Melby[6]
- John Merrick
- John Henry Michael
- Elon Howard Mickles[7]
- Edward Charles Miller
- John Aycocks Moore[8]
- William Henry Moses Jr.
- John Clavon Norman Jr.
- Kenneth Roderick O'Neal
- Joseph Lincoln Parker
- Frederick Blackburn Pelham
- Louis Hudison Persley
- William Sidney Pittman
- James Alonzo Plater
- Samuel Plato
- Henry James Price
- Edward Lyons Pryce
- Leon Andrew Price Jr.
- Wallace Augustus Rayfield
- Lawrence Reese
- Francis Jefferson Roberson
- Francis Rassieur Roberson
- Walter Lenox Roberts Jr.
- Hilyard Robert Robinson
- Robert L. Robinson
- William J. Robinson
- John Henry Rosemond
- Ferdinand Lucien Rousseve
- Charles Thaddeus Russell
- Roy Anthony Sealey
- William W. Smith
- Prince W. Spears
- William Alfred Streat
- John Dennis Sulton
- Vertner Woodson Tandy
- Robert Robinson Taylor
- Robert Rochon Taylor
- William Ferguson Thornton
- Ralph Augustin Vaughn
- Roscoe Ingersoll Vaughn[9]
- Josiah Joshua Walker
- Booker Taliaferro Washingon III
- Robert Edward Lee Washington
- John Austin Welch
- Clarence Buchanan Wheat Sr.
- Columbus Bob White
- Donald Frank White
- Richard Cassius White
- Miller Fulton Whittaker[10]
- Clarence Wesley Wigington
- Paul Revere Williams
- David Augustus Williston
- John Lewis Wilson Jr.
- Howard Dilworth Woodson
- Edward Walter Owen Young
- Golden Joseph Zenon Jr.
Bibliography
[edit]- Wilson, Dreck Spurlock (March 2004). African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945 (Revised ed.). New York City, NY: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-95629-5.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Kahn, Eve M. (2004-06-03). "A Book Remembers Forgotten Architects". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
- ^ Rossell, E. G. Daves (Winter 2005). "Review of African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945". CRM: The Journal of Heritage Stewardship, Volumes 1-8, National Park Service (NPS). Retrieved 2023-03-04.
- ^ Weiss, Ellen (2008-03-01). "Review: The Rosenwald Schools of the American South, by Mary S. Hoffschwelle and African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary 1865–1945, by Dreck Spurlock Wilson". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 67 (1): 142–144. doi:10.1525/jsah.2008.67.1.142. ISSN 0037-9808.
- ^ Reggev, Kate (January 29, 2021). ""That [Most] Exceptional One": Early Black Female Architects". Madame Architect. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
- ^ https://record.umich.edu/articles/it-happened-at-michigan-engineering-a-prominent-career/
- ^ https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/1160680
- ^ https://www.tclf.org/pioneer/elon-howard-mickels
- ^ John Aycocks Moore
- ^ https://archive.blackarchitectsarchive.org/people/Roscoe-Ingersoll-Vaughn/
- ^ https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/whittaker-miller-fulton/
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