Draft:DeWitt Sanford Dykes Sr.
DeWitt Sanford Dykes Sr. | |
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| Born | August 16, 1903 Gladsden, Alabama, United States |
| Died | August 4, 1991 |
| Education | Boston University (STM), Gammon Theological Seminary (BD), Clark Atlanta University (BA), Morristown Normal and Industrial College |
| Occupation(s) | Architect, minister |
Rev. DeWitt Sanford Dykes Sr. (1903–1991) was an American architect and minister. He was known for his Methodist church designs.
Early life and education
[edit]DeWitt Sanford Dykes was born on August 16, 1903, in Gladsden, Alabama, to parents Mary Anna Wade and Henry Sanford Roland Dykes.[1][2][3] His mother was a mother of six children, and his father was a lay minister of Methodism and brick mason.[3] In 1910, the family moved to Newport, Tennessee.[3] By age 14, Dykes was a master brick mason, which peaked his interest in studying architecture.[3] His father was skeptical he could work as an architect because of discrimination and racism, and supported his religious studies.[3]
From 1919 to 1926, Dykes studied in the pre-college division of Morristown Normal and Industrial College (now Morristown College) in Morristown, Tennessee.[2] While he was studying, Dykes earned money as a brick mason.[2] In the summer of 1925, he took a evening drafting class at Cass Technical High School in Detroit.[3]
Dykes received a bachelor's degree in 1930 at Clark University in Atlanta (now Clark Atlanta University);[2] a studied simultaneously at the Gammon Theological Seminary (now Interdenominational Theological Center) in Atlanta, where he received a Bachelor of Divinity degree in 1931;[2] followed by study at the school of theology at Boston University, where he received a Master of Sacred Theology in 1932.[2]
Career
[edit]List of works
[edit]- 1957, Bethlehem Methodist Church, Bay Springs, Mississippi[3]
- 1959, Brooks Temple Methodist Church, Midway, North Carolina[3]
- 1959, Central Valley Methodist Church, California[3]
- 1961, Ashbury Methodist, 4810 Narrow, Lynchburg, South Carolina[3]
- 1961, Bethel Methodist Church, 331 N. Mechanic Street, Pendleton, South Carolina[3]
- 1962, Alexander Chapel, 1 Moon Street, Cartersville, Georgia[3]
- 1962, Centenary Methodist Church, 830 S. 6th Street, Hartsville, South Carolina[3]
- 1963, Bass Chapel Methodist, 5064 Bass Chapel, Greensboro, North Carolina[3]
- 1963, Burns Methodist Church, 5616 Farrow Road, Columbia, South Carolina[3]
- 1966, Bentley Street Christian, 417 Bentley, Knoxville, Tennessee[3]
- 1967, Canaan Methodist Church, 171 Hwy 61, Ridgeville, South Carolina[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Dykes, DeWitt Sanford, Sr". American Architects and Buildings. Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
- ^ a b c d e f "Pioneering Black Architects In North Carolina". NCModernist. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Wilson, Dreck Spurlock (2004-03-01). "DeWitt Sanford Dykes Sr. (1903–1991)". African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945. Routledge. pp. 235–250. ISBN 978-1-135-95628-8.