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Atlee Ayres

American architect (1873–1969)

Atlee Bernard Ayres (July 12, 1873 – November 6, 1969) was an American architect. He lived in central Texas.2

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Born Jul 12, 1873, died Nov 6, 1969.1

Career

Occupation: architect.4

  • Date not recordedFounded Ayres & Ayres3

Ayres authored the book Mexican Architecture: Domestic, Civil & Ecclesiastical in 1926.

He was a charter member of the Texas Society of Architects, and he was one of a group of architects instrumental in securing passage of state legislation in 1937 for the licensing of architects to practice.

Atlee B. Ayres was first architect from San Antonio to be honored as a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, in 1931.

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Personal life

  • BornJul 12, 1873, Hillsboro5 6
  • CitizenshipUnited States7

He married Olive Moss Cox in San Antonio in 1896, and the couple had two sons, Atlee Jr and Robert. After his wife's death in 1937, he married Katherine Cox in 1940. Ayres was still practicing architecture when he died at the age of ninety-six on November 6, 1969, in San Antonio. He was buried in Mission Burial Park in San Antonio.

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Awards

  • 1931Fellow of the American Institute of Architects8 9

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