Francis Palmer Smith
American architect
Francis Palmer Smith (March 27, 1886, in Cincinnati, Ohio – March 5, 1971, in Atlanta, Georgia) was an architect active in Atlanta and elsewhere in the Southeastern United States. He was the director of the Georgia Tech College of Architecture from 1909–1922.2
From Wikipedia’s article on Francis Palmer Smith (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Born 1886, died 1971.1
About
After working in Cincinnati, Ohio and then Columbus, Georgia, Smith was hired as a professor of Georgia Tech's new architecture school in 1908. He transferred the curriculum of the University of Pennsylvania which emphasized Beaux-Arts architecture. He met Robert Smith Pringle and formed a partnership with him in 1922, Pringle and Smith.
Robert Smith Pringle (1883-1937) was born in Summerville, South Carolina, and was educated in Columbia, South Carolina. He opened an office on his own in Columbia in 1902, and in 1917 moved to Atlanta, practicing on his own again until joining as a partner with Smith. Smith was the principal designer of the firm. Pringle died in 1937.
Francis Palmer Smith continued then in independent practice until 1960, when his son, Henry Howard Smith joined in partnership, and eventually retired in 1970. F. P. Smith died in Atlanta in 1971.
From Wikipedia’s article on Francis Palmer Smith, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
- Pringle and SmithFounder8
Career
Occupation: architect.5
- Date not recordedWorked at Georgia Tech3
- Date not recordedFounded Pringle and Smith4
Known for: William-Oliver Building.6
Personal life
- CitizenshipUnited States7
Links
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- 1WikidataFrancis Palmer Smith on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaFrancis Palmer Smith on Wikipedia
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- 8WikidataPringle and Smith, Founder
- 9Wikimedia CommonsFrancis Palmer Smith photo by Jeff Clemmons, CC BY 3.0