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American architect (1881-1967)
Franklin O. Adams
Born (1881-07-05 ) July 5, 1881
Franklin Oliver Adams Jr. (1881 – 1967) was an American architect in
Tampa, Florida .
[1]
Background
Adams was born in
Waterproof, Louisiana on July 5, 1881.
[2] Adams grew up on a
cotton
plantation and was taught by a
governess . He graduated from
Centenary College in 1901 with a
Bachelor of Science degree and started out as a teacher, "teaching in a
log house in
Mississippi ".
[3] He graduated from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1907 with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture.
[1]
After graduating, Adams worked as a draftsman for
Newhall & Belvins in Boston. He worked as a draftsman and superintendent for Harry B. Wheelock in
Birmingham from 1909–1914
He died on November 27, 1967.
[4]
Works
His works include:
[1]
The third Tampa City Hall (1926)
[5]
Riverview Terrace
[6]
Plant High School (1927). Tampa, Florida.
Lakeland Public Library (1927). Lakeland, Florida.
Harry S. Mayhall Auditorium, demolished (1927–1969). Lakeland, Florida.
the second Morrell Memorial Hospital
[7]
Plant City 's South Florida Baptist Hospital (1953).
[8]
Works that have been added to the
National Register of Historic Places :
References
^
a
b
c
American Architects Directory (PDF) (First ed.).
R. R. Bowker for the
American Institute of Architects . 1955. p. 3.
^
American Architects Directory . New York: R. R. Bowker. 1956. p. 3. Archived from
the original on December 15, 2009. Retrieved August 26, 2012 .
^ Dovell, Junius Elmore (1952).
Florida: historic, dramatic, contemporary . New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co. pp. 634–635.
^
"Franklin O. Adams" . AIA Historical Directory of American Architects . Archived from
the original on February 24, 2013. Retrieved August 26, 2012 . [
better source needed ]
^ Rajtar, Steve (2007).
A Guide to Historic Lakeland, Florida . Charleston, S.C.: History Press.
ISBN
9781596292710 .
^ Architectural Forum . 74 (1): 154. 1941.{{
cite journal }}
: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (
link )
^ Flekke, Mary (2005).
Lakeland . Charleston, SC: Arcadia.
ISBN
9780738541839 .
^ East Hillsborough Historical Society (2005).
Plant City . Charleston, SC: Arcadia. p. 20.
ISBN
0738517380 .
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