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American architect (1890–1968)
Romulus C. Archer
Born Romulus Cornelius Archer Jr.
March 11, 1890Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
Died November 29, 1968Washington, D.C., U.S.
Burial place
Arlington National Cemetery Occupation Architect Spouse
Louise Archer
Romulus Cornelius Archer Jr. (March 11, 1890 – November 29, 1968) was an American
architect .
[1] An
African American ,
[2] he is credited with designing
Virginia University of Lynchburg (originally Lynchburg Baptist Seminary) in
Lynchburg, Virginia and
Saint Paul African Union Methodist Church in
Washington D.C. Both are listed on the
National Register of Historic Places .
He was born in
Norfolk, Virginia .
[3] His father was Romulus Cornelius Archer and his mother Mary Poindexter Archer.
[3] He married teacher and
civil rights leader
Louise Archer in 1915.
[4]
Architect
James Alonzo Plater began his career working for Archer
[5] from 1934 until 1936 before moving to Philadelphia.
[6] Architect
John B. Holloway Jr. (1913-1983) worked for him briefly circa 1938.
[7] Holloway and Archer both designed residences in
Eastland Gardens .
[8]
[9] Archer was featured in
Jet with a photograph after he won a merit award from the
Washington Board of Trade .
[10]
Archer's work included residences, commercial buildings, apartment buildings and churches in the northeast
Brookland neighborhood of Washington D.C.
[3]
He is buried in
Arlington National Cemetery .
[11]
Works
Mount Zion Baptist Church, Arlington VA, in 2022
Selected works include:
References
^ Romulus C. Archer Jr., 77, Architect Here for 40 Years."
Washington Post , 1 December 1968, p. B6.
^ Dreck Spurlock Wilson, African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945. London: Routledge-Taylor & Francis Books, 2004., p. 12-14
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a
b
c
Archer, Romulus Cornelius, Jr. (1890-1968) data from the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings (PAB) project of the
Athenaeum of Philadelphia
^
"Louise A. Reeves Archer · Virginia Changemakers" . edu.lva.virginia.gov . Retrieved 18 December 2022 .
^ Wilson, Dreck Spurlock (March 2004).
African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945 .
ISBN
9781135956295 .
^
Plater, James Alonzo (1908-1965) data from the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings (PAB) project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia
^
Holloway, John Bunyan, Jr. (1913-1993) data from the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings (PAB) project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia
^
The African American Architects & Builders of Eastland Gardens pdf
^
Eastland Gardens brochure
^
"Jet" . Johnson Publishing Company. 16 June 1955.
^
"Burial detail: Archer, Romulus C" . Arlington National Cemetery . Retrieved 18 December 2022 .
^ Liebertz, John (2016).
"A Guide to the African-American Heritage of Arlington County Virginia" (PDF) . Arlington County . Historic Preservation Program. p. 30. Retrieved 18 December 2022 .