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William Manly King
William Manly King (May 19, 1886 – 1961) was an architect in the United States. He is known for the buildings he designed in Florida, especially West Palm Beach. Several are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. King was born in Macon, Mississippi. His family moved to Atlanta and he attended University School for Boys in Stone Mountain, Georgia. He graduated from Georgia Tech with a degree in architecture in 1908.https://www.aiapalmbeach.org/william-manly-king Career After a couple of partnerships in Birmingham, Alabama, King moved to Florida in 1921 and worked with Addison Mizner before establishing his own practice. King's office was in West Palm Beach. He was the Palm Beach County Board of Public Instruction's architect and designed school buildings throughout Palm Beach County. He also designed hotels in West Palm Beach. He designed the seal for the City of West Palm Beach. Work *Harder Hall in Highlands County, Florida, NRHP listed *Pahokee High School in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Palm Beach
West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sunset, Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic languages, Germanic word passed into some Romance languages (''ouest'' in French, ''oest'' in Catalan, ''ovest'' in Italian, ''oeste'' in Spanish and Portuguese). As in other languages, the word formation stems from the fact that west is the direction of the setting sun in the evening: 'west' derives from the Indo-European root ''*wes'' reduced from ''*wes-pero'' 'evening, night', cognate with Ancient Greek ἕσπερος Hesperus, hesperos 'evening; evening star; western' and Latin vesper 'evening; west'. Examples of the same formation in other languages include Latin Occident, occidens 'west' from occidō 'to go down, to set' and Hebrew מַעֲרָב maarav 'west' from עֶרֶב erev 'evening'. Navigation To go west using a compass for navigation (in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |