Charles E. Choate (August 31, 1865 – November 16, 1929) was a U.S. architect who worked in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. He designed numerous buildings that are listed on the U.S.

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

. He was born Charles Edward on August 31, 1865, in

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. He studied at the

University of Georgia , mottoeng = "To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things.""To serve" was later added to the motto without changing the seal; the Latin motto directly translates as "To teach and to inquire into the nature of things." , establ ...

. His niece was Macon architect

Ellamae Ellis League Ellamae Ellis League, (July 9, 1899 – March 4, 1991) was an American architect, the fourth woman registered architect in Georgia and "one of Georgia and the South's most prominent female architects." She practiced for over 50 years, 41 of them ...

. He died in

Maysville, Kentucky Maysville is a home rule-class city in Mason County, Kentucky, United States and is the seat of Mason County. The population was 8,782 as of 2019, making it the 51st-largest city in Kentucky by population. Maysville is on the Ohio River, north ...

in 1929.

Works

His works include: Holt Bank Building

* First Methodist Episcopal Church (1907), junction of Third Ave. and Third St.,

Stillmore, Georgia Stillmore is a city in Emanuel County, Georgia, United States. The population was 532 at the 2010 census, down from 730 in 2000. Geography Stillmore is located in southeastern Emanuel County at (32.441176, -82.214637). Georgia State Route 57 ...

, NRHP-listed With (see photo captions page 33 of text document). * Holt Brothers Banking Company Building, 100-106 Malone St., Sandersville, GA, NRHP-listed * James E. Johnson House, 425 W. Church St., Sandersville, GA, NRHP-listed * James Kelley House, Tennille-Harrison Rd. E of jct. with GA 15, Tennille, GA, NRHP-listed * Charles Madden House, 302 E. South Central St., Tennille, GA * Park Street Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 793 Park St., SW., Atlanta, GA, NRHP-listed * Ferdinand A. Ricks House, S. Collins and E. Calhoun Sts., Reynolds, GA, NRHP-listed * Thomas W. Smith House, 306 N. Main St., Tennille, GA, NRHP-listed

* Tennille Banking Company Building, 102-104 N. Main St., Tennille, GA, NRHP-listed * Tennille Baptist Church, 201-205 N. Main St., Tennille, GA, NRHP-listed * Washington Manufacturing Company, Between E. Montgomery and Church Sts. at White Line St., Tennille, GA, NRHP-listed * Wrightsville and Tennille Railroad Company Building, 119 Central Ave., Tennille, GA, NRHP-listed *Three contributing buildings in North Harris Street Historic District, roughly bounded by First Ave., Washington Ave., E. McCarty St., N. Harris St., Malone St., and Warthen St., Sandersville, GA, NRHP-listed With

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19th-century American architects People from Tennille, Georgia 1865 births 1929 deaths Architects from Georgia (U.S. state) 20th-century American architects {{US-architect-stub