Estes Wilson Mann Sr. (September 14, 1894 – February 13, 1958) was an American architect based in

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. Several buildings he designed are listed on the

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. Mann was originally from

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. He studied at the

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graduating in 1916. He worked as an architect in Memphis from 1919 until his death in 1958. Early in his career, Mann worked with M. P. Renfro in

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and with T. H. Albright (more likely J.H. Albright who died in 1922?) in

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. Renfro was also active in

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. He started his own firm in Memphis (Mann & Gatling), a partnership that lasted from 1919 until 1922 with projects in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas. Mann bought out Gatling in 1922 and shifted his practice to mostly residential work. George L. Richardson worked with him out of the Exchange Building in Memphis in 1928. In his thesis paper ''Architects in Tennessee until 1930, A Dictionary'', preservationist and educator Joseph Lucian Herdon credits Mann with introducing the English Bungalow architecture and Spanish Colonial architecture styles to Memphis. Mann is credited with designing more than 1,800 residences before 1936. He was a member of several professional organizations.
/ref> He is buried in Elmwood Cemetery (Memphis, Tennessee), Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis.

Work

* Bateman-Griffith House (1930) at 316 Jefferson Street in

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, NRHP listed * Abramson House for Rue Abramson at 127 Crescent Heights in

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NRHP listed * Jefferies-Crabtree House NRHP listed *

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, 305 N. Forrest St.

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NRHP listed * Collison House, 206 N. Main St.

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NRHP listed *Building at 38 Poplar Street in Marianna, Arkansas *Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Marianna, Arkansas interior remodel (1949) * John H. McFadden House (1940 remodel)

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NRHP listed

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mann, Estes Architects from Arkansas 1894 births 1958 deaths People from Marianna, Arkansas Architects from Tennessee Illinois Institute of Technology alumni Burials at Elmwood Cemetery (Memphis, Tennessee)