Frank Lockwood (1865-1935) was one of

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's leading architects.

Biography

Lockwood was born in 1865 in

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to English parents. His father was an engineer. Growing up in

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Frank was a talented singer and was, at one point, offered a contract with the

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. However, his mother persuaded him to study architecture. After graduating from

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and Pratt Institute he lived in

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, before moving to Montgomery in 1894.Tom Connor
''Architect had impact on capital''
The Advertiser (Montgomery), July 29, 1992. Retrieved 2012-01-15. Lockwood embarked on a 41-year career in Montgomery. He designed scores of residential homes and many important public buildings. He died in 1935 at his home on Adams Avenue. One of Lockwood's buildings was The Standard Club in Montgomery, designed in 1929. A modern

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was later built on the site and called Lockwood.About Our Neighbourhood
, Lockwood webpages. Retrieved 2012-01-15.

Works

A number of his works are listed on the U.S.

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. Works include (with attribution): *

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(north and south wings),

, National Historic Landmark *

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, 909 Sanford Rd.

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, NRHP-listed * Bell House, 550 Upper Kingston Rd.

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, NRHP-listed * Brewaker Estate, 435 E Fairview Ave.

* Gilmer Estate, 1655 Gilmer Ave.

* Leonel Weil Estate, 251 E. Fairview Ave.

, Built for Leonel Weil and Cecile Rea (Rich) Weil in 1925. * Covington County Courthouse and Jail, 101 N. Court Sq.

, NRHP-listed * Demopolis Public School (built 1914), 601 S. Main Ave.

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, NRHP-listed *

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, 205 West Bridge St.

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, NRHP-listed * First National Bank Building, 101 S. Cotton St.

, NRHP-listed * Buildings on the campus of Huntingdon College: Bellingrath Hall, Houghton Memorial Library, and Miriam Jackson Home * Old Calhoun County Courthouse, 314 E. Central Ave.

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, NRHP-listed * Marcus Meyer Skinner House, 2612 Summerfield Rd.

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, NRHP-listed * Dr. C. A. Thigpen House, 1412 S. Perry St.

, NRHP-listed * Troy High School (1917), 436 Elm St.

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, NRHP-listed, demolished in 2010. *Montgomery City Hall (1936–37), Montgomery, Alabama. Completed after Lockwood's death to replace the original city hall that burned in 1932. Construction was delayed by a lack of funds during the Great Depression.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lockwood, Frank (architect) Architects from Alabama 1865 births 1935 deaths People from Montgomery, Alabama