George D. Waller (1883 – December 19, 1969) was an American architect from
Tennessee who designed churches, schools, houses and courthouses, some of which are listed on the
National Register of Historic Places.
Early life
Waller was born in 1883 in
Nashville, Tennessee.
Career
Waller began his architectural career supervising the design of
Hume-Fogg High School
Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet High School is a public magnet high school serving grades 9–12 and located in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, United States.
History
Hume School, serving the first through 12th grades, opened in 1855 on Eighth Avenue ( ...
in 1912.
In 1922, he received the first "architect's license in the state of Tennessee."
He also joined the
American Institute of Architects and its Tennessee chapter.
Waller designed various schools in
Tennessee,
Kentucky,
Alabama, and
Georgia.
He also designed churches like the
Belmont United Methodist Church
Belmont may refer to:
People
* Belmont (surname)
Places
* Belmont Abbey (disambiguation)
* Belmont Historic District (disambiguation)
* Belmont Hotel (disambiguation)
* Belmont Park (disambiguation)
* Belmont Plantation (disambiguation)
* Bel ...
, the Meridian Street United Methodist Church, and the Waverly Place United Methodist Church.
He also designed
Haynes Haven Farm Haynes may refer to:
People
* Haynes (surname)
Places
In Australia:
* Haynes, Western Australia
In Canada:
* Haynes, Alberta
In the United Kingdom:
*Haynes, Bedfordshire
**Haynes Church End
In the United States:
*Haynes, Arkansas
*Haynes, North ...
in
Spring Hill,
now a training center for
General Motors
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.
Waller designed at least two buildings listed on the
National Register of Historic Places:
Stone Hall in Nashville and the
Cannon County Courthouse
The Cannon County Courthouse located at Court Square in Woodbury, Tennessee, is an historic building and the center of county government in Cannon County.
The building was constructed in 1935 to replace the county's 1838 courthouse, which burned ...
in
Woodbury Woodbury may refer to:
Geography
Antarctica
*Woodbury Glacier, a glacier on Graham Land, British Antarctic Territory
Australia
* Woodbury, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
England
* Woodbury, Bournemouth, an area in Dorset
*Woodbury, East Devo ...
.
His own house, located at 2527 West Ashwood Avenue, is listed as a contributing property to the
Hillsboro-West End Historic District.
In the words of Christine Kreyling, Waller was “one of the last of Nashville’s architects with a thorough grasp of the ethos of the Grecian style.”
Personal life and death
Waller married Julia Aubie Lasley.
They had two sons, Louis and Raymond.
He attended the Belmont United Methodist Church.
Waller died on December 19, 1969, in Nashville.
He was buried in
Mount Olivet Cemetery.
References
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1883 births
1969 deaths
Artists from Nashville, Tennessee
Architects from Tennessee
Burials at Mount Olivet Cemetery (Nashville)