Harris Armstrong (April 6, 1899 – December 15, 1973) was an American regional modernist architect, considered the dean of modernists active in

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. After working in the office of

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in the 1930s, Armstrong returned to St. Louis and designed many civic landmarks, including the 1935 Shanley Building, awarded a silver medal at the 1937 Paris Exposition of Art and Technology; the 1938 Grant Medical Clinic; the 1946 "Magic Chef" building in collaboration with

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; and the distinctive 1962

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building. He was one of five finalists in the design competition for the

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(then known as the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial). Armstrong retired in 1969. He was the father of the actor

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References

External links

Guide to Harris Armstrong collection at Washington University

Ethical Society of St. Louis history

Architectural Ruminations (Armstrong blog)
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