Neander Montgomery Woods Jr. (1876 - 1956) was an architect in Memphis,
Tennessee
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and in the northeastern United States including New York City, New Jersey, and Connecticut. His most well known building is the Exchange Building in Memphis. His work is noted along with a few other architects on a historical marker in the Central Gardens Historic District. George Mahan Jr. apprenticed with him as did Everett Woods, his younger brother who also became an architect.
Woods father was Rev. Neander M. Woods Sr. who was born in Kentucky September 1842. Woods Sr wrote a book about the family's Scottish ancestry, ''The Woods-Mcafee Memorial''. Woods Sr. died April 15 1910 in Louisville,
Kentucky
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and is buried at Cave Hill Cemetery in the city.
Woods Jr. authored the 80 page Art house printing co. publication ''The most house for the least money'' (1921).
Work
*Neander Woods home (1909) at 1521 Peabody Avenue in the Central Gardens area of Memphis. The third home he designed for himself.
*665 North Trezevant Street in Hein Park, Memphis.
*Exchange Building (1910) 9 North 2nd Street. The tallest building in Memphis for 20 years after its completion.
*N. Montgomery Woods House 1400 South Wanamassa Dr. in
Wanamassa, New Jersey
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