William Winstead Thomas (1848–1904) (including two photos) was an American insurance company president and an architect. He was president of the

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. Several of his works are listed on the U.S.

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for their architecture. Seney Stovall Chapel

He designed the

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Seney-Stovall Chapel, a $10,000 structure octagonal red brick building funded by George I. Seney. His architectural works include: * Jackson County Courthouse (1879), Jefferson, Georgia, one of his earlier works, NRHP-listed *Seney-Stovall Chapel (1882–85),

Lucy Cobb Institute The Lucy Cobb Institute was a girls' school on Milledge Avenue in Athens, Georgia, United States. It was founded by Thomas R.R. Cobb, and named in honor of his daughter, who had died of scarlet fever at age 14, shortly before construction was c ...

Campus, 200 N. Milledge Ave., University of Georgia campus

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(Thomas, W.W.), NRHP-listed * Oconee County Courthouse (no longer extant) * Thomas-Carithers House, 530 S. Milledge Ave. Athens, Georgia, NRHP-listed *

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, Whitehall and Simonton Bridge Rds., outside Atlanta in

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, NRHP-listed. One of his most notable residential works. *

McDaniel-Tichenor House The McDaniel-Tichenor House, located in Monroe, Georgia, United States was built in 1887 for retiring Governor Henry McDaniel. Originally designed by Athens, Georgia architect William Winstead Thomas (1848-1904) in the then-popular Victorian It ...

, 319 McDaniel St. Monroe, Georgia, NRHP-listed *One or more works in NRHP-listed

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, S. Broad and McDaniel Streets, Monroe, Georgia

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Architects from Georgia (U.S. state) 1848 births 1904 deaths American businesspeople in insurance 19th-century American architects 19th-century American businesspeople {{US-architect-stub