James Richard Edmunds, Jr.
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James Richard Edmunds Jr. (April 1, 1890 – February 4, 1953) was an American architect.


Biography

He was born on April 1, 1890 in
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. He received his education at University of Pennsylvania.AlumniAssociation, p. 250 He worked with Joseph Evans Sperry and was his partner in 1920. He was a member of the American Institute of Architects in 1923 and also the Royal Institute of British Architects. He served as president of the Baltimore Chapter A.I.A. from 1935 to 1936. He was elected to the A.I.A. College of Fellows in 1937. From 1945 to 1947 he served as national A.I.A. president. Edmunds was a consultant to the American Hospital Association, the U.S. Surgeon General, the National Institute of Health, and Children's Rehabilitation Institute. One of Edmund's significant works was the art deco Hutzler's Tower Building at 234 North Howard Street, in Baltimore. He died on February 4, 1953.


References


Further reading

*Alumni Association. ''General alumni catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania, 1922'' Philadelphia, Publisher: Alumni Association, 1922. *AIA Baltimore A Chapter History from 1870–2005, Charles Belfoure, pg. 93 *''The Architecture of Baltimore: An Illustrated History'' by Frank R. Shivers Jr., Mary Ellen Hayward, , pg. 263-264


External links


Baltimore Architecture Foundation

Baltimore Dead Architects Society

Biography of James Bosley Noel Wyatt
{{DEFAULTSORT:Edmunds, James R. Jr. 20th-century American architects Architects from Baltimore 1890 births 1953 deaths University of Pennsylvania alumni Fellows of the American Institute of Architects Presidents of the American Institute of Architects