Wiley G. Clarkson
Wiley G. Clarkson (November 28, 1885 - May 5, 1952) was an American architect.[1]
Wiley Gulick Clarkson was born on November 28, 1885 in Corsicana, Texas. He received his architectural training at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. After practicing for a few years in Corsicana, Clarkson set up shop in 1912 in Fort Worth. He would remain one of the most prominent architects in Cowtown through the 1950s, where his Classical, Gothic, Italianate, and Beaux Arts buildings still stand.[2]
Notable Fort Worth buildings include:
- Texas Christian University Library
- Trinity Episcopal Church
- Sanger Brothers Department Store
- Young Men's Christian Association Building
- Woolworth Building
- First Methodist Church
- W.I. Cook Memorial Children's Hospital
- Collins Art Company
- Fort Worth Masonic Temple
- Hancock Paint Store
- North Side Senior High School
- Shelton Building (McCrory's Variety Store)
- Sinclair Building
- Tarrant County Building and Loan Association Building
- W.C. Stripling Department Store
- Municipal Airport Administration Building
- United States Courthouse
- Fort Worth Art Center (Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth)[2]
Sinclair Building in downtown Fort Worth
Eldon B. Mahon United States Courthouse
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Fort Worth Masonic Temple
References
- Long, Christopher (June 12, 2010). "CLARKSON, WILEY G." Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
- Cohen, Judith Singer (1988). Cowtown Moderne: Art Deco Architecture of Fort Worth, Texas. College Station: Texas A&M Press. pp. 19–20. ISBN 0-89096-313-4.
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