Merritt J. Reid

Merritt J. Reid (18551932) was an American architect and founder of the firm Reid & Reid.

Reid was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, to William J. Reid and Lucinda Robinson, and went on to graduate from École des Beaux-Arts, Paris. Reid and brother James W. worked for a time at the architectural firm of Boyd and Brickley, Evansville, Indiana before purchasing the contracts of that firm in 1879 and opened their own firm, Reid & Reid, with their other brother Watson Elkinah Reid.

References

    • "The Reid Brothers". Western Neighborhoods Project. 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
    • David Parry (2010). "Pacific Heights Architects #31 - Reid Brothers". McGuire Real Estate. Archived from the original on 8 November 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
    • Pacific Coast Architectural Database Citation
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