Robert E. Lee (architect)
Robert Emmett Lee (1870–1925[1]) was a prolific architect in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
He was a native of Meridian, Mississippi. He died suddenly at his home at 463 Southern Avenue, Hattiesburg, when talking with one of his daughters, at age 54.[2]
Career
Lee designed many works in Hattiesburg, but also elsewhere in South Mississippi, and in Columbus, Mississippi (replacing buildings destroyed by a fire).[2] At least three of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[3]
Lee's works include:
- Walthall School (1902), Hattiesburg, Mississippi, a contributing building in the NRHP-listed Hattiesburg Historic Neighborhood District
- Eaton Elementary School (1905), 1105 McInnis Ave. Hattiesburg, Mississippi, NRHP-listed[3]
- Hattiesburg Trust & Banking Company (1905), a contributing building in the NRHP-listed Hub City Historic District.[1]
- Ross Building (1907), Hattiesburg[4]
- Masonic Temple (1920), Hattiesburg[2][4]
- Old Hattiesburg High School (front addition, 1921), 846 Main St., Hattiesburg, the only known Jacobethan Style work by Lee, NRHP-listed[3][4][5]
- City Hall (1923), Hattiesburg[2][4]
- I.O.O.F. Lodge No. 27 (1927), Hattiesburg[4]
- a school (1927), Brooklyn, Mississippi[4]
- First Presbyterian Church, Hattiesburg[2]
- Main Street Baptist Church, Hattiesburg[2]
References
- ELMALVANEY (May 11, 2016). "Mississippi Architects: Robert E. Lee (1870-1925)".
- "Robert Emmett Lee Succumbs to Stroke of Apoplexy While Chatting With Daughter". Hattiesburg American. March 2, 1925. As reproduced in "Mississippi Architects: Robert E. Lee (1870-1925)".
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- Brian N. Berggren and Richard J. Cawthon (December 31, 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Old Hattiesburg High School" (PDF). Retrieved April 29, 2017.
- Old Hattiesburg High School, at SaveMyPlacesMS
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