Was challenged by Mr. Miller (indirectly or just in my head) and after a 4-pack of good IPA and some googling I came up with this list. Like literally 1 hour worth of searching, I often wonder what these knucklehead journalists do all day sometimes...
The list (posts thereafter of interesting finds). My recommendation is you use NYC Public Library Online or Google Books and search the magazines Jet, Essence, Ebony, Encore, Afro-American Dawn Magazine, etc...
Starter List (using word Architect):
Cornelius Langston Henderson
Albert J. Cassell
Lewis Howard Latimer
Paul Revere Williams
Louis Edwin Fry, Sr
Leon Bridges
Phil Freelon
Cheryl Amisial
Jene Ballentine
Walter Blackburn
Wendell Campbell
James A. Chaffers
John S. Chase
Captain Rodney Coleman
George Hancard
Percy Ifill
Conrad Johnson
John w. Moutoussamy
Robert J. Nash, Jr.
Hilyard Robert Robinson
Donald P. Ryder
Roy Sealey
Vertner W. Tandy, Sr.
De Norval Unthank
James Whitley
William Whitley
Fred “The Hammer” Williamson
"Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns—the ones we don't know we don't know. And if one looks throughout the history of our country and other free countries, it is the latter category that tend to be the difficult ones." - Donald Rumsfeld
51. A loom house used by slaves at Prestwould Plantation, Macklenburg county, Virginia (Photograph by Willie Graham, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia
If you don't know who Paul Revere Williams is, get the f' out of here...
"To be sincere in my work, I must design homes, not houses. I must take into consideration each family’s mode of living, its present economic problems, and its probably economic future.” – Paul Revere Williams
"Good Architecture should reduce human tension by creating a restful environment and changing social patterns." - Paul Revere Williams
Get a copy! $809 for a hard copy...ok free online version here
Graduating in 1960 from Northwestern University with an architectural engineering degree, Williamson worked as an architect during the off-season for a decade while playing defensive back with the Pittsburgh Steelers,
Following his retirement from football, Williamson decided that a career in architecture wasn't his calling
licence # - ...ok too old to find, I've superseded an old guy who passed had passed away, his number was 4000's earned in the 40's, I'm in the 30,000's so I'm guessing Vertner must have been within the first 3,000 registered architects NYS...give me 15 minutes (maybe I can find some real info)
ok sample work in the meantime. In partnership with George Washington Foster (1866–1923) who was an early African-American architect. He was among the first African-American architects licensed by the State of New Jersey in 1908, and later New York (1916).
think this puts Tandy probably within the first couple hundred lic#'s in NYS....The St Philip's Church at 204 W 134th Street.
On Assignment #001
Was challenged by Mr. Miller (indirectly or just in my head) and after a 4-pack of good IPA and some googling I came up with this list. Like literally 1 hour worth of searching, I often wonder what these knucklehead journalists do all day sometimes...
The list (posts thereafter of interesting finds). My recommendation is you use NYC Public Library Online or Google Books and search the magazines Jet, Essence, Ebony, Encore, Afro-American Dawn Magazine, etc...
Starter List (using word Architect):
Cornelius Langston Henderson
Albert J. Cassell
Lewis Howard Latimer
Paul Revere Williams
Louis Edwin Fry, Sr
Leon Bridges
Phil Freelon
Cheryl Amisial
Jene Ballentine
Walter Blackburn
Wendell Campbell
James A. Chaffers
John S. Chase
Captain Rodney Coleman
George Hancard
Percy Ifill
Conrad Johnson
John w. Moutoussamy
Robert J. Nash, Jr.
Hilyard Robert Robinson
Donald P. Ryder
Roy Sealey
Vertner W. Tandy, Sr.
De Norval Unthank
James Whitley
William Whitley
Fred “The Hammer” Williamson
"Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting
to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns—the ones we don't know we don't know. And if one looks throughout the history of our country and other free countries, it is
the latter category that tend to be the difficult ones." - Donald Rumsfeld
Just making stuff known.
I say listed under word "architect" for the following reasons, this book
black and white : Afro-Americans in print : a guide to Africans and Americans who have made contributions to the United States of America
published in 1976 lists - Leon M. Jordan – Jet, July 30, 1970. P.4 as an architect.
according to Wikipedia - never an Architect
I was born after 1976, how did one do word searches back then?
Wendell Campbell
51. A loom house used by slaves at Prestwould Plantation, Macklenburg county, Virginia (Photograph by Willie Graham, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia
If you don't know who Paul Revere Williams is, get the f' out of here...
"To be sincere in my work, I must design homes, not houses. I must take into consideration each family’s mode of living, its present economic problems, and its probably economic future.” – Paul Revere Williams
"Good Architecture should reduce human tension by creating a restful environment and changing social patterns." - Paul Revere Williams
Get a copy! $809 for a hard copy...ok free online version here
Fred “The Hammer” Williamson
Graduating in 1960 from Northwestern University with an architectural
engineering degree, Williamson worked as an architect during the
off-season for a decade while playing defensive back with the Pittsburgh
Steelers,
Following his retirement from football, Williamson decided that a career in architecture wasn't his calling
Ok, But where did he work in the off-season?
spoke too soon, 2 minutes later, found it - Bechtel Steel Corporation (finding what he worked on would be a real challenge)
Vertner W. Tandy, Sr.
licence # - ...ok too old to find, I've superseded an old guy who passed had passed away, his number was 4000's earned in the 40's, I'm in the 30,000's so I'm guessing Vertner must have been within the first 3,000 registered architects NYS...give me 15 minutes (maybe I can find some real info)
this might take a while, ha...Lic#: 000001, Date of Licensure : 12/01/1916 - WAID DAN EVERETT
ok sample work in the meantime. In partnership with George Washington Foster (1866–1923) who was an early African-American architect. He was among the first African-American architects licensed by the State of New Jersey in 1908, and later New York (1916).
think this puts Tandy probably within the first couple hundred lic#'s in NYS....The St Philip's Church at 204 W 134th Street.
so not all the license numbers are listed in the NYS database, will have to find other means...
Dale Green on Cassell, Fry, Bridge, Freelon
Out of beer, will leave you with this excerpt
LINK TO BOOK
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