Arch B. Swank Jr.

Swank was born in Wills Point, Texas in 1913.[1][2] He graduated from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas in 1936.[2] He served in the United States Army during the Second World War.[1][2]

Little Chapel in the Woods in Denton, Texas.

From 1937 to 1941, he worked with architect O'Neil Ford (1905–1982).[1][2] Together, and alongside Preston Geren Sr. (1891–1969), they designed the Little Chapel in the Woods in Denton, Texas.[1][2][3]

From the end of World War II to 1952, he worked with architect Roscoe DeWitt (1894-1975).[1][2] Together, they designed buildings of the Parkland Memorial Hospital, two Neiman Marcus stores, and Stanley Marcus's private residence, all in Dallas.[4] Additionally, in Jacksonville, Florida, they designed the St. Vincent’s Medical Center.[4] In 1951, he became President of the Dallas chapter of the American Institute of Architects.[1][2]

Together with O'Neil Ford, Richard Stewart Colley (1910–1983) and planner Sam Zisman (1908-1970), he designed the headquarters of Texas Instruments in Richardson, Texas in 1958.[1][2] Together, alongside Felix Candela (1910–1997), they also designed the industrial park for the Great Southwest Corporation in Arlington, Texas.[1][2]

He continued a private architectural practise from 1955 to the late 1970s.[1] During that time, he designed the United Presbyterian Homes, a housing project for needy children and the elderly in Waxahachie, Texas.[1][2] He also designed a detention facility and a courthouse annex in Kerr County, Texas.[1][2]

He was married to Patsy Swank, a journalist.[1]

He died in 1999.[1][2]