Edward Emmett Dougherty

Edward Emmett Dougherty, a.k.a. Edwin Dougherty (March 18, 1876 – November 11, 1943) was an architect in the southeastern United States. One of his best known designs was the Tennessee War Memorial Auditorium in Nashville in 1922. The work won state and national design competitions.[1]

Edward Emmett Dougherty
BornMarch 18, 1876
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
DiedNovember 11, 1943
Alma materUniversity of Georgia
OccupationArchitect
SpouseBlanche Carson

Early life

Edward Emmett Dougherty was born on March 18, 1876, in Atlanta, Georgia.[2] He graduated from the University of Georgia in 1895.[2] He then studied architecture at Cornell University and the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris.[2][3]

Career
Belle Meade Apartments.

As an architect, Dougherty partnered with Arthur Neal Robinson for a few years. He was also a partner in Dougherty & Gardner and in Dougherty, Wallace and Clemmons.[4]

An impressive string of successful projects in Atlanta brought notice and numerous commissions in Nashville where Dougherty moved in 1916 for the second part of his career.[1] That year he designed Nashville's Belle Meade Country Club.[1] In 1917, he designed the nearby Belle Meade Apartments, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[5] He designed projects for the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway. Several buildings designed by Dougherty are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.[5]

Tennessee War Memorial Auditorium
Nashville War Memorial Auditorium

Dougherty received the contract for a 2,000-seat auditorium, Tennessee's War Memorial Building, now known as the War Memorial Auditorium (1922) in a "spirited competition" according to the Nashville Tennessean.[6] A jury of nationally-known architects devised a competition to narrow the competitors to six; three from Tennessee and three from out-of state. The designers were kept anonymous and the choice was made by a commission of local city fathers at the Hermitage Hotel in Nashville on February 14, 1922. Dougherty's design was the unanimous choice.[6]

Personal life

Dougherty married Blanche Carson on June 5, 1907.[1]

Death

Dougherty died on November 11, 1943, at a Nashville Hospital at age 68.[2] He had suffered a heart attack at his apartment the night before.[2]

Works

References
  1. Edward Emmett Dougherty; Atlanta's Beaux-Arts architect that got away January 13, 2012
  2. "Dougherty, Dixie Architect, Passes". No. Vo.69, No.316. The Greenville News (South Carolina). Associated Press. November 12, 1943. p. 5. Retrieved May 28, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Dougherty and Robinson: Native Architects Who Designed Atlanta Landmarks". The Georgian Revival. Revival Construction, Inc. 22 September 2011. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  4. "The Georgian Revival: Dougherty and Robinson: Native Architects Who Designed Atlanta Landmarks".
  5. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  6. "Soldier Memorial Contract Is Given To Local Architect". Vol. 15, no. 281. Nashville Tennessean. February 15, 1922. pp. 1, 10. Retrieved May 29, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Turner Publishing Company (1996). Robertson Co, TN. Turner Publishing Company. p. 132. ISBN 9781563113055.
  8. Stonehenge is mansion and church
  9. McBrien, Judith Paine ; iIllustrations by John F. DeSalvo (2012). Pocket guide to Miami architecture (1st ed.). New York: W.W. Norton. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-393-73306-8. Retrieved May 28, 2018.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Further reading
  • Ladson, Henrietta O'Brien (1990). Edward Emmett Dougherty and the American Renaissance. Vanderbilt University.
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