Franklin O. Adams

Franklin O. Adams was an architect in Tampa, Florida.

His works include the third Tampa City Hall (1925?),[1] House at 116 West Davis Boulevard, House at 131 West Davis Boulevard, and House at 301 Caspian Street. He also designed Riverview Terrace,[2] the National Register of Historic Places-listed Bay Isle Commercial Building, Lakeland Public Library, Mayhall Auditorium (Lakeland), the second Morrell Memorial Hospital,[3] and Plant City's South Florida Baptist Hospital (1953).[4] He died on November 27, 1967.[5]

Background

He was born in Waterproof, Louisiana on July 5, 1881.[6]Adams grew up on a cotton plantation and was taught by a governess. He graduated from Centenary College with a Bachelor of Science degree and started out as a teacher, "teaching in a log house in Mississippi".[7]

References
  1. Rajtar, Steve (2007). A Guide to Historic Lakeland, Florida. Charleston, S.C.: History Press. ISBN 9781596292710.
  2. Architectural Forum. 74 (1): 154. 1941.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  3. Flekke, Mary (c. 2005). Lakeland. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia. ISBN 0738541834.
  4. East Hillsborough Historical Society (2005). Plant City. Charleston, SC: Arcadia. p. 20. ISBN 0738517380.
  5. AIA Historical Directory of American Architects. "Franklin O. Adams". Archived from the original on 24 February 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  6. American Architects Directory. New York: R. R. Bowker. 1956. p. 3. Archived from the original on 2009-12-15. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
  7. Dovell, Junius Elmore (1952). Florida: historic, dramatic, contemporary. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co. pp. 634–635.
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