William Winstead Thomas

William Winstead Thomas (1848–1904)[1] was an American insurance company president and an architect.

He was president of the Southern Mutual Insurance Company.[1]

Several of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places for their architecture.[2]

Seney Stovall Chapel side view

He designed the Octagon Mode Seney-Stovall Chapel, a $10,000 structure octagonal red brick building funded by George I. Seney.[3][4][5]

His architectural works include:

• Jackson County Courthouse (1879), Jefferson, Georgia, one of his earlier works, NRHP-listed
• Seney-Stovall Chapel (1882–85), Lucy Cobb Institute Campus, 200 N. Milledge Ave., University of Georgia campus Athens, Georgia (Thomas, W.W.), NRHP-listed
• Oconee County Courthouse (no longer extant)
• Thomas-Carithers House, 530 S. Milledge Ave. Athens, Georgia, NRHP-listed
• White Hall, Whitehall and Simonton Bridge Rds., outside Atlanta in Whitehall, Georgia, NRHP-listed. One of his most notable residential works.
• McDaniel-Tichenor House, 319 McDaniel St. Monroe, Georgia, NRHP-listed
• One or more works in NRHP-listed McDaniel Street Historic District, S. Broad and McDaniel Streets, Monroe, Georgia

References

1. "Thematic National Register Nomination - Georgia Courthouses Architectural Survey: Jackson County Courthouse". National Park Service. (including two photos)
2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
3. Jones, Charles Edgeworth (1889). Herbert Baxter Adams (ed.). Education in Georgia. Contributions to American educational history. 5. pp. 110–112.
4. "Seney-Stovall Chapel History". Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
5. Thomas, Frances Taliaferro; Koch, Mary Levin (2009). A Portrait of Historic Athens and Clarke County, Second edition. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-1356-6.