Nationality American Died January 7, 1985 Role Architect | Name Charles Hughes Occupation Architect Education Brown University | |
Charles Evans Hughes III (March 14, 1915 – January 7, 1985) was an American architect. His most notable work was perhaps the Manufacturers Trust Company Building.
Biography
Hughes was the grandson of Chief Justice of the United States and 1916 Republican presidential nominee Charles Evans Hughes and the son of Charles Evans Hughes, Jr., who served as United States Solicitor General, 1929 and 1930 under President Herbert Hoover. Hughes' younger brother Stuart was a renowned historian who was noted for antiwar activities during the Vietnam War. As a young man, Hughes attended Deerfield Academy and Brown University, and later the Harvard Graduate School of Design. In World War II, Hughes served as the gunnery officer in USS Mullaney (DD-528).
Hughes was a resident of Riverdale, Bronx, New York.