Name Charles Page | Died 1957 | |
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Charles Henry Page (1876–1957) was an architect who was born in St. Louis, Missouri, but moved to Texas with his family when he was ten years old . He was commissioned to design the Texas Building at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. He and his brother Louis Charles Page founded the Texas firm of Page Brothers Architects, sometimes referred to in various documents as C.H. Page and Brothers of Austin or C.H. Page and Brother, and designed many courthouses in the U.S. state of Texas. The brothers also had a partnership with Louis Southerland known as Page, Southerland and Page.
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Texas courthouses
The 1908 Fort Bend County Courthouse designed by the brothers was placed on the National Registor of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1980. The brothers also designed the 1908 Hays County Courthouse, which was added to the NRHP in 1992. The 1911 Williamson County Courthouse designed by the brothers is a contributing property to the 1977 NRHP designation of the Williamson County Courthouse Historical District. In 1914, the brothers designed the Anderson County Courthouse, which was added to the NRHP in 1992. The 1923–1924 modernization of the Bastrop County Courthouse was designed by Page, Southerland and Page and replaced the original roof, updated the clock tower, and renovated the interior. Combined with the county jail, it was added to the NRHP in 1975. In 1929, the brothers designed the Hunt County Courthouse, which was placed on the NRHP in 1996. Page also designed the 1936 Austin federal courthouse, which was added to the NRHP in 2001. The 1937 Orange County Courthouse designed by the brothers replaced the 1898 courthouse.
Other Designs
Page designed the station at Crowley, Louisiana, built in 1907 for the Colorado Southern, New Orleans and Pacific Railroad.
Personal
Page lived in the Pemberton Heights district of Austin, Texas. He died in 1957 and is buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Austin.