Occupation Architect Died November 11, 1943 Role Architect | Name Edward Dougherty Spouse(s) Blanche Carson | |
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Edward Emmett Dougherty, a.k.a. Edwin Dougherty (March 18, 1876 – November 11, 1943) was an architect in the southeastern United States.
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Early life
Edward Emmett Dougherty was born on March 18, 1876 in Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 1895. He then studied architecture at Cornell University and the Ecole des Beaux Arts.
Career
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.
During the second part of his career from 1916, Dougherty worked in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1917, he designed the Belle Meade Apartments in Belle Meade, Tennessee near Nashville, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. He also designed projects for the Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railroad and Tennessee's War Memorial Building, now known as the War Memorial Auditorium (1922) in Nashville's Memorial Square. Several buildings designed by Dougherty are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Personal life
Dougherty married Blanche Carson in 1907.
Death
Dougherty died on November 11, 1943.