Name Frederic Porter | Died July 1976 | |
Frederic Hutchinson "Bunk" Porter, Sr. (July 9, 1890 – July 6, 1976), sometimes referred to as Frederick Hutchinson Porter, was an American architect based in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He was active from 1911 to approximately 1965. He designed many of Cheyenne's most important public and commercial buildings and also designed several buildings at the University of Wyoming, including War Memorial Stadium and the Agriculture Building. A number of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historical Places.
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Porter was born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1890. He attended the Wentworth Institute in Boston and also studied at the Architectural Club Ateliers in St. Louis and Boston. He served as an apprentice in an architect's office in Denver starting in 1905. He was married in December 1913 to Grace Geneva Wastfield in a ceremony held in Denver. As of May 1917, he was living in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he was employed as an architectural draftsman by J. N. Jamieson of St. Louis.
Porter began his own architectural practice in Cheyenne, Wyoming, where he designed many of Cheyenne's most important public and commercial buildings. A number of his works are lised on the National Register of Historic Places. He worked in partnership with other architects as Baerreson & Porter (1919-1921), by himself (1921-1944), and as Porter & Bradley (commencing in 1944). He was one of four Wyoming architects to receive state licensing as an architect by "grandfathering" in 1951, the year when state licensing exam was first required and an exam was first offered; he was one of three appointees to the new Wyoming State Board of Architects itself. He also served as an instructor of architectural engineering at the University of Wyoming. He became a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) in 1961. Porter lived in Cheyenne until his death in July 1976 at age 85.
Porter's son, Frederic Hutchinson Porter, Jr., was also an architect. He worked for his father's firm, Porter & Bradley, starting in 1950.