Joseph Younger

Joseph Younger (1892–May 16, 1932) was an architect who practiced in Washington, D.C., and is notable for the designs of the Kennedy-Warren Apartment Building on Connecticut Avenue and the Sixth Presbyterian Church on 16th Street.

He was a native of Washington, D.C., and was graduated in 1912 from the architecture school at George Washington University.

For several years Younger was associated with Washington architectural firms such as Waggaman and Ray, and in 1922 engaged in practice for himself. He designed several important buildings, including the Kennedy-Warren Apartments and the Sixth Presbyterian Church, for which he received an award from the Washington Board of Trade. The Architects' Advisory Council had extended high commendation for and for that of the Blackstone Hotel. He also designed the Randolph Building at the corner of Randolph and 14th Street and 1661 Crescent Place, NW.

Prior to entering his own practice, Joseph Younger wrote articles about Benjamin Latrobe's Brentwood, and had other contributions to the journal Architecture.

Joseph Younger committed suicide on May 16, 1932, in his apartment in Tilden Gardens where he shot himself in the heart in front of his wife.