Occupation Architect Education Auburn University | Role Architect Name Penrose Stout | |
Born 1887 Montgomery, Alabama Died 1934, Bronxville, New York, United States | ||
Buildings Bronxville Womens' Club | ||
Tiny Topics - Penrose Stout - American architect
Penrose Stout (1887–1934) was an American architect, best known for designing the Bronxville Women's Club, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
He was born in Montgomery, Alabama in 1887, and received a degree in architecture from Alabama Polytechnic Institute in 1909. He served in World War I in the Air Corps and earned a Distinguished Service Cross. He moved to Bronxville, New York in 1919 and was in practice there until his death in 1934. He married Lucia Meigs, granddaughter of William Van Duzer Lawrence (1842–1927), in 1921. He designed a number of residences in Bronxville and Yonkers, including attached houses and apartments. In 1924, he designed the house at 104 Lee Circle, Lynchburg, Virginia, now included in the Rivermont Historic District. He also designed or modified a number of residences in the Lawrence Park Historic District at Bronxville and the estate Green Pastures at Middleburg, Virginia.