Louis Hudson Persley | |
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Born | c. 1888 Georgia, U.S. |
Died | July 13, 1932 Macon, Georgia, U.S. |
Burial place | Linwood Cemetery |
Other names | Louis Hudison Persley, Lewis Persley, Louis Pursley, Leo Persley |
Education | Lincoln University |
Alma mater | Carnegie Institute of Technology |
Occupation(s) | Architect, teacher |
Years active | 1916–1932 |
Louis Hudson Persley (c.1888–1932), [1] [2] was an American architect. [3] Persley became the first African American to register with the new Georgia State Board of Registered Architects on April 5, 1920. [1] [3] He was part of what was possibly the nation’s first black architecture firm, Taylor and Persley, a partnership founded in July 1920 with Robert Robinson Taylor. [3] [4] [5] He had several spellings of his name including Louis Hudison Persely, [4] [3] Lewis H. Persley, [6] and Louis Pursley. [7]
Louis Persley was born and raised in Macon, Georgia, to Black parents Maxine and Thomas K. Persley. [3] [7] He attended Lincoln University, and graduated from Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) in 1914. He was a professor of architectural and mechanical drawing from 1915 until 1916 at Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama. [4] [3]
In July 1920, Persely and fellow architect Robert Robinson Taylor had formed a black architecture firm together, Taylor and Persley. [4] [8] This was possibly the first black architecture firm in the United States. [5] They collaborated on many designs, including of several buildings on Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) campus.
He died on July 13, 1932, at the age of 42, of kidney failure, [4] [7] and he is buried at Linwood Cemetery in the Pleasant Hill neighborhood of Macon, Georgia. A historical marker commemorates him in front of the First AME Church in Athens, Georgia. [9] Persley's profile was included in the biographical dictionary African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865–1945 (2004).
Louis Hudson Persley | |
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Born | c. 1888 Georgia, U.S. |
Died | July 13, 1932 Macon, Georgia, U.S. |
Burial place | Linwood Cemetery |
Other names | Louis Hudison Persley, Lewis Persley, Louis Pursley, Leo Persley |
Education | Lincoln University |
Alma mater | Carnegie Institute of Technology |
Occupation(s) | Architect, teacher |
Years active | 1916–1932 |
Louis Hudson Persley (c.1888–1932), [1] [2] was an American architect. [3] Persley became the first African American to register with the new Georgia State Board of Registered Architects on April 5, 1920. [1] [3] He was part of what was possibly the nation’s first black architecture firm, Taylor and Persley, a partnership founded in July 1920 with Robert Robinson Taylor. [3] [4] [5] He had several spellings of his name including Louis Hudison Persely, [4] [3] Lewis H. Persley, [6] and Louis Pursley. [7]
Louis Persley was born and raised in Macon, Georgia, to Black parents Maxine and Thomas K. Persley. [3] [7] He attended Lincoln University, and graduated from Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) in 1914. He was a professor of architectural and mechanical drawing from 1915 until 1916 at Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama. [4] [3]
In July 1920, Persely and fellow architect Robert Robinson Taylor had formed a black architecture firm together, Taylor and Persley. [4] [8] This was possibly the first black architecture firm in the United States. [5] They collaborated on many designs, including of several buildings on Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) campus.
He died on July 13, 1932, at the age of 42, of kidney failure, [4] [7] and he is buried at Linwood Cemetery in the Pleasant Hill neighborhood of Macon, Georgia. A historical marker commemorates him in front of the First AME Church in Athens, Georgia. [9] Persley's profile was included in the biographical dictionary African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865–1945 (2004).