Background
Wright, Marcellus Eugene was born on April 5, 1881 in Hanover Company, Virginia, United States. Son of Anthony W. and Isabella (Granger) Wright.
Wright, Marcellus Eugene was born on April 5, 1881 in Hanover Company, Virginia, United States. Son of Anthony W. and Isabella (Granger) Wright.
Certificate architecture, University of Pennsylvania, 1905, Bachelor of Architecture, 1948.
Practice architecture since 1912, firm Marcellus Wright & Son since 1938. Member of advisory committee Williamsburg Restoration since 1929. Architectural supervisor F.H.A., 1936.
Area rent director, 1942.
Past president Virginia Society Sons of the American Revolution
Member of advisory committee Williamsburg Restoration since 1929. Served with Quartermaster Corps., United States Army, 1918. (Fellow) The American Institute of Architects (delegate International Congress Architects, Paris, 1937.
Member American Hospital Association, Sons of the American Revolution (national trustee, since 1957), Associate University of Pennsylvania Alumni Associations
(past president), Phi Sigma Kappa. Mason (32°,Kiloton).
Clubs: Downtown (Richmond).
Married Ritta B. Stovall, January 31, 1906. Children: Marcellus East., Frances South., James.