Background
Alexander C. Bruce was born in 1835 in Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States.
Alexander C. Bruce was born in 1835 in Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States.
At the age of twelve Alexander was taken by his parents to Nashville, Tennessee, United States, and in that city received an academic education. Later he became a student in the office of H. M. Ackeroyd, an English-born architect.
After the Civil War Mr. Bruce moved to Knoxville, but remained there only a few years, leaving in 1879 to settle in Atlanta, and started architectural practice. After three years in association with the late William Parkins, he joined Thomas H. Morgan in a partnership which was continued until 1905 when he retired. His practice was broad in scope, including the planning and execution of many public buildings and private homes in different cities. In Atlanta, he was co-architect of the Georgia Technical Institute: the County Court House; the Confederate Veterans' Home; and the Kiser Lee Building. Among other important works with which he was identified as the Cotton Exchange in Mobile, Alabama, United States, and the County Court House at Covington.