Background
Charles Allen Favrot was born in 1866 at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States.
1901
1920
Charles Allen Favrot was born in 1866 at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States.
He completed a course in Mechanical Engineering at the State University in 1884, and after a few years in architectural training in the office of James Freret, took a postgraduate course at Cornell University.
In 1890 Mr. Favrot opened an office with S. R. Duvall and continued that association three years. In 1895 he entered into a partnership with Louis A. Livaudais which was maintained until the latter's decease in 1932, and during that long period of practice served as co-architect of a number of noteworthy buildings in New Orleans. Among these should be named St. Charles Theatre, 1901; Holton High School, 1926; New Orleans Cotton Exchange, 1920; Hibernia Bank Building (in association with A. C. Bossom); Roosevelt Hotel, 1924: and the Municipal Auditorium, built in 1930. The firm also designed the Hutchinson Memorial Building at Tulane University.
Mr. Favrot also participated in municipal projects, and for a number of years served as Chairman of the City Planning and Zoning Commission.
Active in the affairs of the Louisiana Chapter, A.I.A. of which he had been a member since 1901.
Mr. Favrot got architectural training in the office of the late James Freret
In 1890 Mr. Favrot opened an office with S. R. Duvall .
In 1895 Mr. Favrot entered into a partnership with Louis A. Livaudais which was maintained until the latter's decease in 1932.
Hibernia Bank Building was designed by Charless Allen Favrot and A. C. Bossom.
