Background
Guy M. Mahurin was born in 1877at Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States.
Guy M. Mahurin was born in 1877at Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States.
In 1901 completed a two-year course of supplementry study at the University of Illinois.
The young man entered his uncle's office as a student in 1896, and after a period of training there. During the following year Mahurin secured a position as draftsman in the Office of the Insular Government at Manila, P. I., and while in the city prepared a design for a proposed Philippine Exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to be held in St. Louis, Mo. in 1904, and upon the acceptance of his plan received a Gold Medal Award and a thousand dollars cash prize.
In 1907 Mr. Mahurin returned to his native city and for a decade maintained an independent office. Then at the start of the first World War he left for New York City and for two years was employed on Government Housing projects, subsequently took a special course in Architectural Design at the University of Pennsylvania. Returning again to Fort Wayne in 1919, he was taken into the firm of Wing & Mahurin as junior partner, and during the 'twenties assisted in plannning several of the firm's important works in the state, among which were the Auburn County Court House; County Court House and High School at Bloomington, and at Fort Wayne the County Court House and the Scottish Rite Temple, the latter completed in 1924. During later years Mr. Mahurin continued active practice until 1937 when he retired. Independently he designed the Plymouth Congregational Church and other ecclesiastical buildings at Fort Wayne, and was associated with the firm of Morris G O’Connor on the Federal Court House and Post Office Building at Fort Wayne.