John Scudder Adkins

Background

Adkins, John Scudder was born in 1873 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. Son of Silas and Maria G. (Morgan) Adkins.

Education

Educated technical division Washington University School of Fine Arts.

Career

Designer, Barnett, Haynes & Barnett, later with Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, Saint Louis. Began practice as architect, 1900. Architect: Clinton County Court House, Wilmington, O.

Scioto County Court House, Portsmouth, O. City Hall, Norwood.

O. Governor's Mansion, Frankfort, Kentucky.

Second National Bank, Oakley Bank Building, Cincinnati Gymnasium and Athletic Club and Grace Episcopal Church, Cincinnati. First and Merchants National Bank, Middleton, O. Kanawha National Bank, Charleston, West Virginia.

Audubon Blgd., New Orleans: First Baptist Church, Lexington, Kentucky. Nurses Home, Muncie, Indiana.

Achievements

• John Scudder Adkins has been listed as a notable architect. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member City Planning Commission, Cincinnati.

Connections

Married Olive Bridgman, October 5, 1898. Children: Marcia Lee (Mistress Ralph Ingalsbe Finn), Eleanor Pelton (Mistress Stanford Church Richmond).

Father:

Silas Adkins

Mother:

Maria G. (Morgan) Adkins

Spouse:

Olive Bridgman

child:

Eleanor Pelton Adkins (Mistress Stanford Church Richmond)

child:

Marcia Lee Adkins (Mistress Ralph Ingalsbe Finn)