Background
Curtis, Nathaniel Cortlandt was born on February 8, 1881 in Smithville (now Southport), North Carolina, United States. Son of Walter Gilman (Doctor of Medicine and Margaret Johnson (Coit) C.
Curtis, Nathaniel Cortlandt was born on February 8, 1881 in Smithville (now Southport), North Carolina, United States. Son of Walter Gilman (Doctor of Medicine and Margaret Johnson (Coit) C.
Bachelor of Philisophy, University of North Carolina, 1900. Bachelor of Science (architecture), Columbia, 1904.
Instructor drawing and geometry, University of North Carolina, 1904-1907. Professor and head school of architecture. Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1907-1912, same school of architecture, Tulane University, 1912-1917.
Associate professor design, school of architecture, University of Illinois, 1917-1920.
With Moise H. Goldstein and associates, architects from 1920. Associate architect Magnolia Saint low rent housing project for New Orleans and United States housing authorities.
Lecturer school of architecture, Tulane University, 1921-1937, associate professor of architecture 1937-1948, professor, 1945, retired 1948.
Fellow American Institute of Architects (president Louisiana chapter).
Married Elizabeth Thach, June 15, 1913. Children: Eleanor Coit (Mistress Richard Page), Nathaniel Cortlandt, Charles Thach.