Background
Dewitt, Roscoe Plimpton was born on February 18, 1894 in Dallas, Texas, United States. Son of Edgar A. and Imogene (Walker) DeW.
Dewitt, Roscoe Plimpton was born on February 18, 1894 in Dallas, Texas, United States. Son of Edgar A. and Imogene (Walker) DeW.
Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth, 1914, Master of Arts (honorary), 1937. Master of Arts in Architecture, Harvard, 1917.
Architect, Parkland, Memorial Hospital, Neiman Marcus Preston Center, Neiman Marcus Dallas, Wynnewood Housing Project, Wynnewood and Preston Center Shopping Centers, Woodrow Wilson, Sunset high schools, Southern Methodist U. administration building, stadium and library, Highland Park Methodist Church and High School, also schools at Galveston, Harlingen, Temple, Denison, and other cities in Texas, Pampa (Texas) Post Office, Sam Rayburn Library, Bonham, Texas, Carswell Air Force Base Hospital, Sheppard Air Force Base Hospital, Military Housing Project, Laughlin Air Force Base, Saint Vincent’s Medical Center, Jacksonville, Florida, legislative garage, remodeling the Cannon House Office Building, District of Columbia. Associate architect extension of East front of Capitol, restoration of original Senate and Supreme Court chambers and James Madison Memorial Building of Library of Congress, Washington, Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Federal Housing Group, Dallas, Robin Hood and Avion Village housing projects, Bay Front Medical Center, Saint St. Petersburg, Florida. Office buildings National Cash Register Company, Dallas, Republic Insurance Company, Los Angeles, Dallas, New York City, Saint Paul Hospital Chapel, Convent and Clinic, Dallas, Presbyterian Hospital, Sub-acute Hospital and Professional Building, Dallas, Doctor’s Foundation Hospital, Dallas.
Associate architect Hotel Dieu Hospital, New Orleans.
Member of advisory board Texas Commision on Arts and Humanities. Board of directors Dallas Civic Opera. Served as Second lieutenant, captain C.A.C., United States Army, World War I.
(Fellow) The American Institute of Architects (past president Dallas chapter), Society American.
Clubs: Dallas Country, Brookhollow Golf, City (Dallas).
Married Elizabeth Boyd Newcomb, 1943. Children by previous marriage: Sylvia Louise (Mistress Tom Ferguson), Elizabeth Frances (Mistress Julian Acker).
