Background
Ball, Thomas Raymond was born on February 12, 1896 in New York, New York, United States. Son of Thomas Watson and Alice L. (Raymond) Ball.
Ball, Thomas Raymond was born on February 12, 1896 in New York, New York, United States. Son of Thomas Watson and Alice L. (Raymond) Ball.
Student Anglo-Saxon School, Paris, France, Heathcote School, Harrison, New York, Art Students League, New York City. Studied drawing with Speicher, Du Mond, composition under Miller, design under father, Thomas Watson Ball.
2 daughters, Diana Willoughby Urisarri and Delilah Raymond Cooper. Designer in 1916; after World War engaged in profession of architecture. Designed many residences in eastern Connecticut, new chancel for Seabury Memorial, Groton, Connecticut, and (with Ernest Sibley) Old Lyme School.
Served with Depot Battalion 7th New York Infantry guarding New York City Aqueduct, 1917. Member Connecticut House of Representatives, 1927-1937, author of law establishing Connecticut Architectural Examining Board. Member 76th Congress (1939-1941), 2d Connecticut District.
Member Old Lyme Board Education, 1926-1938. Co-ordinator of transportation and rationing officer, Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut, since 1942. Member American Institute Architects, Connecticut History Society, New England Historic-Genealogical Society, Antiquarian and Landmark Society of Connecticut, S.A.R., Society for Preservation of New England Antiquities, Society of Founders of Norwich, Naval History Foundation, Society of Colonial Wars, Order of Founders and Patriots of America, American Legion, Old Lyme Chamber of Commerce.
Mason (32°), I.O.O.F., Elk, Grange. Clubs: Town Hall, Church (New York).
Married Elvira Urisarri de Polo, December 18, 1934.