Background
Thomas Crane Young was born in 1858 in United States.
Thomas Crane Young was born in 1858 in United States.
He had Preliminary study at the School of Fine Arts. Later he studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris.
Mr. Young returned to St. Louis in 1885 to form a partnership with William S. Eames (Eames & Young). Their association continued until 1914 when the firm was incorporated under that name, with Mr. Young as president, winning wide recognition as architects of many important buildings. Comprising these were the Federal Prison at Leavenworth, Kans., Fine Arts Building at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition at Omaha, Neb., in 1897; Building of Education at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis. 1903; U. S. Custom House in San Francisco (1906-11). the Walker Building in Salt Lake City, Utah; and Hotel Robinson in St. Joseph, Mo., all commissions received prior to the death of Mr. Eames.
Other works of the firm in St. Louis which merit mention were the Title Guaranty Building; the Liggett, Wright and Frisco Building Third National Bank Building; Boatman's Bank and Office Building; Carnegie Library, and the Masonic Temple. Earlier in his career, during early years of the partnership (c.1887), Mr. Young prepared plans of the Supples Wholesale Warehouses in St. Louis, buildings that covered an area of ten city blocks.
Following the death of Mr. Eames. the firm was incorporated under the original name, and Mr. Young appointed President of the organization. In that capacity he remained in charge of the firm s practice through the remaining years of his life, maintaining headquarters in the Arcade Office Building.
Young married Ruth Hodgman in Saint Louis, MO, 06/12/1887.
He and Ruth Hodgman Young had three daughters: Dorothy (Mrs. William R. Jones), Ruth (Mrs. S.A. Michell), and Marjorie.