Background
Rayfield attended schools in Macon, Georgia before moving to Washington, District of Columbia after the death of his mother.
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Wallace Rayfield
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He then completed a graduate certificate from Pratt Institute before earning his bachelor"s degree in architecture from Columbia University in 1899.
Career
He was an apprentice at an architectural firm while attending Howard University. Upon graduation, he was recruited by Booker T. Washington to the Directorship of the Architectural and Mechanical Drawing Department at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. In 1907, Rayfield opened a professional office in Tuskegee from which he sold mail-order plans nationwide.
He also advertised "branch offices" in Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile and Talladega, Alabama and Atlanta, Savannah, Macon and Augusta, Georgia.
He left Tuskegee Institute and moved to Birmingham in 1908 to focus on his young practice.
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United States