William Jones Smith

Background

Smith, William Jones was born on May 26, 1881 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Uselma Clarke and Fanny (Mitcheson) Smith.

Education

Bachelor of Science in architecture, University of Pennsylvania, 1903. Anno Domini G. architecte diplome par le Gouvèrnement Francais, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, 1907.

Career

With Cass Gilbert, architect, New York, 1907-1909. Holabird & Roche, Chicago, 1909-1912. Member firm Childs & Smith, since 1912. firm architects for insurance, office, university buildings such as Northwestern University Chicago Campus, high and elementary schools as Davenport, Iowa, Freeport and Kankakee, Illinois, medical and dental colleges, The Mather Home, Evanston, Illinois, Hardware and Employers Insurance Building, Wisconsin, Marathon Company Court house, Wausau, Wisconsin, Evanston Schools, associate professor in charge of senior design, Armour Institute Technology, 1924-1929.

Achievements

• William Jones Smith has been listed as a notable architect by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served as captain 319th Engineers, United States Army, 1917-1918. (Fellow) The American Institute of Architects. Member Graduate’s of Beaux Arts, BAID, Illinois Society Architects, Pennsylvania History Society, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, Burnham Library Committee, American Society Testing Materials, Sigma Xi.

Mason.

Club: University (Chicago).

Connections

Married Mary Van Horne, June 30, 1914. Children: William Mitcheson, Van Horne, Sidney Stockton.

Father:

Uselma Clarke Smith

Mother:

Fanny (Mitcheson) Smith

Spouse:

Mary Van Horne

child:

Sidney Stockton Smith

child:

William Mitcheson Smith

child:

Van Horne Smith