Alexander Blair (architect) explained
Alexander Blair |
Birth Name: | Alexander Blair III |
Birth Date: | 22 April 1867 |
Children: | Algernon Blair |
Alexander Blair III (April 22, 1867 - November 16, 1931) was an American architect. He designed the Grand Opera House (1884) in Macon, Georgia, eight Georgia county courthouses, and other buildings. His father was also an architect and his son Algernon Blair (1873-1952) was a prominent builder.
By 1880 his family was living in Macon, Georgia.[1]
Works
- Decatur County Courthouse, Bainbridge, Georgia - the first courthouse he designed
- The Academy, now the Grand Opera House, Macon, Georgia, 621 Mulberry Street[2]
- Telfair County Courthouse, McRae, Georgia (1906)[3] [4]
- Cairo, Georgia Depot (Atlantic Coast Line Railroad) (1905)[5]
- Murray County Courthouse, Chatsworth, Georgia (1916)[6]
- Turner County Courthouse, Ashburn, Georgia (1908) with Peter E. Dennis[7]
- Wilkinson County Courthouse, Irwinton, Georgia (1924) [8]
- Montgomery County Courthouse, Mount Vernon, Georgia (1907)[9]
- Alexander Blair residence, Macon, Georgia[10]
- Nicholas M. Block house, Macon, Georgia, on College Street
- Dr. Thomas N. Baker House, Macon, Georgia (1908) on Vineville Avenue[11]
Notes and References
- http://sidneylanier.org/news/219/59/Buildings-By-Blair/ Buildings by Blair
- http://www.newtownmacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Macon-Walking-Tour.pdf Macon Walking Tour
- Wilber W. Caldwell, The Courthouse and the Depot: The Architecture of Hope in an Age of Despair : a Narrative Guide to Railroad Expansion and Its Impact on Public Architecture in Georgia, 1833-1910 (Mercer University Press, 2001)
- Courthouse and Depot page 265
- Courthouse and Depot pages 295, 298
- Courthouse and Depot page 395
- Courthouse and Depot page 419
- http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/courthouses/wilkinsonCH.htm Wilkinson County Courthouse
- http://vanishingsouthgeorgia.com/2010/03/31/montgomery-county-courthouse-mount-vernon/ Montgomery County Courthouse
- http://www.gpb.org/news/2013/05/29/exhibit-shows-macon-then-and-now
- https://books.google.com/books?id=JSpiW4kx6WsC&dq=Alexander+Blair+architect&pg=PA120 Jordan Massee: Accepted Fables