- Thomas Wilson Williamson
Thomas Wilson Williamson (
4 August 1887 -16 November 1974 ) was aKansas architect who specialized in designing school buildings inKansas ,Iowa , andMissouri .Williamson is best known for designing
Topeka High School inTopeka, Kansas , a magnificent Perpendicular Gothic public high school, completed in 1931. Assisting Williamson was his chief designer Ted Greist, and Linus Burr Smith from Kansas State College (nowKansas State University ) to oversee the plans.Williamson and Griest also designed Clay Elementary School (now
Cair Paravel-Latin School ), which was completed in 1926.References
* [https://www2.topeka.k12.ks.us/ths/multimedia/history/architecture.html]
Bibliography
*William Elsey Connelley, "History of Kansas, State and People", (1928)
*United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places submission for Topeka High School, Shawnee County, Kansas, (22 April 2005)
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