Joseph Evans Sperry

Architect Joseph Evans Sperry was born in 1854 in Georgetown, South Carolina. He later relocated to Baltimore, Maryland, where he partnered with B. N. Wyatt to form the architectural firm Wyatt and Sperry. The two probably became acquainted while working in the office of Architect, E. Francis Baldwin. [Biography of James Bosley Noel Wyatt [http://baltimorearchitecture.org/resources/biographies/james-bosley-noel-wyatt] /] With Wyatt, he designed a number of buildings around Baltimore before breaking off on his own. Sperry became one of Baltimore's leading architects, designing many public buildings, including churches, hospitals, and banks. Sperry also designed several buildings at Johns Hopkins University and one building at West Virginia University. Sperry's most famous building is probably the Emerson "Bromo-Seltzer" Tower in Baltimore. Sperry's buildings were designed in a variety of styles, but overall were eclectic. Sperry died in 1930.

References

*Withey, Henry F., A.I.A. and Elsie Raburn Withey, 1956. "Biographical Dictionary of American Architects (Deceased)", (New Age Publishing Company, Los Angeles), 565.

External links

*Baltimore Architecture Foundation [http://baltimorearchitecture.org/]
*Baltimore Dead Architects Society [http://baltimorearchitecture.org/programs/dead-architects-society/]
*Biography of James Bosley Noel Wyatt [http://baltimorearchitecture.org/resources/biographies/james-bosley-noel-wyatt/]