Record #:

18875

Author(s):

Hanchett, Tom

Abstract:

In the antebellum South, building artisans were often black slaves. In Charlotte, North Carolina during the first years of the 20th-century, W.W. Smith rose from the ranks of building tradesman to architect, designing substantial structures in Charlotte and Salisbury.

Source:

North Carolina Preservation (NoCar Oversize E 151 N6x), Vol. Issue 67, Spring 1987, p7-9, f

Subject(s):

Architects--African American--North Carolina; Smith, W.W., 1862-1937