This collection contains records of Eric G. Flannagan & Sons architectural firm that relate to capital projects on the East Carolina campus.
Eric Goodyear Flannagan Sr. was born in Albemarle County, Virginia in 1862, to Broadus and Lottie Goodyear Flannagan. He married Beryl Morris on June 26, 1915. They had three children: Eric, Jr., Stephen, and Effie Louise. After his first wife's death in 1968, Eric G. Flannagan Sr. married Clara Hamlett Robertson. He became a registered engineer in North Carolina in 1921, and in 1922 he opened an engineering firm in Henderson, North Carolina. Flannagan became a registered architect in 1926. Beginning in 1954, the firm operated as Eric G. Flannagan and Sons, Architects and Engineers. He designed nine structures at East Carolina State Teachers College including five student dormitories, one teacher's dormitory, the Flanagan Building (1939), J.Y. Joyner Library (1954), and Christenbury Memorial Gymnasium (1952). Eric G. Flannagan Sr. retired in 1965 but consulting with his sons until his death in 1970.
This collection contains records of Eric G. Flannagan & Sons architectural firm that relate to capital projects on the East Carolina campus including the men's dormitory, teacher's dormitory, and library.
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