Franklin O. Adams

Franklin Oliver Adams Jr. (1881 – 1967) was an American architect in Tampa, Florida.[1]

Background

Adams was born in Waterproof, Louisiana on July 5, 1881.[2] Adams grew up on a cotton plantation and was taught by a governess. He graduated from Centenary College in 1901 with a Bachelor of Science degree and started out as a teacher, "teaching in a log house in Mississippi".[3] He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1907 with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture.[1]

After graduating, Adams worked as a draftsman for Newhall & Belvins in Boston. He worked as a draftsman and superintendent for Harry B. Wheelock in Birmingham from 1909–1914

He died on November 27, 1967.[4]

Works

His works include:[1]

  • The third Tampa City Hall (1926)[5]
  • Riverview Terrace[6]
  • Plant High School (1927). Tampa, Florida.
  • Lakeland Public Library (1927). Lakeland, Florida.
  • Harry S. Mayhall Auditorium, demolished (1927–1969). Lakeland, Florida.
  • the second Morrell Memorial Hospital[7]
  • Plant City's South Florida Baptist Hospital (1953).[8]

Works that have been added to the National Register of Historic Places:

References
  1. American Architects Directory (PDF) (First ed.). R. R. Bowker for the American Institute of Architects. 1955. p. 3.
  2. American Architects Directory. New York: R. R. Bowker. 1956. p. 3. Archived from the original on 2009-12-15. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
  3. Dovell, Junius Elmore (1952). Florida: historic, dramatic, contemporary. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co. pp. 634–635.
  4. AIA Historical Directory of American Architects. "Franklin O. Adams". Archived from the original on 24 February 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2012. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. Rajtar, Steve (2007). A Guide to Historic Lakeland, Florida. Charleston, S.C.: History Press. ISBN 9781596292710.
  6. Architectural Forum. 74 (1): 154. 1941.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  7. Flekke, Mary (c. 2005). Lakeland. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia. ISBN 0738541834.
  8. East Hillsborough Historical Society (2005). Plant City. Charleston, SC: Arcadia. p. 20. ISBN 0738517380.
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