
Edwin May (1823 - 1880) was an American architect based in
Indianapolis,
Indiana
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. He designed several
county courthouse
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s, the
Indiana State House
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and other public hospital and school buildings, including the
Horace Mann Public School No. 13
Horace Mann Public School No. 13 is a historic school building located at Indianapolis, Indiana. It was designed by architect Edwin May (1823–1880) and built in 1873. It is a two-story, square plan, Italianate style red brick building. It ha ...
.
[ ''Note:'' This includes ] He also received patents for his fireproofing designs. During the construction of his final project, the
Indiana State House
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, he became paralyzed, traveled to Jacksonville, Florida to recover and died.
Adolph Scherrer took over the project.
[
He was born in ]Boston
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, .[The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis]
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worked as a draftsman in his office.[
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References
1823 births
1880 deaths
Architects from Indianapolis
Architects from Boston
19th-century American architects
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