James Richard Edmunds Jr. (April 1, 1890 – February 4, 1953) was an American architect.

Biography

He was born on April 1, 1890, in

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. He received his education at

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.AlumniAssociation, p. 250 He worked with Joseph Evans Sperry and was his partner in 1920. He was a member of the

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in 1923 and also the

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. He served as president of the Baltimore Chapter A.I.A. from 1935 to 1936. He was elected to the A.I.A. College of Fellows in 1937. From 1945 to 1947, he served as national A.I.A. president. Edmunds was a consultant to the American Hospital Association, the U.S. Surgeon General, the

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, and Children's Rehabilitation Institute. One of Edmund's significant works was the

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Hutzler's Tower Building at 234 North Howard Street, in Baltimore. He died on February 4, 1953.

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Baltimore Architecture Foundation

Baltimore Dead Architects Society

Biography of James Bosley Noel Wyatt
{{DEFAULTSORT:Edmunds, James R. Jr. 20th-century American architects Architects from Baltimore 1890 births 1953 deaths University of Pennsylvania alumni Fellows of the American Institute of Architects Presidents of the American Institute of Architects

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