Stephen Thomas was an architect who practiced mainly in
Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston metropolitan area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint o ...
for about 27 years.
He was born in Charleston to Stephen and Agnes C. (Wilkie) Thomas on October 13, 1892. After attending grade school in Charleston, he attended the
Georgia School of Technology and also the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a public land-grant research university in Auburn, Alabama. With more than 24,600 undergraduate students and a total enrollment of more than 30,000 with 1,330 faculty members, Auburn is the second largest uni ...
. He served in both World War I and World War II. After having worked at the offices of other architects, Thomas opened his own firm in 1932.
Among his notable projects were the Robert Mills Manor along Beaufain Street, the John Wesley Methodist Church, and the A. Burnet Rhett School. His residential projects were typically Colonial Revival houses including the Stephen Thomas House at 3 Shaftsbury Lane (1936); the Inez Schiadaressi House at 102 Rutledge Ave. (1937); the C.W. Blanchard House at 30 Pendleton St. (1937); the Arthur Pinckney House at 2 Canal St. (1938); the John S. Flintom House at 370 Grove St. (1938); the Eric L. Gatch House at 315 Grove St. (1938); the P.E. Trouche House at 88 South Battery (1938); 139 South Battery (1938); Sidney Rittenberg House on Murray Blvd. (1938); the Norman Chamberlain House at 14 Ashley Ave. (1938); 37 Wagener Street (1938); and the Dr. Archibald Baker House at 36 Murray Blvd. (1938).
He died on July 13, 1949, at his home at 49 Gadsden Street, Charleston, South Carolina.
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Architects from South Carolina
1892 births
1949 deaths
American military personnel of World War I
American military personnel of World War II
Georgia Tech alumni
Auburn University alumni