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Joseph J. Patterson
Born(1894-05-03)May 3, 1894
DiedJune 26, 1976(1976-06-26) (aged 82)
NationalityUnited States
OccupationArchitect
AwardsFellow, American Institute of Architects (1962)
PracticeRedlich & Patterson;
Patterson & Teague;
Wilson & Patterson;
Wilson, Patterson & Associates;
Wilson, Patterson, Sowden, Dunlap & Epperly;
Patterson, Sowden, Dunlap & Epperly
The University Church of Christ in Abilene, designed by Wilson & Patterson and completed in 1952.
Woolf Hall of the University of Texas at Arlington, designed by Wilson, Patterson, Sowden, Dunlap & Epperly and completed in 1960.
The Fort Worth Convention Center, designed by a joint venture including Wilson, Patterson, Sowden, Dunlap & Epperly and completed in 1968.

Joseph J. Patterson FAIA (May 3, 1894 – June 26, 1976) was an American architect in practice in Fort Worth, Texas, from 1925 until his retirement in 1973.

Life and career

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Joseph Julian Patterson was born May 3, 1894, in Danville, Illinois. He was educated at the University of Illinois, graduating with a BS in architecture in 1917. After graduation he pursued graduate studies at the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College in Stillwater, Oklahoma. From 1919 to 1925 he was an instructor, later associate professor, in architecture at the college while also practicing in Stillwater with another professor under the name Redlich & Patterson. In 1925 he joined the office of Wyatt C. Hedrick in Fort Worth, and in 1932 entered practice in Fort Worth under the name Patterson & Teague. He joined Edward L. Wilson in the partnership of Wilson & Patterson in 1939.[1] Wilson was a Chicago native and Armour Institute graduate who joined the Hedrick office the same year that Patterson had. In 1952 the partners made three employees associates, and the firm was renamed Wilson, Patterson & Associates.[2] In 1958 the three were made full partners and the firm was renamed a second time to Wilson, Patterson, Sowden, Dunlap & Epperly.[3] Wilson died in 1964, and in February 1968 the firm was renamed a third time to Patterson, Sowden, Dunlap & Epperly.[4] Patterson retired from practice in 1973.[5]

Patterson joined the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in 1945. He was active in the Texas Society of Architects (TSA) and in the Fort Worth chapter. He served as a director of the TSA and as chapter president for 1952.[1][6] He was elected a Fellow in 1962 in recognition of his design skills and his public service.[7] Patterson served as a consultant to John Ripley Forbes' National Foundation for Junior Museums from 1954 to 1964, as a member of the diocesan committee on architecture of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas from 1955 to 1960 and as a member of the planning committee of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce from 1962 to 1965.[8]

Patterson's partner, Wilson, was elected a Fellow in 1957 in recognition of his service to the AIA. He was the first AIA Fellow from Fort Worth.[9]

Personal life

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Patterson was married in 1919 and had one child.[1] He died June 26, 1976, at the age of 82.[5]

Legacy

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In January 1976 the firm was renamed a fourth time to Sowden Kelley Barfield.[10] Sowden retired in 1981 and the firm was dissolved.[11]

Architectural works

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Wilson & Patterson, 1939–1952

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Wilson, Patterson & Associates, 1952–1958

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Wilson, Patterson, Sowden, Dunlap & Epperly, 1958–1968

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Patterson, Sowden, Dunlap & Epperly, 1968–1976

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Notes

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  1. ^ Demolished.
  2. ^ Designed by a joint venture of Wyatt C. Hedrick, Thomas E. Stanley and Wilson, Patterson, Sowden, Dunlap & Epperly.
  3. ^ Designed by a joint venture of Herman G. Cox, Hueppelsheuser & White, Preston M. Geren & Associates, Parker Croston Associates and Wilson, Patterson, Sowden, Dunlap & Epperly.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Patterson, Joseph (Julian)" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1956): 422-423.
  2. ^ a b "Wilson, Edward L(awrence)" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1956): 611.
  3. ^ "Wilson, Edward L(awrence)" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1962): 768.
  4. ^ Harold Monroe, "Business at work," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, December 17, 1967, 3E.
  5. ^ a b "J. J. Patterson, FW architect, to be buried," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, June 28, 1976, 3A.
  6. ^ a b c d "Patterson, Joseph (Julian)" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1962): 537.
  7. ^ "College of Fellows" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1962): xxxiv.
  8. ^ a b c "Patterson, Joseph Julian" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1970): 698.
  9. ^ "College of Fellows" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1962): xxxvii.
  10. ^ "Architects change name," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, January 11, 1976, 21C.
  11. ^ "News of firms" in Texas Architect 31, no. 2 (March/April 1981): 88-90.
  12. ^ Gerald Moorhead and contributors, Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains and West (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019): 325.
  13. ^ Gerald Moorhead and contributors, Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains and West (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019): 310-311.
  14. ^ Gerald Moorhead and contributors, Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains and West (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019): 465.
  15. ^ Gerald Moorhead and contributors, Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains and West (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019): 236.
  16. ^ "Exterior work nears finish on 14-story federal center," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, December 26, 1965, 2-2.
  17. ^ "Project built by many," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, October 20, 1968, 28-H
  18. ^ "Famous methodist leader will take part in ground-breaking," Gatesville Messenger, June 4, 1970, 1.
  19. ^ Fort Worth Star-Telegram, June 8, 1968, 4-A.
  20. ^ "Methodists set Comanche work," Brownwood Bulletin, May 5, 1974, 10-A.