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J. Carroll Johnson

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J. Carroll Johnson (November 9, 1882 – May 4, 1967) was an architect in South Carolina. He was the first resident architect at University of South Carolina and supervised campus expansion.[1] He designed numerous residences in Columbia's suburbs during the roaring 1920s.[2] His work also includes the Lexington County Courthouse which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

He was born in Kristianstad, Sweden.[1] He is buried at Elmwood Cemetery.[1]

The Library of Congress has photographs of some of his buildings including from the Historic American Buildings Survey (catalogued along with musical documents from minstrel performer Carroll Johnson).[3]

Work

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Residential buildings

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  • Benjamin F. Taylor House (1910 – 1912)
  • Boyne-Pressley-Spigner House (1915)
  • Two houses for Dr. Robert E. Seibels in Columbia (1927 and 1933)
  • John T. Stevens House in Kershaw (1918)
  • James L. Coker, Jr. house (1923 – 1924)
  • J. B. Gilbert house (1929)[1]
  • 102 South Driftwood Drive in Columbia[5]

Further reading

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  • “Dialogue With The Past’–J. Carroll Johnson, Architect, and the University of South Carolina, 1912–1956” Master’s thesis by Andrew Watson Chandler, University of South Carolina (1993)[2]
  • “John C. Johnson, 84, Architect, Dies” Columbia State, May 5, 1967, page A7
  • The South Carolina Architects, 1885–1935: A Biographical Directory by John E. Wells and Robert E. Dalton, New South Architectural Press, Richmond, Virginia (1992)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Johnson, John Carroll".
  2. ^ a b Chandler, Andrew Watson (October 16, 1993). Dialogue with the past: J. Carroll Johnson, architect, and the University of South Carolina, 1912-1956. OCLC 29925752 – via Open WorldCat.
  3. ^ "7 J carroll johnson Images: Library Of Congress Public Domain Search". Library Of Congress.
  4. ^ "Lexington County Courthouse". LandmarkHunter.com.
  5. ^ "102 Southwood Drive - Hollywood-Rose Hill | Historic Columbia". www.historiccolumbia.org.