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Henry Lord Gay (1844-1921)
Name
Gay, Henry Lord
Personal Information
Birth/Death: b. 09/02/1844 - d. 06/10/1921
Occupation: American architect
Location: Chicago, IL; San Diego, CA
AIA Affiliation
Member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) 1874-decease
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) 1887
Member of the Western Association of Architects 1884-1889
Biographical Sources
Biographical Directories:
Entry in Henry F. Withey, A.I.A., and Elsie Rathburn Withey, Biographical Dictionary of American Architects (Deceased) (Los Angeles: New Age Publishing Company, 1956. Facsimile edition, Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc., 1970)
Obituaries:
Journal of the American Institute of Architects, obituary, August 1921
Related Records
Archival Holdings
The American Institute of Architects Archives
Membership file contains correspondence concerning his retirement, including his reminiscences of his involvement with the founding of the Western Association of Architects and its merger with the AIA in 1889. His earlier correspondence to the AIA is in RG 801, Series 1, Incoming Correspondence. Letters sent by the AIA to him in the same time period would be in Outgoing Correspondence, but have not been scanned.