Ted S. Maffitt (1923-2007)

Name

Maffitt, Ted S.

Variant Names

Maffitt, Theodore Stuart, Jr.

Personal Information

Birth/Death:    b. 1923 – d. 1/19/2007
Occupation:    American architect
Location:    Palestine, TX; College Station, TX

This record has not been verified for accuracy.

AIA Affiliation

Member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) 1957-decease
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) 1978

Biographical Sources

American Architects Directories:
Biographical listing in 1956 American Architects Directory
Biographical listing in 1970 American Architects Directory
Biographical information:
Contributed by the Alexander Architectural Archive, University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas:
Theodore (Ted) S. Maffitt, Jr. was born March 11, 1923 in Palestine, Texas. He earned his architecture degree in 1944 (or 1948) from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. During World War II he saw active duty as a captain in the U.S. Army Infantry from 1942-1946. After the war he continued service in the Texas National Guard. He joined his father's Palestine architecture practice in 1948, beginning as draftsman and becoming a full partner in 1951. He continued the practice after his father's death under the name of Ted Maffitt & Associates, Architects, Planners and Consultants. He was a member of the Northeast Texas Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and was its secretary, then director, in the late 1970s. He retired in 1981 and for the next ten years taught at his alma mater, also serving as Assistant Department Head and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. While there he received the Llewelyn W. Pitts Award from the Texas Society of Architects.

Related Records

Theo S. Maffitt

Archival Holdings

The American Institute of Architects Archives
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Alexander Architectural Archive, University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas
Theo S. Maffitt and Theodore S. Maffitt drawings, c.1914-1981
The 150 rolls and approximately 2,200 flat sheets of mostly original pencil on trace paper drawings include residential, commercial, church, school, and hospital projects completed between 1919 and 1981, predominantly in Palestine and Anderson County, Texas. Two buildings are on the National Register of Historic Places: the Anderson County Jail and Lincoln High School (now the Anderson County Community Council Community Center), which once served as the city's only high school for its African American youth.
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