Thomas Dohoney Broad (1893-1985)

Name

Broad, Thomas Dohoney

Personal Information

Birth/Death:    AIA notified of decease 10/02/1985
Occupation:    American architect
Location (state):    TX

This record has not been verified for accuracy.

AIA Affiliation

Member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) 1924-1935; 1938-decease
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) 1951

Biographical Sources

American Architects Directories:
Biographical listing in 1956 American Architects Directory
Biographical listing in 1962 American Architects Directory
Biographical listing in 1970 American Architects Directory
Contributed by the Alexander Architectural Archive, University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas:
Born in Paris, Texas, Thomas Dohoney Broad received a BS in architecture from The University of Texas at Austin in 1915 and attended graduate school in architecture at Harvard from 1915 to 1916. He left his studies at Harvard to return to his hometown of Paris after a disastrous fire destroyed the downtown area in 1916. From 1916 through 1917, Broad helped rebuild the city of Paris with a short lived partnership known as Curtis, Broad and Lightfoot. After spending two years in the US Army Air Corp, he worked for Wight and Wight of Kansas City (1919 to 1923). During the latter part of 1921, he travelled to Europe to further his education.
In March of 1923, Broad established an architectural firm in Dallas with Lester Flint. Flint and Broad designed commercial buildings in the 1920s and 1930s including the Medical Arts Building in Shreveport, Lousiana (1928) and the Black Hotel in Oklahoma City (1930).
From 1933 to 1938, Broad took a leave of absence from the firm and was employed successively by the CWA, the Texas Relief Commission and Texas Rural Communities. He was subsequently placed in charge of the design division of the Resettlement Administration and the Farm Security Administration for Texas and Oklahoma. During his tenure with these federal programs, he designed farm communities in Wichita Falls, Ropesville, and Highlands (all in Texas). During Broad's absence from the firm, Flint designed several important public buildings in association with other firms including the Hall of State (1936) and the Dallas Aquarium (1936), both located at Fair Park in Dallas.
Following the death of Lester Flint in 1938, Broad became the sole owner of the firm. Thomas D. Broad, architect, designed such well-known structures in Dallas as the first Administration Building at Love Field (1939) and the Masonic Temple (1941). Over a period of 18 years, he designed 18 buildings for the Buckner Orphans Home in Dallas.
Broad served for many years on the State Board of Architectural Examiners (1937-1951), the board of directors of the Dallas Museum of Art and the Dallas Council on World Affairs. He was also elected to fellowship in the American Institute of Architects.

Archival Holdings

The American Institute of Architects Archives
Membership file may contain membership application, Fellowship nomination, related correspondence. Contact the AIA Archives at archives@aia.org for further information.
Alexander Architectural Archive, University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas
See holdings under Donald Siegfried Nelson

AIA Historical Directory of American Architects

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