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A. M. F. Colton (1824-1896)
Name
Colton, A. M. F.
Personal Information
Birth/Death: b. August 1824 – d. 13 March 1896
Occupation: American architect
Location: Chicago, IL
AIA Affiliation
Fellow of the Western Association of Architects 1884-1889
Member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) 1889-decease
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) 1889. (On the merger of the Western Association of Architects with The American Institute of Architects in 1889, all AIA members were made Fellows because WAA members were known as Fellows.)
Biographical Sources
Obituary in the "In Memoriam" section of the Proceedings of the Thirtieth Annual Convention of the American Institute of Architects, 1896, page 151.
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)
Related Records
Archival Holdings
The American Institute of Architects Archives
Membership file may contain membership-related correspondence, although there are few written records concerning 19th-century members. Contact the AIA Archives at archives@aia.org for further information.