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.

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