William Macy Stanton - by Delos Hughes (Hardcover)
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Highlights
- In 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal launched the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Subsistence Homesteads Division to help bring economic relief to families and communities devastated by the Great Depression.
- About the Author: DELOS D. HUGHES was a professor of political science at Washington and Lee University.
- 128 Pages
- Architecture, Individual Architects & Firms
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About the Book
"William Macy Stanton (1888-1969) was born to a Quaker family in northern Appalachia. He attended the University of Pennsylvania and established a private architectural firm in Philadelphia in 1921 but struggled as an architect until he found some stability through TVA projects in Norris and through the Cumberland Homesteads established by the Subsistence Homestead Administration. Stanton was responsible for the construction of much of New Deal Middle Tennessee, and later in his career he designed and oversaw construction of multistory hotels, including The Lafayette and the James Madison Hotel, and the restoration of Quaker meetinghouses"-- Provided by publisher.Book Synopsis
In 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal launched the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Subsistence Homesteads Division to help bring economic relief to families and communities devastated by the Great Depression. With the creation of these new programs came a need for the infrastructure that could support them, and for this, the Roosevelt administration turned to William Macy Stanton. Born to a Quaker family in Ohio in 1888, Stanton worked as an instructor of drawing and design at the University of Illinois School of Architecture before establishing an independent practice in Philadelphia in the early 1920s. During the Depression, he worked on architectural projects in Tennessee for the TVA--including the town of Norris, where the builders of Norris Dam would live. As the New Deal era dawned, Stanton moved to Crossville to design the proposed Cumberland Homesteads. In addition to this work, Stanton is widely regarded for his hotel designs, including The Lafayette and James Madison Hotels in Atlantic City, as well as his restoration of Quaker meetinghouses. In this new biography, Delos D. Hughes weaves the story of Stanton's life and career together with the broader historical context of the Great Depression and New Deal initiatives. The book is divided into three parts, exploring Stanton's life and work before, during, and after his involvement with the Cumberland Homesteads; Hughes examines the intersection of architecture and social policy throughout. Rich with historical photographs, Stanton's own architectural drawings, and other original imagery on nearly every page, Hughes's work will delight architectural history enthusiasts and Tennessee history scholars.About the Author
DELOS D. HUGHES was a professor of political science at Washington and Lee University. He was the author of Historic Alabama Courthouses: A Century of Their Imagesand Stories and coauthor of Lost Auburn: A Village Remembered in Period Photographs and No Place Like Home: An Architectural Study of Auburn, Alabama. He passed away in 2025.Dimensions (Overall): 10.0 Inches (H) x 8.0 Inches (W) x .44 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.35 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 128
Genre: Architecture
Sub-Genre: Individual Architects & Firms
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Theme: Monographs
Format: Hardcover
Author: Delos Hughes
Language: English
Street Date: September 8, 2025
TCIN: 1005476735
UPC: 9781621909705
Item Number (DPCI): 247-37-2730
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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