Thomas Dixon (architect)

Thomas Dixon (d. July 25, 1886)^[1], was a Presbyterian architect born in Wilmington, Delaware and one of the founders of the Baltimore chapter of AIA.^[2] He was the father of minister Thomas Freeman Dixon, an 1893 graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary. In 1871 he partnered with Charles L. Carson for some time doing business from their offices at 117 Baltimore Street as Thomas Dixon and Charles L. Carson^[3]until sometime before 1877 when the partnership was dissolved.^[4]

He was married to Rebecca Howard with who he had one son: Rev. L. Freeman Dixon.^[5] He lived at 253 North Eutaw Street in Baltimore at the time of his death.^[6]

Selected works

Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church and Asbury House (1872), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.^[7]
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church (Earleville, Maryland) (1870-1874), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.^[7]
Aged Women's and Aged Men's Homes, now the Pickersgill Retirement Community
Dixon Hill neighborhood of Baltimore
Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in St. Louis, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996
Grand Opera House in Wilmington, Delaware
Towson Court House, 1854.^[8]^[9]

References

^ The Late Thomas Dixon, The Sun (1837-1985); Jul 27, 1886; ProQuest Historical Newspapers The Baltimore Sun (1837-1985) pg. 4
^ American Institute of Architects and Engineers, The Sun (1837-1985); Nov 15, 1875; ProQuest Historical Newspapers The Baltimore Sun (1837-1985)
^ Changes In Business Firms, The Sun (1837-1985); Jan 3, 1871; ProQuest Historical Newspapers The Baltimore Sun (1837-1985) pg. 4
^ The Obituary Record: Charles L. Carson The Well Known Architect, The Sun (1837-1985); Dec 19, 1891; ProQuest Historical Newspapers The Baltimore Sun (1837-1985) pg. 8
^ Death Of Mrs. R.H. Dixon, The Sun (1837-1985); Apr 28, 1898; ProQuest Historical Newspapers The Baltimore Sun (1837-1985) pg. 8
^ Died, The Sun (1837-1985); Jul 27, 1886; ProQuest Historical Newspapers The Baltimore Sun (1837-1985) pg. 2
^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
^ The Architecture of Baltimore an Illustrated History, Hayward & Shivers, 2004 ISBN 0801878063, p. 142
^ Baltimore County Panorama, Brooks & Parsons, ISBN 0937076031, p. 29

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