J. Carroll Johnson
J. Carroll Johnson (November 9, 1882 – May 4, 1967) was an architect in South Carolina. He was the first resident architect at University of South Carolina and supervised campus expansion.[1] He designed numerous residences in Columbia's suburbs during the roaring 1920s.[2] His work also includes the Lexington County Courthouse which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
He was born in Kristianstad, Sweden.[1] He is buried at Elmwood Cemetery.[1]
The Library of Congress has photographs of some of his buildings including from the Historic American Buildings Survey (catalogued along with musical documents from minstrel performer Carroll Johnson).[3]
Work
[edit]- State Industrial School for Girls (1918)
- First Presbyterian Church of Kershaw, South Carolina (1920),
- Three schools in Lancaster, South Carolina (1922)
- Buildings on the University of South Carolina campus including:
- Sloan College (1927)
- South Caroliniana Library wing additions (1927–1928)
- Melton Observatory (1928)
- Wardlaw College (1930–1931)
- Sims Dormitory (1939)
- Petigru College (1949) with Simons & Lapham of Charleston
- LeConte College (1952)
- Osborne Administration Building (1951 – 1952)
- President’s House (1952), conversion and renovation[1]
- Lexington County Courthouse (1939 – 1940) with Jesse W. Wessinger in Lexington, South Carolina[4]
- First Baptist Church of West Columbia (1942)[1]
Residential buildings
[edit]- Benjamin F. Taylor House (1910 – 1912)
- Boyne-Pressley-Spigner House (1915)
- Two houses for Dr. Robert E. Seibels in Columbia (1927 and 1933)
- John T. Stevens House in Kershaw (1918)
- James L. Coker, Jr. house (1923 – 1924)
- J. B. Gilbert house (1929)[1]
- 102 South Driftwood Drive in Columbia[5]
Further reading
[edit]- “Dialogue With The Past’–J. Carroll Johnson, Architect, and the University of South Carolina, 1912–1956” Master’s thesis by Andrew Watson Chandler, University of South Carolina (1993)[2]
- “John C. Johnson, 84, Architect, Dies” Columbia State, May 5, 1967, page A7
- The South Carolina Architects, 1885–1935: A Biographical Directory by John E. Wells and Robert E. Dalton, New South Architectural Press, Richmond, Virginia (1992)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Johnson, John Carroll".
- ^ a b Chandler, Andrew Watson (October 16, 1993). Dialogue with the past: J. Carroll Johnson, architect, and the University of South Carolina, 1912-1956. OCLC 29925752 – via Open WorldCat.
- ^ "7 J carroll johnson Images: Library Of Congress Public Domain Search". Library Of Congress.
- ^ "Lexington County Courthouse". LandmarkHunter.com.
- ^ "102 Southwood Drive - Hollywood-Rose Hill | Historic Columbia". www.historiccolumbia.org.