Franklin O. Adams

Franklin Oliver Adams Jr. (1881 – 1967) was an American architect in Tampa, Florida.

Background

Adams was born in Waterproof, Louisiana on July 5, 1881. Adams grew up on a cotton plantation and was taught by a governess. He graduated from Centenary College in 1901 with a Bachelor of Science degree and started out as a teacher, "teaching in a log house in Mississippi". He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1907 with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture.

After graduating, Adams worked as a draftsman for Newhall & Belvins in Boston. He worked as a draftsman and superintendent for Harry B. Wheelock in Birmingham from 1909–1914

He died on November 27, 1967.

Works

His works include:

• The third Tampa City Hall (1926)
• Riverview Terrace
• Plant High School (1927). Tampa, Florida.
• Lakeland Public Library (1927). Lakeland, Florida.
• Harry S. Mayhall Auditorium, demolished (1927–1969). Lakeland, Florida.
• the second Morrell Memorial Hospital
• Plant City's South Florida Baptist Hospital (1953).

Works that have been added to the National Register of Historic Places:

• House at 116 West Davis Boulevard (1925). Tampa, Florida; Added in 1989.
• House at 301 Caspian Street (1925). Tampa, Florida; Added in 1989.
• Bay Isle Commercial Building (1926). Tampa, Florida; Added in 1989.
• House at 131 West Davis Boulevard (1928). Tampa, Florida; Added in 1990

References

External links

• Franklin O. Adams papers, n.d., 1868-1944 | University of Miami Special Collections

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