Draft:G. M. Torgerson
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He is covered very substantially in contemporary sources and more recent sources discussing his many notable works. Resubmitting for reconsideration. FloridaArmy (talk) 19:28, 7 June 2025 (UTC)
Gustave Maurice Torgerson and Gustave M. Togerson should link here
Gustave Maurice Torgerson was an architect in the United States. He was from Sweden. He lived in Meridian, Mississippi.[1] He designed elaborate Queen Anne architecture style home and was supervising architect for the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition in New Orleans, for which he designed the main building.[2]
He was supervising architect for the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition held in New Orleans in 1884.[3]
He was the plaintiff in a lawsuit seeking payment for the design of a building in Birmingham after the client Brice M. Hughes died.[4]
Robert Edward Lee worked for him for four years[1] before establishing his own practice in Hattiesburg.[5] Anna Marie Paufvre Torgerson was his wife. Writer Edwin Deal Torgerson was his son.[6]
He immigrated to the United States in 1865. In the 1880 census, he was listed living in the Lafayette County and working as a carpenter. He was listed as an architect in Meridian directories in 1884 and 1888, though not in the 1882-1883 directory. In 1884 his address was listed as Davis Street in Meridian and he was still living in Meridian according to the 1900 census. According to a 1930s Commercial Appeal article about his son, Torgenson came to America as supervising architect for the World Cotton Exposition in New Orleans in 1884.[7] He is buried in the Oxford Cemetery along with two of his children.[7]
Work
[edit]- Washington Porter Wilson House at 1305 Madison Avenue in Oxford[7]
- Roberts-Nelson House[8] at 911 South Lamar Boulevard in Oxford[7]
- Theora Hamblett House at 619 Van Buren Street in Oxford, Mississippi[9]
- Washington Porter Wilkins House at 1305 Madison Avenue in Oxford[7]
- Whitfield School (Central School) in Meridian[7]
- Jackson Public School (Central School) in Jackson, Mississippi that became part of Central High School in 1925[7]
- Old City Hall and Market in Meridian[7]
- Old Tunica County Courthouse in Tunica, Mississippi[7]
- Grand Hotel (1888) in Bessemer, Alabama[10]
- World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition main building in New Orleans[11][12]
- Berney Brothers Block for Berney Bank of Bessemer[13]
- Harmony Club in New Orleans[14]
- W. L. Archibald house, Archivald was the president of the Bank of Oxford[15]
- Grand Opera House[7] now the Riley Center for Education and Performing Arts at Mississippi State University (1889)[16]
- Marks-Rothenberg Building in Meridian[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Rowland, Dunbar (June 7, 1907). "Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form". Southern Historical Publishing Association – via Google Books.
- ^ "Louisiana History". Louisiana Historical Association. June 7, 1983 – via Google Books.
- ^ Fairall, Herbert S. (June 7, 1885). "The World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, New Orleans, 1884-85". Republican Publishing Company – via Google Books.
- ^ Court, Alabama Supreme (June 7, 1894). "Reports of Cases at Law and in Equity, Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Alabama". West Publishing Company – via Google Books.
- ^ "Report". www.apps.mdah.ms.gov.
- ^ Lloyd, James B. (June 7, 1981). Lives of Mississippi Authors, 1817-1967. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-61703-418-3 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Report". www.apps.mdah.ms.gov.
- ^ Hines, Thomas S. (December 22, 2023). William Faulkner and the Tangible Past: The Architecture of Yoknapatawpha. Univ of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-32880-8 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Theora Hamblett House Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org.
- ^ https://www.archinform.net/arch/214204.mobi.htm
- ^ Gregory, Mike (June 7, 2009). Expo Legacies: Names, Numbers, Facts & Figures. AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1-4389-8073-7 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Engineer". Morgan-Grampian (Publishers). June 7, 1885 – via Google Books.
- ^ Burnett, Jason (June 7, 2011). Early Bessemer. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-8803-2 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The American Architect and Building News". James R. Osgood & Company. June 7, 1895 – via Google Books.
- ^ Miller, Mary Carol (September 14, 2010). Lost Mansions of Mississippi, Volume II. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-60473-787-5 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Gustave M. Torgerson". SAH ARCHIPEDIA.