Edwin A. Keeble | |
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| Born | August 18, 1905 Monteagle, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | September 22, 1979 (aged 74) Sewanee, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Resting place | Mount Olivet Cemetery |
| Education | Montgomery Bell Academy |
| Alma mater | Vanderbilt University École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts University of Pennsylvania |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Spouse(s) | Barbara McKelvey, Alice Beasley |
| Children | 2 sons, 2 daughters |
| Parent(s) | John Bell Keeble Emmie Frazer |
| Relatives | Cornelia Keeble Ewing (sister) John Bell (maternal great-grandfather) Edwin Augustus Keeble (paternal grandfather) |
Edwin Augustus Keeble (August 18, 1905 – September 22, 1979) was an American architect who was trained in the Beaux-Arts architecture tradition. He designed many buildings in Tennessee, including homes, churches, military installations, skyscrapers, hospitals and school buildings, some of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. He is best known for Nashville's landmark Life and Casualty Tower built in 1957 which was the tallest commercial structure in the Southeastern United States at that time (31 stories). It reflected an architectural turn to modernism and was one of the first buildings emphasizing energy efficiency.
Keeble had a preference for designing tall slender church steeples, nicknamed "Keeble's needles" by architecture critics. He briefly taught architecture at the University of Pennsylvania before settling in Nashville. He was one of the founders of the "Nashville Architectural Studio" during the 1920s and 1930s. His efforts to establish a school of architecture at Vanderbilt University were unsuccessful.