John Wind | |
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| Born | 1819 Bristol, England |
| Died | May 18, 1863 Thomasville, Georgia, United States |
| Nationality | English, American |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings | Greenwood Plantation (c. 1838) Susina Plantation (c. 1841) Pebble Hill Plantation (c. 1850) Oak Lawn Plantation (c. 1850) Eudora Plantation (c. 1850) Thomas County (GA) Court House (c. 1855) Fair Oaks Plantation (c. 1856) |
John Wind was an architect who designed his work in southwest Georgia in the United States from approximately 1838 until his death in 1863. He was born in Bristol, England, in 1819. John Wind designed the Greenwood, Susina, Oak Lawn, Pebble Hill, Eudora and Fair Oaks monumental plantation houses, the Thomas county courthouse and a few in-town cottages. William Warren Rogers writes "Some of Wind's work still exists and reveals him as one of the South's most talented but, unfortunately, least known architects."[1] John Wind also worked as an inventor, jeweler, master mechanic and surveyor. He devised a clock that remained wound for one year and was awarded a patent for a cotton thresher and cleaner, Patent Number 5369. He was also the co-recipient of a corn husker and sheller patent in 1860. But it was his work and creations as an architect that made him an enduring figure that left a mark on society.
- ^ William Warren Rogers (1963). Ante-bellum Thomas County 1825–1861. Tallahassee: Florida State University.