Robert Lee Hall (July 19, 1922 – January 24, 1990) was an architect based in Memphis, Tennessee who established the firm of Robert Lee Hall and Associates. He designed Clark Tower in East Memphis, 100 North Main in downtown Memphis, and Patterson Hall at the University of Memphis.
Hall was born in Jackson, Tennessee. He worked at Fisher Body aircraft plant in Memphis where he met Annie Laurie McGee, a Memphis socialite,[1] whom he married in 1943. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II.
His firm eventually became a partnership with his former associate Ben Waller as Hall & Waller Architects.
Hall was an alderman in Germantown, Tennessee and served on the city planning board. He was also a Shriner and belonged to the Kiwanis Club. He had four children.[2] He was also a boyscout leader.[1]
He was president of the American Institute of Architects Memphis branch in 1972.[3]
He is buried at Memorial Park Cemetery in Memphis.
Hall graduated from the Memphis Academy of Arts (Memphis College of Art).[1]
He was given an honorary architecture degree from the University of Tennessee.[1] He was a trustee at the Germantown United Methodist Church.[1]
- ^ a b c d e National Register of Historic Places
- ^ obituary
- ^ "Past Presidents — AIA Memphis". AIA Memphis.