William Wilson Cooke | |
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Born | Greenville, South Carolina, U.S. | December 27, 1871
Died | August 25, 1949 Gary, Indiana, U.S. | (aged 77)
Burial place | Fern Oak Cemetery, Griffith, Indiana, U.S. |
Other names | William Wilson Cook, W. W. Cooke |
Education | Boston School of Technology, Columbia University |
Alma mater | Claflin College |
Occupation(s) | Architect, school administrator |
Spouse | Anne Miller |
Children | 2, including Anne Cooke |
Father | Wilson Cooke |
Relatives | Thomas Ezekiel Miller (father in-law), Ira De Augustine Reid (son in-law) |
William Wilson Cooke (1871–1949) was an American architect.[1][2] He worked in the Office of the Supervising Architect of the United States Department of the Treasury and was the first African American man to be employed there.[3][4][5] Cooke was the first African American to obtain an architect’s license in the state of Indiana in 1929.[6] He designed many buildings for Claflin College, the Cookman Institute, and the United States Postal Service. Early in his career he worked as a school official.
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