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The Stanhope Johnson Office Records: Red Hill (Box 15, Folder 1)

Item sets: Jones Memorial Library Lynchburg Architectural Archives; Jones Memorial Library Manuscripts Collection; Patrick Henry's Red Hill; The Stanhope Johnson Office Records: Red Hill plans and papers

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Identifier: JML.MS1236.Box15.Folder1
Barcode: JML.MS1236.Box15.Folder1
Title: The Stanhope Johnson Office Records: Red Hill (Box 15, Folder 1)
Description: Scanned images of papers from the Stanhope S. Johnson Office Records collection (JML Manuscript 1236). These papers are from Folders 1 through 6 in Box 15 of the collection and pertain to the restoration of Patrick Henry's Red Hill Plantation and adjacent properties. See related resources for additional materials.

STANHOPE S. JOHNSON was born 16 February 1881 in Lynchburg, Virginia. He attended the Piedmont Business College in Lynchburg and the Scranton School of Architecture in Pennsylvania, where he received a diploma in 1906. He then attended the deHOULTLIEU School of Architecture in Paris in 1912 and took architectural business courses "in the Atelier of H.C.L. SMITH," of London. JOHNSON also traveled throughout Europe studying types of architecture. In 1910 JOHNSON opened architectural offices in Lynchburg and Danville, Virginia and "specialized in classical and colonial architectural design as applied to churches, schools, hotels and residences in Virginia" and throughout the South. A member of the American Institute of Architects, JOHNSON served on the Virginia State Board for the examination of architects, engineers, and land surveyors. Among his noteworthy accomplishments were the preservation and restoration of the MILLER-CLAYTOR House in Lynchburg, and the restoration of Red Hill, the home of Patrick HENRY. He also designed buildings for Randolph-Macon Woman's College and Lynchburg College. JOHNSON died 11 January 1973 in Lynchburg and was buried in the Spring Hill Cemetery in Lynchburg.

The Stanhope S. Johnson Office Records were given to Jones Memorial following the architect's death.
Creator: Johnson, Stanhope
Subject: Johnson, Stanhope; Architecture; Patrick Henry's Red Hill Plantation
Location: Red Hill, Virginia
Digital Format: JPEG
Language: English
Publisher: George M. Jones Library Association
Repository: George M. Jones Library Association
Rights: George M. Jones Library Association
Rights Holder: George M. Jones Library Association

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