1928 antique T-SQUARE ARCHITECTURAL EXHIBIT phila pa WHITESIDE wilmington de
This listing is for the year book shown. Copyright by the Joint Exhibition Board of the Philadelphia Chapter A. I. A. and the T-SQUARE Club. Paper over board hardcover book. 348 pages.
Amazing photos and plans of Philadelphia area architects with each page being blank on the back. Advertisement pages are printed on both sides.
This is from the estate of G. Morris Whiteside from Brown and Whiteside Architects with the art deco ex-libris bookplate with hand drawn fraktur monogram above the bookplate.
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Biography from the American Architects and Buildings database
Born in Philadelphia to Frank Rush and Margaret (Custer) Whiteside, G. Morris Whiteside would become best known as a Wilmington, DE, architect. After graduating from Central High School, he received a Certificate of Proficiency from the University of Pennsylvania in 1905 and then enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1905 to 1906. After winning a medal in the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, he journeyed to the American Academy in Rome to study in 1907. His office experience was gained in Philadelphia with architects William C. Hays and Cope & Stewardson. By 1910 he had established Brown & Whiteside in Delaware; and this successful firm was followed by G. Morris Whiteside, 2nd, 1931 to 1955, and Whiteside, Moeckel & Carbonell, organized in 1956. Whiteside was extremely active in public service. He served as secretary of the Wilmington Zoning Commission (1930-1946), chairman of the Mayor's City Planning Commission (1935), president of the Delaware State Housing Commission (1930-1932), president of the Delaware Board of Architectural Registration (1935-1937), and twice president of the Delaware Chapter, AIA. Written by Sandra L. Tatman.