White, Streeter & Chamberlain Architects - Commercial 1920-1939
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White, Streeter & Chamberlain - Commercial Buildings

The work and career of Hugh E. White, Sr. (1869-1939), architect, did much to establish and define the architecture of Gaston and surrounding counties in North and South Carolina.  The original drawings of the projects designed by Hugh E. White, Sr. and the firm White, Streeter & Chamberlain exist and are maintained in the collections of Vintage Architectural Art.  In 2005, the works were compiled for The National Register of the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service by Davyd Foard Hood with the help of Lucy R. Penegar and June Alice Todd.  This collection includes the Commercial Buildings comprising of thirty nine commissioned works designed by the firm.  The projects range from the elaborate Classical Revival-style Citizens National Bank (in existence in Gastonia) to the Guion Filling Station.  See the Collection Index for a complete listing of the projects.

Hugh E. White, Sr - Biographical information
Born on the rural farm land of Fort Mill, South Carolina in 1869, Hugh E. White, Sr. lost his father, Leonidas Spratt White, at age 9 and his mother at age 17.  Orphaned at such a young age, White worked in a wood working plant, as a carpenter and advancing to foreman, he cultivated his gifts and love of mathematics and craftsmanship and took up architectural work by correspondence school.

His professional career spanning four decades beginning in 1894 with a firm in Rock Hill, South Carolina, moving to Atlanta in the 1890’s, then with the Office of Supervising Architect, Department of the Treasury, from 1903-1918, then following three years (1918-1921) of employment with Charles Coker Wilson, one of South Carolina’s leading architects, Hugh E. White began the private practice of White, Streeter & Chamberlain in Gastonia, North Carolina.  Due to uncollected accounts for services rendered, the firm could not sustain the pressures of the Depression and ceased to exist in 1927.  Hugh E. White, Sr. continued in private practice with the help of his apprenticing son, Hugh Ed White, until his death in 1939.

 

 

  
 
Hugh E. White, Sr.
 
IMAGE No. PROJECT NOTES SIZE ON WEB
10.01.001 John L. Beal Store (#4)
10.02.001 Standard Hardware Bldg (#10) Bsmt & 1 Floor 30x21 yes
10.02.002 2nd & 3rd Floor 30x21 yes
10.02.003 Elev & Details 30x21 yes
10.02.004 Wall Sections 30x21 yes
10.03.001 Kennedy's Drug Store (11)
10.04.001 W.W. Glenn Bldg  (#17)
10.05.001 P & N Railroad Station (#18)
10.06.001 F.M. Franklin Store & Apartment Bldg (#19)
10.07.001 D.M. Jones Store & Office Bldg (#26)
10.08.001 Loftin & Co. Store & Office Bldg (#33)
10.09.001 LeVentis & Co. Warehouse & Store (#38)
10.10.001 W.T. Rankin Store & Office Bldg (#39)
10.11.001 A.Q. Kale Storeage Warehouse (#42)
10.12.001 Clyde Armstrong Shop Bldg (# 43)
10.13.001 Art Cloth Shop (#44)
10.14.001 Mason Mills Office Bldg (#45)
10.15.001 John L. Beal Automotive Showroom (#48)
10.16.001 Lewis H. Balthis Store Bldg (#53) 1st & 2nd Floor 24x26 yes
10.16.002 Elevation & Section 24x26 yes
10.17.001 Michael & Bivens Shop & Office Bldg (#56)
10.18.001 Citizens National Bank, Gastonia (#60)  1924 Basmt Floor 20x30 yes
10.18.002 1st Floor 20x30 yes
10.18.003 Mez Floor 20x30 yes
10.18.004 2nd Floor 20x30 yes
10.18.005 Roof Plan 20x30 yes
10.18.006 Elevation 20x30 yes
10.18.007 Section 20x30 yes
10.18.008 Elevation 20x30 yes
10.18.009 Details 20x30 yes
10.19.001 R.G. Rankin Store Bldg (#61) Floor Plan & Elev 30x18 yes
10.19.002 Elevation & Details 30x18 yes
10.20.001 Groves Mill Office Bldg (#63)
10.21.001 American Spinning Co. Dormitory (#86)
10.22.001 W.H. Wray Auto Service Station (#92)
10.23.001 P.P. Leventis & Co Store Bldg (#98)
10.24.001 Bank of Belmont (#100)
10.25.001 V.E. Long Store Bldg (#111)
10.26.001 American Yarn & Processing  Office (#112)
10.27.001 Gastonia Mill Supply Bldg (#114) Fd, Bsmt, 1st Floor 30x22 yes
10.27.002 2nd, 3rd, Roof Plan 30x22 yes
10.27.003 Elevation & Section 30x22 yes
10.27.004 Elevation & Details 30x22 yes
10.27.005 Plot Plan 30.22 yes
10.28.001 Moore & Stewart Store & Warehouse (#119) Basmt Floor 24x17 yes
10.28.002 1st Floor 24x17 yes
10.28.003 2nd Floor & Roof 24x17 yes
10.28.004 Elevation 24x17 yes
10.28.005 Longitudinal Sect 24x17 yes
10.28.006 Elevation & Details 24x17 yes
10.29.001 Earl Groves Store Bldg (#120)
10.30.001 Rayglass Chain Stores (#120C) Elevation & Floor 28x18 yes
10.30.002 Elevation & Details 28x18 yes
10.30.003 Details 28x18 yes
10.31.001 Webb Theatre (#125) 34x20 yes
10.31.002 34x20 yes
10.31.003 34x20 yes
10.31.003 34x20 yes
10.31.004 34x20 yes
10.31.005 34x20 yes
10.31.006 34x20 yes
10.31.007 34x20 yes
10.31.008 34x20 yes
10.31.009 34x20 yes
10.31.011 34x20 yes
10.31.012 34x20 yes
10.31.013 34x20 yes
10.31.014 34x20 yes
10.32.001 Belmont Rod & Gun Clubhouse (#130)
10.33.001 Wethers & Blanton Store Bldg (#137)
10.34.001 Sears, Roebuck & Co. Retail Store (#140) Basement Plan 29x16 yes
10.34.002 1st Floor Plan 29x16 yes
10.34.003 2nd Floor Plan 29x16 yes
10.34.004 Roof Plan 29x16 yes
10.34.005 Elevation 29x16 yes
10.34.006 Longitudinal Sect 29x16 yes
10.34.007 Details 29x16 yes
10.35.001 Alex H. Guion Filling Station (#148)
10.36.001 Iris Theatre (# 211)
10.37.001 Matthews-Belk Store (#214) Alterations 36x18 yes
10.38.001 Animal Veterinary Hospital (#240)
10.39.001 American Yarn & Processing Alteration(#264)
 

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