White, Streeter & Chamberlain Architects - Residential 1920-1939
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White, Streeter & Chamberlain - Residential

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.  The prosperity of the textile industry during this period provided an economy which supported some of the finest Residential Building resulting in ninety one commissioned works. Many still exist and continue to function as fine homes for their owners. 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.

 

 

  
 
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IMAGE No. PROJECT NOTES SIZE ON WEB
6.01.001 Edward Fewell, 419 Oakland Ave. Rock Hill, SC (#?)
6.02.001 G.G. Williamson, Columbia SC (#3)
6.03.001 S.P. Stowe, 217 S. Central Ave. Belmont NC (#6)          1924
6.03.005 " Elevation 38x30 yes
6.04.001 Lacey E. Adams, Gastonia NC (#16)
6.05.001 W. Thomas Love, 301 S. Chester St. Gastonia NC (#22) 1922
6.05.004 " Elevation 30x24 yes
6.06.001 Fred L. Smyre, 516 W. Airline Ave. Gastonia NC (#23)
6.07.001 Addison G. Mangum, 215 E. Franklin Ave, Gastonia (#32)
6.08.001 JW Kendrick, 400 N. Mountain St., Cherryville NC (#34)  1925
6.08.004 " Elevation 24x30 yes
6.09.001 Central Methodist Parsonage, 310 Marion St. Shelby NC (35)
6.10.001 JH Kellar, 711 S. New Hope Rd, Gastonia NC (#37)
6.11.001 AA Farrar, Mt. Holly, NC (#38)
6.12.001 OA Neill, 205 Kings Mountain. St, Clover SC (#40)
6.13.001 Arthur C. Jones, 501 W. Fifth Ave, Gastonia NC (#41)
6.14.001 John S. Petcheos, 417 South St, Gastonia NC (#46)
6.15.001 Morris Kaufman, Gastonia NC (#47)
6.16.001 John L Beal, 706 S. York St, Gastonia NC (#50)
6.17.001 Model House (?)
6.18.001 R. Grady Rankin Apartments, Gastonia NC (#55)
6.19.001 John R. Rankin, 304 W. Fifth Ave, Gastonia, NC (#57)
6.20.001 WE Hayes, 311 S. York St., Gastonia NC (#66)
6.21.001 Earle Wilson, N. Highland St, Gastonia NC (#68)
6.22.001 Edgar G. McLurd, 105 W. Third Ave, Gastonia NC (#74)
6.23.001 R. Cope Gray, 221 W. Fifth Ave, Gastonia NC (#76)
6.24.001 Dameron H. Wilson, 602 N. Highland St, Gastonia NC (#77)
6.25.001 WJ Shuford, 265 Fifth Ave NE, Hickory NC (#78)
6.26.001 Dr. WB Hunter, Gastonia NC (#79)
6.27.001 Noah B. Kendrick, Gastonia NC (#80)
6.28.001 Peter W. Garland, 510 S. York St, Gastonia NC (#81)
6.29.001 Willian H. Patrick, 1202 Belvedere Ave, Gastonia NC (#83)
6.30.001 Georgia Copeland, 506 S. Lee St, Gastonia NC (#84)
6.31.001 Allen H. Sims, Jr, 1200 block S. York St, Gastonia NC (#85)
6.32.001 Clyde C. Armstrong, 519 S. York St., Gastonia NC (#91)
6.33.001 Dr. James M. Sloan, 806 Carolina Ave, Gastonia NC (#93)
6.34.001 TD Cooper, Burlington NC (#103)
6.35.001 J.L. Beal (#?)
6.36.001 D.M. Jones, Gastonia NC (#?)
6.37.001 David Lebovitz, Gastonia NC (#?)
6.38.001 Dr. Samuel A, Wilkins, 212 W. Trade St. Dallas NC (#?)
6.39.001 Charles S. Thompson, 2411 Armstrong Cir, Gastonia (#117)
6.40.001 Samuel N. Boyce, 301 S. York St, Gastonia NC (#121)
6.41.001 F.R.Summers, 1220 Piedmont Ave, Kings Mountain NC (#122)
6.42.001 J.L.Webb, Gastonia NC (#127)
6.43.001 Thomas Sparrow, Sparrow Dairy Rd, Gaston Co. NC (#136)
6.44.001 George Blanton, 303 W. Marion St, Shelby NC (#?)
6.45.001 C.L. McCain, Greer Sc (#141)
6.46.001 William S. Patterson, Lorimer Rd, Davidson NC (#200)
6.47.001 J.D. Wood, Shelby NC (#204)
6.48.001 Martin Henry Epps, 710 Lee St., Gastonia NC (#210)
6.49.001 James D. Peeples, 207 East Third St., Gastonia NC (#211)
6.50.001 Marshall Dilling, 721 New Hope Rd, Gastonia (#212)
6.51.001 Willis Holland, 142 Oakland St., Mt. Holly NC (#213)
6.52.001 Ben S. Guion Apartment House (#?)
6.53.001 Roger M. Grier, Gastonia NC (#218)
6.54.001 Pinckney C. Froneberger, 1400 Jackson Rd,Gastonia (#219) Foundation yes
6.54.002 " 1st Floor yes
6.54.003 " Roof Plan yes
6.54.004 " Rear Elevation yes
6.54.005 " Side Elevation yes
6.54.006 " Front Elevation yes
6.55.001 John C. Roberts, 611 Lee St., Gastonia Nc (#220)
6.56.001 Orlando Hudson, 1640 New Hope Rd., Gastonia NC (#222)
6.57.001 Tom E. Leavitt, 1124 Edgemont Ave., Gastonia NC (#225)
6.58.001 Andrew S. Melvin, Gastonia NC (#227)
6.59.001 B.M. Drum, Gastonia NC (#228)
6.60.001 Clarence A. Ross, Gastonia NC (#230)
6.61.001 Jack Lou Drucker, 15-- Jackson Rd., Gastonia NC (#230)
6.62.001 Clarence A. Ross, 116 Cumberland Ave, Gastonia NC (#232)
6.63.001 J.R.Hudson, 206 Mill St., Lowell NC (#233)
6.64.001 William Julian, 1849 Old Country Club Rd. Gastonia NC (#234)
6.65.001 P.P.Murphy, 209 Railroad St., Lowell NC (#236)
6.66.001 Alfred C. Current, 1510 Jackson St. Gastonia NC (#241)
6.67.001 M.C. Bailey, Kenmore Rd.Charlotte NC (#242)
6.68.001 W.H. Crenshaw, 15 Circle Dr., Belmont NC (#243)
6.69.001 W. Joel Carter, Kenmore Ave, Charlotte NC (#248)
6.70.001 S. Emmett Morrison, 1006 Hillside Dr., Gastonia NC (#249)
6.71.001 James H.Matthews, 412 S. Chester St., Gastonia (#250)
6.72.001 Earl E. Groves, 1002 Hillside Dr., Gastonia NC (#254)
6.73.001 Robert P. Siler, Gastonia (#?)
6.74.001 Paul P. Kincaid, 435 Collier St., Gastonia NC (#256)
6.75.001 W.A.Julian Beach House,   (#258)
6.76.001 F. Murray Mack, Fort Mill, SC (#?)
6.77.001 J. Mack Holland, 905 Edgewood Ave, Gastonia NC (HEW,Jr)
6.78.001 Lawrence Rankin, 602 S. York St., Gastonia NC (#?)HEW,Jr.
6.79.001 Proposed Apartment Plan, Gastonia NC (#?) HEW Jr.
6.80.001 W.J. Francis Apartment, Belmont NC (#?)  HEW Jr.
6.81.001 Alfred Moore Apartment, Gastonia NC (#?)  HEW Jr.
6.82.001 Misa Floor Plans, Gastonia NC (#?)  HEW Jr.
6.83.001 Ten Misa House Plans   HEW Jr.
6.84.001 Two Story Apartment Bldg, Rodman St (#?)  HEW Jr.
6.85.001 R.O. Crawford Development Plan, Gastonia NC  HEW Jr.
6.86.001 Teachers Domitory (#?)
6.87.001 T.G. Daniel, Shelby NC (#262)
6.88.001 Neal A. Hanks, York SC (#263)
6.89.001 Paul Derr, Mt. Holly NC (265)
6.90.001 William H. Jarman, 440 Collier St., Gastonia NC (#266)
6.91.001 Hoyle T. Efird, 1215 Oakland Ave, Gastonia NC (#?)
6.92.001 Unknown Residence Elevation 24x16 yes
6.92.002 Unknown Residence Elevation 20x18 yes
6.92.003 Unknown Residence Elevation 24x15 yes
 

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