Arthur Ingersoll Meigs

Meigs was born on June 29, 1882.[1][2] His father was Dr. Arthur Vincent Meigs and his mother, Mary Roberts (Browning) Meigs.[1] He graduated from the William Penn Charter School in 1899 and from Princeton University in 1903.[1][2]

From the summer of 1903 to September 1905, he worked for Theophilus P. Chandler, Jr. (1845-1928).[1] From October 1905 to June 1906, he worked for Edgar Viguers Seeler (1867-1929).[1]

Meigs started an architectural practise with Walter Mellor in 1906.[1] Later in 1916, George Howe (1886–1955) joined their practise as Mellor, Meigs & Howe, up until 1928.[1] Together, they designed Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house at the University of Washington located at 5404 17th Avenue NE University District in Seattle, Washington.[2][3] In 1913 he designed the Princeton Charter Club, one of the Eating clubs at Princeton University.[4]

In 1932, Meigs designed the new Friendfield House on the Friendfield Plantation near Georgetown, South Carolina.[5]

After Mellor's death in 1940, Meigs worked with Edward F. Hoffman, Jr. (1888-1971) and semi-retired.

Meigs was a member of the Philadelphia chapter of the American Institute of Architects, the Athenaeum of Philadelphia and the Radnor Hunt Club.[1]

Meigs was married to Harriet Gertrude Reed "Haddie" (Geyelin) Meigs (1893-1971). He died on June 9, 1956.[1][2] He and his wife are buried in the cemetery of St. David's Episcopal Church in Wayne, Pennsylvania.

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