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- John Saunders Chase Jr. (January 23, 1925 – March 29, 2012) was born in Annapolis, Maryland, to John Saunders Chase and Alice Viola Hall. He was an American architect who was the first licensed African American architect in the state of Texas. He was also the only Black architect licensed in the state for almost a decade.
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John Saunders Chase Jr. (January 23, 1925 [1] – March 29, 2012) was born in Annapolis, Maryland, to John Saunders Chase and Alice Viola Hall. He was an American architect who was the first licensed African American architect in the state of Texas. [2]
John Saunders Chase achieved a number of "firsts" in his life. Chase's persistence and courage, as well as the forces of history, made him the first African American to attend graduate school at The University of Texas at Austin and the first licensed black architect in the South.
The Work and Life of Architect John S. Chase - NOMA. On June 7, 1950, at the University of Texas in Austin, John Saunders Chase became the first African American to enroll at a major university in the South. Chase later became the first licensed African American architect in Texas.
Feb 19, 2024 · John Saunders Chase (1925-2012) was a man of firsts. He was one of the first Black graduate students to enroll at The University of Texas at Austin, the first African American to graduate from the School of Architecture, and, when none of the predominately white architecture firms would hire him after graduation, he took matters into his own ...
Nov 1, 2004 · John S. Chase. Biography. Digital Archive. Architect John Saunders Chase was born January 23, 1925, in Annapolis, Maryland. When his parents, Viola Hall Chase, a teacher and cook, and John S. Chase, Sr., a school principal and postal worker, separated, Chase was raised primarily by his mother.
Feb 19, 2021 · John Saunders Chase Jr. — the first licensed Black architect in Texas and, in 1952, the first African American to graduate from University of Texas’ School of Architecture — designed all...
Mar 22, 2021 · David Heymann analyses the first incarnation of the Chase Residence, a radical house designed by John S. Chase, the first Black licensed architect in Texas.
