Charles L. Thompson and associates
American architectural group
The Hotze House in Little Rock , designed by Thompson and completed in 1900. The Woodruff County Courthouse in Augusta , designed by Thompson and completed in 1900. The Saline County Courthouse in Benton , designed by Thompson and completed in 1901. The Fordyce House in Little Rock , designed by Thompson and completed in 1904. Ella Carnall Hall of the University of Arkansas , designed by Thompson and completed in 1905.The Washington County Courthouse in Fayetteville , designed by Thompson and completed in 1905. The Little Rock City Hall , designed by Thompson and completed in 1907. The Monroe County Courthouse in Clarendon , designed by Thompson and completed in 1911. The Keith House in Little Rock , designed by Thompson and completed in 1912. The Dunaway House in Little Rock , designed by Thompson and completed in 1915. The Retan House in Little Rock , designed by Thompson and completed in 1915. The Mount Holly Mausoleum in Little Rock , designed by Thompson & Harding and completed in 1917. Martin Hall of Hendrix College , designed by Thompson & Harding and completed in 1918.The former Central Presbyterian Church in Little Rock , designed by Thompson & Harding and completed in 1921. The former Federal Reserve Bank Building in Little Rock , designed by Thompson & Harding and completed in 1924. St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Hot Springs , designed by Thompson & Harding and completed in 1926.The Charles H. Murphy Sr. House in El Dorado , designed by Thompson and completed in 1926. Caldwell Hall of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff , designed by Thompson, Sanders & Ginocchio and completed in 1928.The former North Little Rock Post Office , designed by Thompson, Sanders & Ginocchio and completed in 1931. The Hot Spring County Courthouse in Malvern , designed by Thompson, Sanders & Ginocchio and completed in 1936. Ogden Hall of the Camp Ouachita Girl Scout Camp, designed by Thompson, Sanders & Ginocchio and completed circa 1938. Charles L. Thompson and associates is an architectural group that was established in Arkansas since the late 1800s. It is now known as Cromwell Architects Engineers, Inc. . This article is about Thompson and associates' work as part of one architectural group, and its predecessor and descendant firms, including under names Charles L. Thompson, Thompson & Harding, Sanders & Ginocchio, and Thompson, Sanders and Ginocchio.
The firm was the "most prolific architectural firm" practicing in Arkansas in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and produced more than 2,000 buildings. The architectural group used standard and custom designs that both led and evolved with changing architectural taste in Arkansas. The group built a wide range of types of works, including large public buildings, commercial buildings, mansions, and small houses. Many works by Thompson and the associated firms survive and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places .[ 1]
Charles L. Thompson
Charles Louis Thompson (16 November 1868 – December 30, 1959)[ 2] Danville, Illinois . Orphaned at age fourteen, he and siblings moved to Indiana, where Charles began work at a mill, and in off hours began to learn drafting.[ 2]
Architects Theodore M. Sanders and Frank J. Ginocchio Jr., partners since 1920, joined Thompson in partnership in 1927. Both had studied at the University of Illinois and Sanders had studied further at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. They brought design ideas of Prairie Style , influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright , and Art Deco architecture to the firm.[ 3]
Thompson retired from practice in 1938 at about the age of 70. He left the office with his partners, who continued the firm under the name of Sanders & Ginocchio. Sanders withdrew in 1941, and Ginocchio continued the partnership with Edwin B. Cromwell , Thompson's son-in-law. The firm has been known as Cromwell Architects Engineers since 2000.[ 3] [ 4]
Architect John Parks Almand worked for the firm during 1912 to 1914 before forming his own practice.
Thematic Resources study
A total of 143 properties in thirty Arkansas counties were nominated for NRHP listing in the 1982 study, "Charles L. Thompson Design Collection Thematic Resources", written by multiple authors. F. Hampton Roy, a Little Rock ophthalmologist, began cataloging the architectural drawings, expecting to complete a book. His collection eventually inspired this study, as Thompson and associates had such influence on Arkansas architecture. The properties listed under this study were selected from review of a large collection of original drawings by Charles L. Thompson, Fred J. H. Rickon, Thomas Harding Jr., Theo Sanders, and Frank Ginocchio. The collection of drawings covered 2500 properties representing a wide range of types and styles geographically distributed over the entire state of Arkansas. The authors wrote: "The 143 structures selected for nomination exemplify the firm's remarkable versatility and productivity from 1896 through 1931," and "Charles L. Thompson was the constant motivating force behind the firm's immense productivity and influence upon the state's built environment. Today the firm he established continues this legacy."[ 3]
Works
Dates are date of completion where known; other dates are approximate.
1890 – Dr. Green's Hydropathic Clinic,[ a] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 5]
1892 – Ragland House ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1899 – Campbell-Chrisp House ,[ b] Bald Knob, Arkansas
1899 – Clark County Courthouse ,[ b] Arkadelphia, Arkansas [ 1]
1899 – Pfeifer Brothers Department Store ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1900 – Brown House ,[ b] Conway, Arkansas [ 1]
1900 – Fletcher House ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1900 – French-England House ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1900 – Hotze House ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1900 – Johnson Houses,[ b] 514 , 516 and 518 E 8th St, Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1900 – Kittrell House ,[ b] Texarkana, Arkansas [ 1]
1900 – Thurston House ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1900 – Vanetten House ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1900 – Woodruff County Courthouse ,[ b] Augusta, Arkansas [ 1]
1901 – Saline County Courthouse ,[ b] Benton, Arkansas [ 1]
1901 – St. Edwards Church ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1903 – Clark County Library ,[ b] Arkadelphia, Arkansas [ 1]
1903 – Dr. James Wyatt Walton House ,[ b] Benton, Arkansas [ 1]
1904 – Dortch Plantation ,[ b] Scott, Arkansas [ 1]
1904 – Fordyce House ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1904 – Ramsey-McClellan house,[ c] Camden, Arkansas [ 6]
1905 – Ella Carnall Hall ,[ b] University of Arkansas , Fayetteville, Arkansas [ 1]
1905 – Davis House ,[ b] Clarksville, Arkansas [ 1]
1905 – Joe P. Eagle and D. R. Boone Building ,[ b] Lonoke, Arkansas [ 1]
1905 – Mehaffey House ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1905 – Turner House ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1905 – Vinson House ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1905 – Washington County Courthouse ,[ b] Fayetteville, Arkansas [ 1]
1906 – Remmel Flats ,[ d] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1907 – Bank of Carthage ,[ b] Carthage, Arkansas [ 1]
1907 – Boone County Courthouse ,[ e] Harrison, Arkansas [ 1]
1907 – First Presbyterian Church ,[ b] Hot Springs, Arkansas [ 1]
1907 – Hemingway House and Barn ,[ b] Fayetteville, Arkansas [ 1]
1907 – Little Rock City Hall ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1907 – McKennon House ,[ b] Clarksville, Arkansas [ 1]
1907 – Nash House ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1907 – Nash House ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1907 – Pugh House ,[ b] Portland, Arkansas [ 1]
1907 – Waters House ,[ b] Fordyce, Arkansas [ 1]
1908 – Croxson House ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1908 – Fordyce Home Accident Insurance Company ,[ f] Fordyce, Arkansas [ 1]
1908 – Marshall House ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1909 – First Baptist Church ,[ g] Conway, Arkansas [ 7]
1909 – Terminal Hotel ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1910 – Lo Beele House ,[ b] Brinkley, Arkansas [ 1]
1910 – Dean House ,[ b] Portland, Arkansas [ 1]
1910 – Dunlap House ,[ b] Clarksville, Arkansas [ 1]
1910 – Fordyce House ,[ b] Hot Springs, Arkansas [ 1]
1910 – Hospital and Benevolent Association ,[ g] Pine Bluff, Arkansas [ 1]
1910 – E. S. Ready House ,[ b] Helena, Arkansas [ 1]
1910 – Stewart House ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1910 – Vaughan House ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1910 – Wheat House ,[ b] Lonoke, Arkansas [ 1]
1910 – White House ,[ b] Helena, Arkansas [ 1]
1911 – Hudson House ,[ b] Pine Bluff, Arkansas [ 1]
1911 – Mitchell House ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1911 – Monroe County Courthouse ,[ b] Clarendon, Arkansas [ 1]
1911 – Puddephatt House ,[ b] Pine Bluff, Arkansas [ 1]
1911 – Reid House ,[ h] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1912 – Al-Amin Temple,[ g] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 3] : 5, 45
1912 – Deener House ,[ b] Searcy, Arkansas [ 1]
1912 – Foster House ,[ b] Hope, Arkansas [ 1]
1912 – Johnson House ,[ b] Pine Bluff, Arkansas [ 1]
1912 – Keith House ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1912 – J. M. McClintock House ,[ b] Marianna, Arkansas [ 1]
1912 – W.S. McClintock House ,[ b] Marianna, Arkansas [ 1]
1912 – D. L. McRae House ,[ b] Prescott, Arkansas [ 1]
1912 – Russell House ,[ g] Pine Bluff, Arkansas [ 1]
1913 – Fraunthal House ,[ b] Conway, Arkansas [ 1]
1913 – Galloway Hall ,[ b] Hendrix College , Conway, Arkansas [ 1]
1913 – Ida Hicks House ,[ g] Searcy, Arkansas [ 1]
1913 – Katzenstein House ,[ b] Pine Bluff, Arkansas [ 1]
1913 – Little Rock Central Fire Station ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1913 – Mann House ,[ b] Forrest City, Arkansas [ 1]
1913 – Merchants & Farmers Bank ,[ b] Dumas, Arkansas [ 1]
1913 – President's House ,[ b] Hendrix College , Conway, Arkansas [ 1]
1913 – Walls House ,[ b] Lonoke, Arkansas [ 1]
1914 – Boone County Jail ,[ b] Harrison, Arkansas [ 1]
1914 – Bridges Building,[ i] Pine Bluff, Arkansas [ 8]
1914 – England House ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1914 – Farrell Houses ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1914 – Rogers House ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1914 – Wooten-Collette house,[ j] Helena, Arkansas [ 9]
1915 – Baer House ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1915 – Dunaway House ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1915 – Eagle House ,[ b] Lonoke, Arkansas [ 1]
1915 – Pulaski Heights City Hall (former),[ k] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 10]
1915 – Retan House ,[ h] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1915 – U. M. Rose School ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1915 – Skillern House ,[ g] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1916 – Clark House ,[ b] Malvern, Arkansas [ 1]
1916 – Darragh House ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1916 – Gazzola and Vaccaro Building ,[ b] Brinkley, Arkansas [ 1]
1916 – Nichol House ,[ b] Pine Bluff, Arkansas [ 1]
1916 – St. Paul's Parish Church ,[ b] Batesville, Arkansas [ 1]
1916 – Trimble House ,[ b] Lonoke, Arkansas [ 1]
1917 – Beyerlein House ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1918 – Bethel House ,[ b] Des Arc, Arkansas [ 1]
1920 – Fred and Lucy Alexander Schaer House ,[ b] Galloway, Arkansas [ 1]
1920 – Tom Watkins House ,[ b] Searcy, Arkansas [ 1]
1925 – Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1925 – First National Bank of Morrilton ,[ b] Morrilton, Arkansas [ 1]
1925 – Henry Crawford McKinney House ,[ b] El Dorado, Arkansas [ 1]
1926 – Bishop Hiram A. Boaz House ,[ l] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1926 – Charles H. Murphy Sr. House ,[ b] El Dorado, Arkansas [ 1]
1927 – Boone House ,[ k] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1915 – Gracie House ,[ g] New Gascony, Arkansas [ 1]
1917 – Arkadelphia High School Domestic Science Building ,[ b] Arkadelphia, Arkansas [ 1]
1917 – Florence Crittenton Home ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1917 – McRae House ,[ b] Hope, Arkansas [ 1]
1917 – Mitchell House ,[ b] Batesville, Arkansas [ 1]
1917 – Mount Holly Mausoleum ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1917 – Remmel Apartments ,[ d] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1918 – Farmers State Bank ,[ b] Conway, Arkansas [ 1]
1918 – Howson House ,[ b] Pine Bluff, Arkansas [ 1]
1918 – Martin Hall ,[ b] Hendrix College , Conway, Arkansas [ 1]
1918 – Shull House ,[ b] Lonoke, Arkansas [ 1]
1919 – Bush House ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1919 – Frauenthal House ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1919 – H. D. Hicks house,[ m] Conway, Arkansas [ 7]
1919 – T. C. McRae House ,[ b] Prescott, Arkansas [ 1]
1919 – Smith House ,[ b] Wheatley, Arkansas [ 1]
1919 – Strauss House ,[ b] Malvern, Arkansas [ 1]
1919 – Thane House ,[ b] Arkansas City, Arkansas [ 1]
1920 – Columbia County Jail ,[ b] Magnolia, Arkansas [ 1]
1920 – McLean House ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1921 – Central Presbyterian Church ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1921 – Exchange Bank Building ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1921 – Hardy House ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1921 – Merchants and Planters Bank ,[ b] Clarendon, Arkansas [ 1]
1921 – Winfield Methodist Church ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1923 – First United Methodist Church [ b] DeWitt, Arkansas [ 1]
1923 – Schaer House ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1924 – Federal Reserve Bank Building ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1924 – Roselawn Memorial Park Gatehouse ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1924 – S. G. Smith House ,[ b] Conway, Arkansas [ 1]
1925 – Lightle House ,[ b] Searcy, Arkansas [ 1]
1926 – St. Luke's Episcopal Church ,[ b] Hot Springs, Arkansas [ 1]
1927 – Wade Building ,[ b] Hot Springs, Arkansas [ 1]
1928 – Caldwell Hall ,[ b] University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff , Pine Bluff, Arkansas [ 1]
1928 – Hall House ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1928 – Interstate Orphanage ,[ b] Hot Springs, Arkansas [ 1]
1930 – Christ the King Church ,[ b] Fort Smith, Arkansas [ 1]
1929 – Coca-Cola Building ,[ b] Morrilton, Arkansas [ 1]
1929 – Moore Building ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1929 – Moore House ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1930 – Little Rock Boys Club ,[ b] Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1930 – Newport Junior & Senior High School ,[ b] Newport, Arkansas [ 1]
1930 – Park Hotel ,[ b] Hot Springs, Arkansas [ 1]
1930 – Riviera Hotel ,[ b] Hot Springs, Arkansas [ 1]
1931 – Lloyd England Hall ,[ b] Robinson Maneuver Training Center , North Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1931 – North Little Rock Post Office ,[ n] North Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1932 – Immaculate Heart of Mary Church ,[ b] North Little Rock, Arkansas [ 1]
1936 – Hot Spring County Courthouse ,[ b] Malvern, Arkansas [ 1]
1938 – Ogden Hall,[ o] Perry County, Arkansas [ 11]
Notes
^ A contributing resource to the Governor's Mansion Historic District , NRHP-listed in 1978 and expanded in 1988, 2002 and 2018.
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^ a b NRHP -listed. Also a contributing resource to the Governor's Mansion Historic District , NRHP-listed in 1978 and expanded in 1988, 2002 and 2018.^ NRHP -listed. Also a contributing resource to the Harrison Courthouse Square Historic District , NRHP-listed in 1999.^ NRHP -listed. Also a contributing resource to the Fordyce Commercial Historic District , NRHP-listed in 2008.^ a b c d e f g Demolished. Formerly NRHP -listed.
^ a b NRHP -listed. Also a contributing resource to the Hillcrest Historic District , NRHP-listed in 1990.^ A contributing resource to the Pine Bluff Commercial Historic District , NRHP-listed in 2008.
^ A contributing resource to the Beech Street Historic District , NRHP-listed in 1987.
^ a b A contributing resource to the Hillcrest Historic District , NRHP-listed in 1990.
^ Designed by Marion Fresenius Fooshee of Dallas, architect, with Charles L. Thompson, supervising architect. NRHP -listed.
^ A contributing resource to the Robinson Historic District , NRHP-listed in 2001.
^ NRHP -listed. Also a contributing resource to the Argenta Historic District , NRHP-listed in 1993.^ A contributing resource to the Camp Ouachita Girl Scout Camp Historic District , NRHP-listed in 1992.
^ Designed principally by Robert H. Millett.
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