Herbert B. Hunter, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Herbert B. Hunter

American architect

Date of Birth: 05-Oct-1890

Date of Death: 31-Mar-1976

Profession: architect

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Herbert B.
Hunter (October 5, 1890 – March 31, 1976) was an architect in North Carolina.
Early in his career he worked as a draughtsman for Leonard L.
Hunter.
His principal North Carolina projects occurring in the 1920s.
Hunter established his own firm in High Point, North Carolina in the early 1920s.
He was an early member of the North Carolina Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and was pictured among the group at the annual meeting in Charlotte in 1929.
He worked as an architect for the National Park Service designing park buildings.
President Franklin D.
Roosevelt selected him to make the drawing for the White House Oval Room.
He served in the U.S.
Navy during World War I and World War II, planning hospitals and other structures.Hunter was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, attended Charlotte Military Academy and the Beaux Arts Architectural School in New York.Hunter and his wife Johnsie had two children: Herbert Bernard Hunter, Jr.
and Haynes N.
Hunter.
In 1965 Hunter retired to Asheville, North Carolina.
He died in Hendersonville, North Carolina at the age 85.