Charles A. Smith (architect)
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Charles Ashley Smith was an American architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...

 who worked mainly in Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...

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He is given credit for architectural innovations in schools that improved ventilation and cleanliness, and which were adopted widely elsewhere.

A number of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

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Works include (and attribution with variations):
  • Attucks School
    Attucks School
    The Attucks School, also known as Southeast Elementary School or Attucks Alternative Academy, in Vinita, Oklahoma is signicant in "education and black ethnic heritage"....

    , 1815 Woodland Ave. Kansas City, MO (Smith,Charles A.), NRHP-listed
  • Bonner Springs High School
    Bonner Springs High School
    Bonner Springs High School is the public secondary school in Bonner Springs, Kansas, USA. It is the only high school operated by Unified School District 204.-Academics:...

    , 200 East Third Bonner Springs, KS (Smith, Charles A.), NRHP-listed
  • Chambers Building
    Chambers Building (Kansas City, Missouri)
    The Chambers Building in Kansas City, Missouri was built in 1915. It was designed in Early Commercial style by architect Charles A. Smith. Smith, Rae and Lovitt is also associated with the building....

    , 25 E. 12th St. Kansas City, MO (Smith, Charles A.), NRHP-listed
  • Hiland Telephone Exchange Building, 1020 E. 63rd St. Kansas City, MO (Smith, Charles), NRHP-listed
  • IOOF Liberty Lodge No. 49
    IOOF Liberty Lodge No. 49
    The IOOF Liberty Lodge No. 49 is a building built in 1923. It served historically as ameeting hall and as a specialty store. Its design is Moderne architecture, Early 20th-c. Commercial. It was designed by architect Charles A. Smith. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic...

    , 16-18 E. Franklin St. Liberty, MO (Smith,Charles A.), NRHP-listed
  • Jenkins Music Company Building
    Jenkins Music Company Building
    The Jenkins Music Company Building in Kansas City, Missouri is a building from 1911. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979....

    , 1217-1223 Walnut St. Kansas City, MO (Smith Charles A.), NRHP-listed
  • Kansas City, Missouri Western Union Telegraph Building
    Kansas City, Missouri Western Union Telegraph Building
    The Kansas City, Missouri Western Union Telegraph Building in Kansas City, Missouri is a building from 1920. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003....

    , 100-114 E. 7th St. Kansas City, MO (Smith, Charles A.), NRHP-listed
  • Osceola Public School Building, Jct. of Fifth and Pine Sts. Osceola, MO (Smith, Charles A.), NRHP-listed
  • Professional Building
    Professional Building (Kansas City, Missouri)
    The Professional Building in Kansas City, Missouri is a building from 1923. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982....

    , 1101-1107 Grand Ave. Kansas City, MO (Smith,Charles A.), NRHP-listed
  • Switzer School Buildings, generally bounded by Madison Ave. and Summit St., 18th to 20th Sts. Kansas City, MO (Smith, Charles A.), NRHP-listed
  • Tower of Memories
    Tower of Memories
    The Tower of Memories is a mausoleum located at Crown Hill Cemetery in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. The seven story building is tall; its entrance is at 29th Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard....

    , 8500 W. Twenty-ninth Ave. Denver, CO (Charles A. Smith, Fisher & Fisher
    Fisher & Fisher
    Fisher & Fisher was an architectural firm in Colorado named for partners William Ellsworth Fisher and Arthur Addison Fisher . The firm was founded in 1892 by William Ellsworth Fisher as William Fisher, Architect...

    , (John Monroe), NRHP-listed
  • One or more buildings in Howard Neighborhood Historic District, roughly bounded by SE 5th St., SE Green St., SE 7th St., and SE Miller St. Lee's Summit, MO (Smith, Charles A.), NRHP-listed
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