Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson (February 18, 1844 – July 29, 1921) was a Swedish–American architect and contractor He designed 61 documented or attributed buildings in Panola County, Mississippi and at least 16 more in North Mississippi, Tennessee, and Arkansas.

Anders Jönsson was born in the parish of Ovansjö in the county of Gävleborg, Sweden. He was trained at Uppsala University where he received an award from King Charles XV of Sweden for his contest winning design He used the prize money to emigrate to America in 1865, where his building career lasted from 1870 to 1910.

After arriving in the United States, his name was changed to Andrew Johnson. He first settled in a Swedish-American community in Evanston, Illinois. About 1870, he moved to Sardis, Mississippi where he became associated with James B. Cook, an English-trained architect who had moved from London to Memphis, Tennessee in 1855. Johnson served as contractor building the Second Empire style Panola County Courthouse that Cook designed and was built in 1873 and as contractor on at least two other buildings. Johnson and Cook collaborated on at least two other buildings.

Works Col. Chap Anderson House, 402 N. Jackson St. Kosciusko, MS, NRHP-listed Ballentine-Bryant House, 506 Butler St. Sardis, MS (with son), NRHP-listed Ballentine-Seay House, Pocahontas St. Sardis, MS, NRHP-listed Byhalia Historic District, Roughly, along Church, Chulahoma (MS 309) and Senter Sts. Byhalia, MS (with sons), NRHP-listed Byhalia United Methodist Church, College Ave. Byhalia, MS, NRHP-listed Craig-Seay House, Craig St. Como, MS, NRHP-listed Crenshaw House, MS 310 Crenshaw, MS, NRHP-listed Hall-Henderson House, Sycamore St. Sardis, MS, NRHP-listed Hall-Roberson House, 510 S. Main St. Sardis, MS, NRHP-listed Holy Innocents' Episcopal Church, Jct. of Main & Craig St. Como, MS, NRHP-listed Hufft House, 117 Pocahontas St. Sardis, MS, NRHP-listed Johnson-Tate Cottage, Stonewall St. Sardis, MS, NRHP-listed John Curtis Kyle House, 109 McLaurin St. Sardis, MS, NRHP-listed Lee House, 201 Booth St. Batesville, MS, NRHP-listed Popular Price Store, Railroad St. Como, MS, NRHP-listed Short's Hill, 203 Childress St. Sardis, MS, NRHP-listed St. John's Catholic Church (1872) in Como, Mississippi Tait-Taylor House, Oak Ave. Como, MS, NRHP-listed Taylor-Falls House, Pointer Ave. Como, MS, NRHP-listed Taylor-Mansker House, Railroad St. Como, MS, NRHP-listed Taylor-Wall-Yancy House, 114 Sycamore St. Sardis, MS, NRHP-listed Walton-Howry House, 308 S. Main St. Sardis, MS, NRHP-listed Wardlaw-Swango House, Railroad St. Como, MS, NRHP-listed