Delos H. Smith

Delos Hamilton Smith Jr. (May 10, 1884 – July 21, 1963) was an American architect and architectural historian.

Education and career Born in Willcox, Arizona, to Delos H. Smith Sr. and Martha McCurdy Smith, Smith attended public school in Washington, D.C., and received a B.S. in architecture from the George Washington University in 1906, apprenticing with the Office of Supervising Architect in the United States Department of the Treasury the same year. where he also received an M.S. in architecture in 1916. the Montgomery County Courthouse in Rockville, Maryland, and the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. During World War II, Smith was given charge of the Design Division at the Norfolk, Virginia, Navy Yard as a Commander in the United States Navy Reserve, where he "oversaw drafting production for a variety of industrial and military projects".

Smith was inducted as a fellow of the American Institute of Architects on March 12, 1952.

Personal life and death In 1928, Smith married Iris Bland, with whom he had one daughter, Marisa Smith.

He died in Alexandria, Virginia, at the age of 79.