Douglas Orr

Douglas William Orr (March 25, 1892 – July 29, 1966) was an American architect based in New Haven, Connecticut.

Biography Douglas Orr was born in Meriden, Connecticut, to Adam and Mary Orr. He was prolific and designed many public and commercial buildings, primarily in the New Haven area. He was president of the American Institute of Architects from 1947 to 1949. In 1949, he also helped to renovate the White House. He died in 1966 in Stony Creek, Connecticut.

Late in his career, Orr established a partnership with architects William deCossy and Frank Winder; the firm was then called Douglas Orr, deCossy, Winder, and Associates. Orr worked in Art Deco and Colonial Revival as well as more modern styles.

Selected works World War I memorial flagpole, New Haven Green, 1928 The Eli (Southern New England Telephone), with R. W. Foote, 1937. Art deco masterpiece on the National Register. Lippard Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 1965 Community Services Building (now the Knights of Columbus Museum), New Haven, 1965.