George Turner

George Palmer Turner (November 8, 1896 – November 13, 1984) was an American architect principally known for his residential designs in Birmingham, Alabama. From the 1920s through the 1950s, he "designed scores of dwellings throughout Birmingham in the Spanish and Mediterranean Revival Styles, including a number of churches."

A native of Alabama, he studied architecture at the University of Pennsylvania and in France before returning to his home state.

At the time of the 1930 United States Census, Turner was living in Birmingham, Alabama with his wife Dorothy Hays Turner (1896-1982) and their children Dorothy and George. Turner died in 1984 and is buried at Forest Hill Cemetery in Birmingham.

Turner's works include: Central Park Presbyterian Church (c.1950), whose architecture includes "Spanish and Mediterranean elements, including buttresses, spiral colonettes, palladian windows, a tile roof, and an octagonal lantern resting atop a three-tiered square bell tower. NRHP-listed as a contributing building in Belview Heights Historic District Five houses in the Belview Heights Historic District, designed in Spanish Revival style.