Henry C. Hibbs

Henry C. Hibbs (1882–1949) was an American architect. He designed many buildings on the campus of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, as well as Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina. He also designed the libraries of Fisk University in Nashville and the University of Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was the recipient of several awards for his architectural work.

Early life Henry Closson Hibbs was born on January 26, 1882, in Camden, New Jersey. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a Bachelor of Science in architecture.

Hibbs moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to design Peabody College in 1914. Meanwhile, he designed the campus of Southwestern University (now known as Rhodes College) in Memphis, Tennessee, the University of Tulsa Library in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina. He was also a member of the Coffee House Club in Nashville and he sat on the Board of Directors of the Nashville Y.M.C.A.

Hibbs died of a heart attack at the Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville on March 3, 1949.