About Hubert T. McGee
Lived 1864 – 1946 (aged 81). Hubert T. McGee was an American architect.
Hubert Thomas McGee (June 7, 1864 – May 26, 1946), commonly known as Hubert T. McGee, was an American architect based in Memphis, Tennessee. A number of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. He had no formal architectural education but studied with architect Reuben A. Heavner of Jackson, Tennessee.
He is most noted for having designed the Clarence Saunders House in Memphis in what he termed " "Romanesque American Rambling Design." Built with pink and gray Georgia marble, it became known as the "Pink Palace" and is currently the Memphis Pink Palace Museum. Clarence Saunders, who founded the Piggly Wiggly grocery store chain, lost ownership before it was complete.
He was born June 7, 1864, in Jacks Creek, Chester County, Tennessee. He died aged 81 on May 26, 1946, in Memphis.
Works include: Memphis Pink Palace Museum, 3050 Central Ave. Memphis, TN, NRHP-listed Union Avenue Methodist Episcopal church, Memphis
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American architect (1864-1946)
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Hubert T. McGee was born on 7 June 1864.
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Hubert T. McGee died on 26 May 1946.
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Hubert T. McGee was an architect.
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