Hugh Cathcart Thompson

Hugh Cathcart Thompson (1829–1919) was an American architect from Tennessee.

Early life High Cathcart Thomson was born in 1829.

Career Thompson designed fifty-six buildings during his career as an architect in Nashville, Tennessee. Only nine are still standing. It was home to the Chamber of Commerce. Ambrose house operated as a wedding venue before being restored to a family home in 2016, it is considered one of East Nashville's most iconic homes. In 1891, Thompson designed the Ryman Auditorium at 116 5th Avenue North in Nashville. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Davidson County, Tennessee. That same year, he designed the Utopia Hotel located at 206 4th Avenue North in Nashville, also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Additionally, he designed the Community Baptist Church on the corner of South Douglas and Elliott Avenues in the Waverly Place Historic District, a neighbourhood in Nashville listed on the National Register of Historic Places.