Louis H. Persley

Louis Hudson Persley (c.1888–1932), was an American architect. Persley became the first African American to register with the new Georgia State Board of Registered Architects on April 5, 1920. He had several spellings of his name including Louis Hudison Persley, and Louis Pursley.

Biography Louis Persley was born and raised in Macon, Georgia, to Black parents Maxine and Thomas K. Persley. This was possibly the first black architecture firm in the United States. Persley's profile was included in the biographical dictionary African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865–1945 (2004).

Buildings

First African Methodist Episcopal Church (1916) in Athens, Georgia Campbell Chapel A.M.E. Church (1920) in Americus, Georgia; listed on the National Register of Historic Places Chambliss Hotel (1922), Macon, Georgia Central City Funeral Home (1928), Cotton Avenue, Macon, Georgia Masonic Temple in Birmingham, Alabama; with Robert Robinson Taylor James Hall Dormitory (1921), Tuskegee Institute Sage Hall Dormitory (1927), Tuskegee Institute Logan Hall Dormitory (1931), Tuskegee Institute Armstrong Science Building (1932), Tuskegee Institute Hollis Burke Frissell Library (1932), Tuskegee Institute