Orlo Epps

Orlo Epps (1864 – June 2, 1926) was an American architect, mathematician, physicist, and socialist writer.

Life Epps was born in Elkhart, Indiana, the son of Edward Epps and Helen (Blanchard) Epps. Epps was also a professor of mathematics and physics at the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Greensboro. At the time of the 1915 New York Census, Epps was living in Oneonta with his wife Charlotte, mother Helen and five-year-old son Max. At the time of the 1920 U.S. census, he was living in Oneonta with his wife Charlotte and son Max. Epps died in Oneonta in June 1926 at age 61.

Views Epps was also outspoken on political and economic matters. He was known as "a Socialist in a day when a member of that political party was held in suspicion by the average citizen." In 1903, Epps also published a book on economic theory through The Epps Publishing Co. of Oneonta. The book was titled Economic Liberty vs. The Warfare of Wealth. Epps also became a leader of the local Socialist Party in Oneonta, and he advocated for women's suffrage, direct election of senators, and the referendum and recall. Brick Dormitory (1891), University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina (Orlo Epps with C. M. Hackett), no longer standing Cone Export Commission Company Office Building (1902), 111 W. Washington St., Greensboro, North Carolina Elks Club, Oneonta lodge Flat Top Manor (1899–1901), also known as Cone Estate, Moses H. Cone Memorial Park, Blue Ridge Parkway milepost 294, Watauga County, North Carolina Fox Hospital Nurses' home (1910), Oneonta, New York Hobart Presbyterian Church (1914), Hobart, New York Morris Brothers, Elmore and West-Nesbitt feed mills and grain elevators Tallulah A. Richardson House, 312 S. Main St., Reidsville, North Carolina Some of his buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.