Roscoe DeWitt

Roscoe DeWitt (February 18, 1894 – November 2, 1975) was an American architect. He designed many buildings in Texas, including houses, libraries, hospitals, schools, churches and several buildings on the campus of Southern Methodist University.

Early life Roscoe Plimpton DeWitt was born February 18, 1894, in Dallas, Texas. He was the first student enrolled at the Terrill School for Boys, graduating in 1910; Terrill eventually became St. Mark's School of Texas. DeWitt graduated from Dartmouth College in 1914 and received a Masters of Architecture from Harvard University in 1917. He designed the Sam Rayburn Library and Museum in Bonham, Texas, in the Classical Revival architectural style in 1955. In the latter part of his career, DeWitt helped restore the original Senate and Supreme Court buildings and the James Madison Memorial Building of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.

Together with Mark Lemmon, DeWitt designed the Sunset High School, the Woodrow Wilson High School, some buildings on the campus of Southern Methodist University, and the Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas.

Together with Arch Berry Swank Jr., DeWitt designed buildings of the Parkland Memorial Hospital, two Neiman Marcus stores, Stanley Marcus's private residence, all in Dallas.

Death DeWitt died on November 2, 1975, in Dallas, at age 81.