William Winstead Thomas (1848–1904)[1] was an American insurance company president and an architect.
He was president of the Southern Mutual Insurance Company.[1]
Several of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places for their architecture.[2]
He designed the Octagon Mode Seney–Stovall Chapel, a $10,000 structure octagonal red brick building funded by George I. Seney.[3][4][5]
His architectural works include:
- Jackson County Courthouse (1879), Jefferson, Georgia, one of his earlier works, NRHP-listed
- Seney-Stovall Chapel (1882–85), Lucy Cobb Institute Campus, 200 N. Milledge Ave., University of Georgia campus Athens, Georgia (Thomas, W.W.), NRHP-listed
- Oconee County Courthouse (no longer extant)
- Thomas-Carithers House, 530 S. Milledge Ave. Athens, Georgia, NRHP-listed
- White Hall, Whitehall and Simonton Bridge Rds., outside Atlanta in Whitehall, Georgia, NRHP-listed. One of his most notable residential works.
- McDaniel-Tichenor House, 319 McDaniel St. Monroe, Georgia, NRHP-listed
- One or more works in NRHP-listed McDaniel Street Historic District, S. Broad and McDaniel Streets, Monroe, Georgia
References
- "Thematic National Register Nomination - Georgia Courthouses Architectural Survey: Jackson County Courthouse". National Park Service. Archived from the original on November 20, 2023. Retrieved August 3, 2016. (including two photos)
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- Jones, Charles Edgeworth (1889). Herbert Baxter Adams (ed.). Education in Georgia. Contributions to American educational history. Vol. 5. pp. 110–112.
- "Seney-Stovall Chapel History". Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia. Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
- Thomas, Frances Taliaferro; Koch, Mary Levin (2009). A Portrait of Historic Athens and Clarke County, Second edition. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-1356-6.