Thomas Wilson Williamson
American architect
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| Intro | American architect | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Architect | |
| Work field | Engineering | |
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| Birth | 4 August 1887 | |
| Death | 16 November 1974 (aged 87 years) |
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Thomas Wilson Williamson (August 4, 1887 – November 16, 1974) was a Kansas architect who specialized in designing school buildings in Kansas, Iowa, and Missouri.
Williamson is best known for designing Topeka High School in Topeka, Kansas, a magnificent Perpendicular Gothic public high school, completed in 1931. Assisting Williamson was his chief designer Ted Greist, and Linus Burr Smith from Kansas State College (now Kansas State University) to oversee the plans.
Williamson and Griest also designed Clay Elementary School (now Cair Paravel-Latin School), which was completed in 1926.