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Biography
Arthur Ingersoll Meigs (1882–1956) was an American architect.
Early life
Meigs was born on June 29, 1882. His father was Dr. Arthur Vincent Meigs and his mother, Mary Roberts (Browning) Meigs. He graduated from the William Penn Charter School in 1899 and from Princeton University in 1903.
Career
From the summer of 1903 to September 1905, he worked for Theophilus P. Chandler, Jr. (1845-1928). From October 1905 to June 1906, he worked for Edgar Viguers Seeler (1867-1929).
Meigs started an architectural practise with Walter Mellor in 1906. Later in 1916, George Howe (1886–1955) joined their practise as Mellor, Meigs & Howe, up until 1928. Together, they designed Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house at the University of Washington located at 5404 17th Avenue NE University District in Seattle, Washington.In 1913 he designed the Princeton Charter Club, one of the Eating clubs at Princeton University.
In 1932, Meigs designed the new Friendfield House on the Friendfield Plantation near Georgetown, South Carolina.
After Mellor's death in 1940, Meigs worked with Edward F. Hoffman, Jr. (1888-1971) and semi-retired.
Meigs was a member of the Philadelphia chapter of the American Institute of Architects, the Athenaeum of Philadelphia and the Radnor Hunt Club.
Personal life and death
Meigs was married to Harriet Gertrude Reed "Haddie" (Geyelin) Meigs (1893-1971). He died on June 9, 1956. He and his wife are buried in the cemetery of St. David's Episcopal Church in Wayne, Pennsylvania.
