Born:
6/9/1937,
Died:
5/10/1991
Architect and painter Hubert Taylor was born in Kilmarnock, VA and studied at the Hampton Institute, earning a B. S. Arch. in 1959. He would later design several buildings on the campus. After graduation, he served in the U. S. Army until 1962.
He began his architectural career in Washington, D. C., where he worked for Faulkner, Fryer & Vanderpool between 1962 and 1968. He then moved to Philadelphia and joined the office of Nolen & Swinburne, and later established his own firm. Taylor joined the national AIA in 1968 and was a member of the Washington-Metropolitan chapter into the 1970s.
Taylor was a founding member in 1983 of Recherche, an African American artists' group in Philadelphia.
Written by
Emily T. Cooperman.
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- American Institute of Architects (AIA)
- Philadelphia Chapter, AIA
- Washington-Metropolitan Chapter AIA
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