George Awsumb

George Awsumb (c. 1880 - 1959) was a Norwegian-born American architect. He served on the board of directors of the American Institute of Architects, and he designed "some of the most beautiful churches in the South." He designed several buildings which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places for their architecture, including the Dermon Building and the Baron Hirsch Synagogue in Memphis, Tennessee, and Dorchester Academy near Midway, Georgia.

Awsumb studied architecture at the University of Illinois and graduated in 1906. He worked J.C. Llewellyn in Chicago for two years, then traveled on scholarship studying architecture in France and England. He taught design for a period at the Art Institute of Chicago. He "moved to Memphis from Chicago in 1919 after he partnered with local architect Charles O. Pfeil to win the design competition for the old 1920-24 Municipal Auditorium and Market House on Main Street."

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