Finding aid to the Stanhope S. Johnson Office Records

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JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 24501
(434) 846-0501
STANHOPE S. JOHNSON (1881-1973) OFFICE RECORDS
The collection of the office records of Stanhope S. JOHNSON, a Lynchburg, Virginia,
architect, includes estimate books, certificate files, photographs, reference files (mostly
pictures clipped from books and serials), and files about specific projects, e.g., the Allied
Arts Building, the Memorial United Methodist Church, buildings for Lynchburg College,
and the restoration of Red Hill, the home of Patrick HENRY. Also included is an
account book from his farm.
[Detailed finding guide available with the collection]

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JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 24501
(434) 846-0501
STANHOPE S. JOHNSON (1881-1973) OFFICE RECORDS
The collection of the office records of Stanhope S. JOHNSON, a Lynchburg, Virginia,
architect, includes estimate books, certificate files, photographs, reference files (mostly
pictures clipped from books and serials), and files about specific projects, e.g., the Allied
Arts Building, the Memorial United Methodist Church, buildings for Lynchburg College,
and the restoration of Red Hill, the home of Patrick HENRY. Also included is an
account book from his farm.
BOX 1

Contracts
JOHNSON/BRANNAN A.I.A. Contracts A-Z
Contracts/Subcontracts, Jackson Park Hotel Co.,
Charlottesville, VA (Hotel Monticello)

BOX 2

Certificates
No. 1 (6 Jan 1917) through No. 1637 (25 Nov 1932)

BOX 3

Burial Parks
Sherwood Burial Park (Salem, Virginia)
Lincoln Memorial Burial Park (Washington, D.C.)

BOX 4

Commercial/Miscellaneous
GUGGENHEIMER Store (Lynchburg, Virginia)
John E. GANNAWAY and Company (Lynchburg, Virginia)
Miscellaneous contracts, deeds, etc., (JOHNSON/
BRANNAN)
Dissolution of partnership (JOHNSON/BRANNAN)

BOX 5

Commercial
BRUNSWICK home (Amityville, New York)
South Boston National Bank (South Boston,
Virginia)
MORTON Manufacturing Co. (Lynchburg, Virginia)
Monticello Hotel addition (Charlottesville,
Virginia)
Bedford Motor Co. (Bedford, Virginia)
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BOX 5

WHITEHOUSE, L. B., Duplex (Lynchburg, Virginia)
Rivermont Park Apartments (Lynchburg, Virginia)
Old Sweet Springs (West Virginia)
Lynchburg Apartment House (Lynchburg, Virginia)
CRADDOCK-TERRY Shoe Factory data
Virginia Hotel (Skylight)

BOX 6

Churches
Memorial Methodist Church (Lynchburg, Virginia)
Rivermont Baptist Church (Lynchburg, Virginia)
Harrisonburg (VA) Baptist Church

BOX 7

Churches
Greene Memorial Methodist Church (Roanoke,
Virginia)
St. John's Church (Halifax, Virginia)
First Baptist Church (Roanoke, Virginia)
First Methodist Church (Salem, Virginia)
Clarksville Methodist Church (Clarksville,
Virginia)
Forest Methodist Church (Forest, Virginia)
South Roanoke Methodist Church (Roanoke, Virginia)
Central Methodist Church (Rustburg, Virginia)
Braddock Street Methodist Church alterations
(Winchester, Virginia)
Myers Park Baptist Church (Charlotte, North
Carolina)
Appomattox Methodist Church (Appomattox, Virginia)
Fork Union Baptist Church (Fork Union, Virginia)
St. Thomas' Episcopal Church (Bedford County,
Virginia)

BOX 8

Churches
St. Stephen's Church (Forest, Virginia)
Rivermont Avenue Baptist Church (Lynchburg,
Virginia)
West Lynchburg Baptist Church (Lynchburg, Virginia)
Court Street Methodist Church (Lynchburg, Virginia)
First Presbyterian Church (Lynchburg Virginia)
Methodist church (Chase City, Virginia)
Central Methodist Church (Clifton Forge, Virginia)
Thaxton Baptist Church (Thaxton, Virginia)
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BOX 8

Clifton Forge Baptist Church (Clifton Forge, VA)
First Baptist Church (Wilson, NC)
First Baptist Church (Roanoke, VA)
River Road Baptist Church (Richmond, VA)
Grace Baptist Church (Richmond, VA)
Leesburg (VA) Baptist Church
Watts St. Baptist Church (Durham, NC)
Terrace View Baptist Church (Forest, VA)
First Presbyterian Church (Gloucester, VA)
Woodstock Methodist Church
Trinity Church (Roanoke, VA)
Halifax (VA) Methodist Church
Monroe (VA) Methodist Church
Centenary Methodist Church (Lynchburg, VA)
Rivermont Avenue Presbyterian Church (Lynchburg, VA)

BOX 9

State Epileptic Colony (Colony, Virginia)
School and Auditorium

BOX 10

State Epileptic Colony (Colony, Virginia)
Baths (LUCADO and STROVE-MASSER Cottages)
Miscellaneous correspondence
School and Auditorium correspondence

BOX 11

State Epileptic Colony (Colony, Virginia)
Women's ward buildings
Columns (Brick/stucco)
Tuberculosis ward building
Miscellaneous jobs

BOX 12

Hospitals
Halifax Community Hospital (South Boston, Virginia)

BOX 13

Hospitals
Pulaski Hospital (Pulaski, Virginia)
Virginia Baptist Hospital (Lynchburg, Virginia)

BOX 14

Hotels
Ocean Forest Hotel (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina)
Hotel Equipment Building (New York, New York)
Durham Citizens Hotel (Durham, North Carolina)
Proposed hotel (Columbia, South Carolina)
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BOX 15

Patrick HENRY Memorial Foundation
Photographs and drawings
Patrick HENRY Boys Plantation

BOX 16

Red Hill Renovations
Correspondence (1939-1967)

BOX 17

Red Hill Restoration and Renovations
Billings (1944-1966)
Correspondence (1954-1967)

BOX 18

Residences
J. S. GALBAN (Charlottesville, Virginia)
Douglas S. DIVERS (Pulaski, Virginia)
James B. TWYMAN (Charlottesville, Virginia)
John David BRCIN (Amherst County, Virginia)
A. M. WHITE
J. R. CARROLL
E. J. McKENNA
T. E. WRAY
Lawson W. TURNER, Sr.
William KING estate (Lynchburg, Virginia)
Mrs. B. B. SEGEL
Carleton SCHALLER
W. L. LYLE
Lawrence B. WHITEHOUSE, Sr. (Lynchburg, Virginia)
R. A. HARRIS
J. H. RUSHER

BOX 19

Residences/Commercial
Thurman E. BOYD (Lynchburg, Virginia)
Pyramid Motor Company (Lynchburg, Virginia)
Allied Arts Building (Lynchburg, Virginia

BOX 20

Residences
J. B. MARSHALL (Hingman, Massachusetts)
G. E. BOND (Lynchburg, Virginia)
A. R. HARWOOD
L. W. TURNER, Jr.
H. E. STEPTOE
T. W. GILLIAM
Muncie HILL
Harold LEGGETT
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BOX 20

Frank R. WHITEHOUSE
Herbert THOMSON estate
H. B. THOMSON (Ivy Hill, Forest, Virginia)
DuVal RADFORD (Woodbourne, Forest, Virginia)
A. H. CAMDEN

BOX 21

Schools
Randolph-Macon Woman's College (Lynchburg,
Virginia)
Greenbrier College

BOX 21

Gymnasium, chapel, East Hall, President's residence

BOX 22

Schools
Randolph-Macon Woman's College (Lynchburg,
Virginia)
East, West, New Halls
Garden pools
"Mary's Garden"
Science building

BOX 23

Schools/Churches
Lynchburg College (Lynchburg, Virginia)
Gymnasium, HOPWOOD Hall, dormitory, library,
Science building, faculty home
First Baptist Church (Lynchburg, Virginia)
Centenary Methodist Church (Lynchburg, Virginia)
Miscellaneous (3 files)

BOX 24

Schools
Fairview Heights School (Lynchburg, Virginia)
Marvin BASS School (Lynchburg, Virginia)
Monroe School (Amherst County, Virginia)
New London Academy (New London, Virginia)
Mountain View School (Campbell County, Virginia)
Virginia Episcopal School (Lynchburg, Virginia)

BOX 25

Schools (Bedford County, Virginia)
Suzie B. GIBSON High School
Huddleston Vocational School
Moneta Vocational School
Montvale High School
Thaxton School addition
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BOX 25

A. G. CUMMINGS (Superintendent of Schools)

BOX 26

Schools
Moneta High School (Bedford County, Virginia)
New London Academy (Bedford County, Virginia)
William Marvin BASS School (Lynchburg, Virginia)
Big Island High School (Big Island, Virginia)
Thaxton School (Thaxton, Virginia)

BOX 27

Schools
Hargrave Military Academy (Chatham, Virginia)
Administration building, kitchen
Schools
Hargrave Military Academy (Chatham, Virginia)
Administration building

BOX 28

BOX 29

Miscellaneous
Rivermont Housing Corporation (Lynchburg, Virginia)
Durham Hotel (Durham, North Carolina)
Charlottesville Hotel (Charlottesville, Virginia)
Historical American Buildings Survey
Art Commission (Virginia)
Manuals for Architects and Engineers (Virginia)
Veterans Training Data
Lynchburg Historical Society
E. V. MARKUSH (New York, New York)
Office equipment sale
Thurman BOYD building (Lynchburg, Virginia)
Trueheart POSTON
State Epileptic Colony
Emergency Housing Relief (World War II - Lynchburg,
Virginia)
Miscellaneous correspondence

BOX 30

Miscellaneous
Memorial Methodist Church (Lynchburg, Virginia)
Testimonial letters
Photographs of work planned and completed
Childhood drawings of Stanhope JOHNSON
Ledger listing jobs and purchases

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BOX 31

Miscellaneous
Appomattox (Va.) Courthouse, Clerk’s Office, Jail
Appomattox (Va.) Office Building for Courthouse
Historical Society (Miller-Claytor House)
Oakwood Country Club (Lynchburg, Va.)
YWCA (Lynchburg, Va.)
Randolph-Macon Academy (Front Royal, Va.)

BOX 32

Miscellaneous Photographs and Drawings

BOX 33

Miscellaneous Photographs and Drawings (oversize)

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JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 24501
(434) 846-0501
STANHOPE S. JOHNSON (1881-1973)
Stanhope S. JOHNSON, son of George Lafayette JOHNSON and Mary Elizabeth
ROBERTS, was born 16 February 1881 in Lynchburg, Virginia. He attended the
Piedmont Business College in Lynchburg and the Scranton School of Architecture in
Pennsylvania, where he received a diploma in 1906.
He then attended the
deHOULTLIEU School of Architecture in Paris in 1912 and took architectural business
courses "in the Atelier of H.C.L. SMITH," of London. JOHNSON also traveled
throughout Europe studying types of architecture.
In 1910, Stanhope JOHNSON opened architectural offices in Lynchburg and Danville
and "specialized in classical and colonial architectural design as applied to churches,
schools, hotels and residences in Virginia" and throughout the South.
On 26 October 1921, Stanhope S. JOHNSON married Annie Elizabeth BOND,
daughter of Robert Nelson BOND and Annie EVERETT, of Brownsville, Tennessee.
A member of the American Institute of Architects, Stanhope S. JOHNSON also
served on the Virginia State Board for the examination of architects, engineers, and land
surveyors.
Among his noteworthy accomplishments were the preservation and
restoration of the MILLER-CLAYTOR House in Lynchburg, and the restoration of Red
Hill, the home of Patrick HENRY. He also designed buildings for Randolph-Macon
Woman's College and Lynchburg College.
Stanhope S. JOHNSON died 11 January 1973 in Lynchburg and was buried in the
Spring Hill Cemetery.
[Obituary, Lynchburg News, 12 January 1973, Sect. B, p. 4 col. 1; Burial Record, Diuguid Funeral Home,
Lynchburg, VA, Book 62, p. 177; Robert C. Glass and Carter Glass, Jr., Virginia Democracy, Vol. 2 (N.p.:
Democratic Historical Association, 1937), pp. 562-565.]

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Title

Finding aid to the Stanhope S. Johnson Office Records

Subject

finding aids
Johnson, Stanhope Spencer, 1881-1973

Description

Finding aid to the Stanhope S. Johnson Office Records held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. Stanhope Johnson was an architect and the files include estimate books, certificate files, photographs, project files and an account book from Johnson's farm.

Creator

George M. Jones Memorial Library

Publisher

George M. Jones Memorial Library

Date

2023

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George M. Jones Memorial Library

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pdf

Language

English

Identifier

MS1236FA

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George M. Jones Memorial Library, “Finding aid to the Stanhope S. Johnson Office Records,” Digital Collections, accessed April 28, 2024, https://digitaljones.omeka.net/items/show/272.