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Hugh Meriwether August 9 1979 
Fayette-Jefferson County KyArchives Obituaries

Lexington Herald
Hugh Meriwether  
Lexington Herald
Aug. 10, 1979, p. C5

Architect Hugh Meriwether Dies; Had Designed Buildings at UK

Hugh Meriwether, 80
Residence: 125 McDowell Road
Died: Thursday August 9, 1979
At St. Joseph Hospital of a heart attack

Attended the University of Louisville and Harvard University
Graduated for the University of Kentucky with a degree in engineering 

Projects included:
University or Kentucky Medical Center 
Memorial Coliseum
State Capital Annex in Frankfort
Lexington Theological Seminary 
Aspendale and Blue Grass Park housing projects
State prisons at LaGrange and Pee Wee Valley 
Department for Human Resources building in Frankfort

Organizations:
President of the Association of Kentucky Architects 
President of the East Kentucky Chapter of the American Institute of Architects 
Lecturer on the history of architecture at UK 
Consulting architect for the state Department of Education
Consultant to the city of Lexington and was the author of the "Comprehensive 
Area Plan for Lexington and Environs"
Former president of the Lexington Optimist Club
Member of Beaumont Presbyterian Church
Veteran of World War I

Survivors:
his wife, Pauline Roach Meriwether
four children:
Mrs. S. Patrick Wylie, of Lexington; 
Mrs. Ted Raab of Columbia, S.C.; 
Paul Joseph Cowden of Louisville; 
James Rice Cowden Jr. of Philadelphia


Submitted by: Sharon Pike
http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00009.html#0002212



Additional Comments:
Hugh Mathew Meriwether was a well-known architect. He was born in Louisville, 
Kentucky on June 22, 1899. His ancestors were from Germany. The children listed 
were his wife's children from a previous marriage.

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