Fayette-Jefferson County KyArchives Obituaries.....Meriwether, Hugh August 9 1979 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharon Pike http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00009.html#0002212 December 19, 2004, 6:51 am 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 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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/fayette/obits/m/gob2082meriweth.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/