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WILLIE EDWARD "BLUE" JENKINS (1923-1988) Jenkins was born in Raleigh. He graduated from Washington High School and served in the Army Corps of Engineers from 1943 to 1946. He married Gladys Rand in 1945 and they had one daughter, Miltrine. Following the Army, he entered NC A&T University and earned a BS degree in architectural engineering with high honors in 1949. That year, Edward Loewenstein hired Jenkins as his firm's first black architect. In 1953, Jenkins was the third black architect to be registered in North Carolina. Under Loewenstsin, among many other projects, Jenkins served as design architect for the Dudley High School gymnasium in Greensboro, innovative because of its intersecting roof arches and many windows. In 1962 Jenkins opened his own practice with many projects at NC A&T, including the football stadium and the Ronald McNair School of Engineering (with J. Hyatt Hammond Associates). He also designed the NCCU Law School Building. In 1972 he received the Outstanding Achievement Award from the NC A&T School of Engineering. In 1975 Jenkins was appointed to the North Carolina Board of Architecture. His daughter Miltrine Jenkins Barden lives in Rahway NJ. Adapted from: African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary 1865-1945. |
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1959 - The Charles W. and Irma Gadson House, 2511 Cherry Street, Winston-Salem NC. Designed while working for Ed Loewenstein. Gadson managed the construction project, assembling a team of black contractors including John Smith, who erected the house; Frank Murrell, who did the interior stone accent wall, the stone retaining wall bordering the west driveway, and the concrete sidewalks and driveways; Daniel W. Andrews, who installed the plumbing and heating systems; and Dock Love, who plastered the interior walls and ceilings. As of 2011 still owned by Irma Gadson.
1959 - The Edward Holley House, 1202 Julian Street, Greensboro. Sold in 1989 to Tracey and Cedric Jarman.
1960 - The J. Kenneth Lee Residence, 1021 Broad Avenue, Greensboro. JWR Grandy was the landscape architect.
1960 - The Wells House, 1201 (now North) Benbow, Greensboro. Destroyed.
1964 - The Juanita S. Herring House, 3660 Spaulding Drive, Winston-Salem. As of 2011 owned by Hubert and Ericsteen Lash. Built by Charles Gadson. 
1967 - The J. Raymond and Ruth Oliver, Jr. House, 3961 Pomeroy Drive, Winston-Salem. Frank Carpenter was general contractor, assembling black subcontractors including James R. Grace, masonry; Chico Carter, cabinetry; Charles Gadson, electrical; Daniel W. Andrews and Sons, plumbing and heating systems; and Frank Murrell, who erected retaining walls in the backyard.
1967 - The Shaffner
House, 100 Main Street, Weldon NC.
1972 - The Ritchwood
House, 71 Baldwin Avenue, Newark NJ. |
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