KENNETH MCCOY (KEN) SCOTT, AIA (1925-1980)

Scott was born in Charlotte.  He attended Darlington Academy in Georgia and studied Engineering at Duke University.  After serving in the Navy during WWII, he was in the first graduating class from Henry Kamphoefner's newly-formed NCSU School of Design. 

After graduation, Scott taught at the school and worked for Milton Small.  In 1958 he became a partner in Pruden and Scott with Jack Pruden.  He assisted George Matsumoto with the Julian House in Chapel Hill.  Later he practiced solo as Kenneth McCoy Scott, AIA.  Scott's office was at 213 1/2 Main Street in Durham. 

According to son David, Scott as a student worked with Matthew Nowicki on drawings for Raleigh's Dorton Arena.  He had three children with first wife Ruth and three with second wife Nancy.  His first three children followed in his footsteps.  Son David became an architect, daughter Lloyd went into Interior Design, and son Philip is a draftsman.

1952 - The Frank and Ellen Walser Residence, 1911 McDonald Lane (Old Hillsboro Road), Raleigh.  Sold to Hester Gregory in 1983.  Sold to current owner Nancy Faircloth in 1986.  According to Bern Walser, Frank's son, Scott designed it in exchange for Frank Walser building his house at 3126 Eton Road (below).  Photo by Leilani Carter.

1953 - His own house on 3126 Eton Road, Raleigh.  Landscape architecture by Lewis Clarke. The Scotts divorced in  1963 and he sold his interest to ex-wife Ruth, who later married Raleigh architect Cecil Elliott.  The Elliotts sold to Linda Riddle Delarama in June 1963 and moved to Alabama.  Delarama sold to Janice Hayes Wynns in 1986.  She sold to John and Erin Wallace in 1987 who sold to current owners Dennis Brown and Raquel Hernandez in 1997.

1955 - The Paul and Ellen Welles, Jr. House, 3227 Birnamwood Road, Raleigh.  Bought in 1977 by current owner Anne Dahle.  Put on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.  Photos by Leilani Carter.

1958 - John and Binford C. Carr Residence, 3400 Westover, Durham.  2337 square feet.  Scott was working on adding skylights just before he died in 1980.   Black and white photos from the late 1950's by Walter Shackelford.   Other color photos from 2008 by George Smart.  Built by Frank Walser.  Landscape architecture by Lewis Clarke, who took the top photo.  Mrs. Carr sold to current owners Mark B. N. Hansen and Marie Grant Lukens in late 2009.   The sale included an empty lot next door, half of which was bought by Hansen and Lukens and the other half by the adjacent neighbor. 

1961 - The Eugene A. and Alice H. Davison Residence, 1639 Marion Avenue, Durham.  Sold in 1967 to Howard K. (Tom) and Christine Thompson.  Sold in 1971 to current owner Nadine Burton. Small renovations by Leon Meyer.  1987 kitchen and bathroom renovations by Dave Nichols.  In 2003, Bill Waddell remodeled the living room, built by David Thaxton. 

1962 - The William and Shirley Billings Residence, 1628 Marion Avenue, Durham.  Sold in 2005 to current owner Jeremy Farber, head of Maplewood Building Company.  Renovation by Center Studio Architecture. 

1968 - The Carl and Sandy Eisendorfer Residence, 2706 Montgomery Street, Durham.  Carl sold his interest to Sandy in 1972.  Sold to current owner Edith Roberts in 1976.

Sources include: Ruth Little's The Development of Modernism in Raleigh 1945-1965,  Scott's archive at NCSU Special Collections,   History of The North Carolina Chapter of the AIA 1913-1998:  An Architectural Heritage by C. David Jackson and Charlotte V. Brown, Gregory Taylor, wife Nancy Scott, Stephen Dooda, James Brandt, Dick Rice, son David Malcolm Scott, Bern Walser, Binford Carr.