Triangle Modernist Houses

Compiled by George Smart, Jr.                                                          

ARTHUR NORMAN TUTTLE, JR., AIA (1931-2003)

Tuttle went to high school in Richmond VA and Tilton NH.  He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic with a BS in 1952.  He served in Korea as a draftsman with the US Army Corps of Engineers then attended Princeton for an MA in Architecture in 1956.  He also attended UNC-CH Planning School.  Tuttle worked as a draftsman for Marcellus Wright in Richmond VA; McLaughlin and Jandl in Princeton NJ; Ivan Altman in Richmond VA; Jim Webb in Chapel Hill; George Cobb in Chapel Hill.  He remained active in the Army Reserve, and served as director of planning for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1959-1969 before becoming director of Architectural Engineering Services at the University of Oklahoma where he also taught architecture. The AIA has named the Arthur N. Tuttle Jr. Graduate Fellowship in Health Facility Planning and Design in his honor.

1962 - The Anne Lee Hinsdale and Charles Edward Hinsdale House, 1405 Michaux Road, Chapel Hill.  Built by Van Thomas.  Currently owned by daughter Nancy Hinsdale Poole and her husband Glenn.  For sale $724,900.00, contact Nancy Poole 704-453-8010 npoole@carolina.rr.com, 3300 sf.  Two story.