Educational Buildings
Among the academic institutions for which Edwards designed buildings were:
In Alabama ---- Camp Hill ---
In 1930 William A. Edwards and firm designed the educational classroom and administrative building for The Southern Industrial Institute,now known as Lyman Ward Military Academy ,in Camp Hill, AL.The structure known as Tallapoosa Hall was designed at the request of well known educator Dr. Lyman Ward who like Edwards was also a Unitarian. Dr.Ward had transplanted to Alabama in 1898 to establish a school for impoverished boys and girls.Completed in 1933,Tallapoosa Hall is also a Gothic Revival design and the building was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage in 2008.
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