I.R. Timlin
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Irving Ray Timlin was an American
architect
. He spent his entire career with the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
, where he was chief architect during the company's rapid expansion in the first half of the twentieth century. From the 1910s to the 1940s, Timlin designed or co-designed 140 buildings for the company in cities across the midwestern and southwestern United States.
Timlin joined the Bell Telephone Company
of Missouri in 1904 as a draftsman in Kansas City. In 1907 he was made assistant equipment engineer, then architect in 1911. Timlin moved to St. Louis, headquarters of Bell Telephone's Southwestern System, in 1917. He retired in 1945.
Timlin was architect or associate architect of several skyscrapers, many of which are still in use. These include
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Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
. He spent his entire career with the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Southwestern Bell
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T. It does business as AT&T Southwest and other d/b/a names in its operating region.The company is currently headquartered in Dallas, Texas at One AT&T Plaza.-History:...
, where he was chief architect during the company's rapid expansion in the first half of the twentieth century. From the 1910s to the 1940s, Timlin designed or co-designed 140 buildings for the company in cities across the midwestern and southwestern United States.
Timlin joined the Bell Telephone Company
Bell Telephone Company
The Bell Telephone Company, a common law joint stock company, was organized in Boston, Massachusetts on July 9, 1877 by Alexander Graham Bell's father-in-law Gardiner Greene Hubbard, who also helped organize a sister company — the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company...
of Missouri in 1904 as a draftsman in Kansas City. In 1907 he was made assistant equipment engineer, then architect in 1911. Timlin moved to St. Louis, headquarters of Bell Telephone's Southwestern System, in 1917. He retired in 1945.
Timlin was architect or associate architect of several skyscrapers, many of which are still in use. These include
- Oak TowerOak TowerOak Tower, also called the Bell Telephone Building, is a 28-story skyscraper in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri.Hoit, Price & Barnes, a local firm that conceived many of Kansas City's landmark structures, designed the building in association with I.R...
, Kansas City, Missouri; - Three SBC Plaza (308 S. Akard St.), Dallas, Texas;
- Southwestern Bell BuildingSouthwestern Bell BuildingThe Southwestern Bell Building is a 28-story building that was built to be the headquarters of Southwestern Bell Telephone in Downtown St. Louis, Missouri.At the time of its construction it was Missouri's tallest building....
, St. Louis, Missouri; and - Southwestern Bell Building (105 Auditorium Cir.), San Antonio, Texas.