O. G. Roquemore
O.G. Roquemore | |
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| Born | Otho Gibson Roquemore December 2, 1856 Tobotow, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | October 25, 1925 (aged 68) Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
Burial place | Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Spouse | Josephine "Josie" Peterman (m. 1892) |
| Children | 3 |
Otho Gibson "O. G." Roquemore Sr. (December 2, 1856 – October 25, 1925) was an American architect, active in Texas.
Life and career
Otho Gibson Roquemore was born on December 2, 1856, in Tobotow, Georgia.[1] His father Thomas C. Roquemore was a planter who owned slaves and died after serving in the Confederate States Army and being wounded in the Battle of Arkansas Post in 1863.[1] His mother Mary Ann Edwards had died one year prior.[1] Otho and his younger siblings moved to Panola County, Texas, where they were raised on a farm by their grandfather.[1] He was a direct descendant of Pierre Roquemore, a French Huguenot settler in the United States.[1]
Roquemore worked in Gainesville, Texas starting in 1886, before moving to Amarillo, Texas in 1900.[1] He designed several churches as well as the Old Potter County Courthouse.[1]
He married Josephine "Josie" Peterman from St. Joseph, Missouri, and they had three children.[1] He lived at 907 Tyler Street in Amarillo, Texas, in a home he had designed, and his office was in the Eakle building (now known as Oliver–Eakle–Barfield Building).[1] He was an elder in the Presbyterian Church.[1][2]
Roquemore died on October 25, 1925, in a sanatorium in Dallas, Texas, from complications after a fractured hip.[3] He is buried at Grove Hill Memorial Park in Dallas, Texas.
Works
- Chickasaw National Bank (c. 1892) in Purcell, Indian Territory (now Purcell, Oklahoma)[4]
- Old Potter County Courthouse (c. 1896) in Amarillo, Texas[1]
- L. T. Lester House (1901) in Canyon, Texas; NRHP-listed[5][6][7]
- Hartley County Courthouse (1906) at 900 Main Street, Channing, Texas[8][9] [10]
- Hartley County Jail (1906) in Channing, Texas[11]
- Jons–Gilvin House (1907) at 1500 South Buchanan Street, Amarillo, Texas; NRHP-listed[2][12]
- Amarillo National Bank (1907 addition), Amarillo, Texas[13]
- Oldham County Courthouse (1915) in Tascosa, Texas; a ghost town just north of Vega, Texas, now the Julian Bivins Museum[14]
- Old Central Presbyterian Church in Amarillo, Texas
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Johnson, Frank White (April 12, 1914). A History of Texas and Texans. American Historical Society. p. 1081 – via Google Books.
- 1 2 Crofford, Lori (October 3, 2022). "What Happened to this Home?". 101.9 The Bull. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
- ↑ "Obituary". Dallas News. October 26, 1925.
- ↑ "Engineering Record, Building Record and Sanitary Engineer". McGraw Publishing Company. April 12, 1892. p. 370 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Historic Lester House Listed, One Of Few In National File". The Canyon News. October 8, 1978. p. 1. Retrieved May 31, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: L. T. Lester House". National Park Service. Retrieved May 31, 2026. With accompanying pictures
- ↑ "Lester, L. T., House". NPGallery, Digital Asset Management System.
- ↑ "Hartley County Courthouse". SAH Archipedia.
- ↑ Nolan, Frederick W. (April 12, 2007). "Tascosa: Its Life and Gaudy Times". Texas Tech University Press – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Hartley County Courthouse". TexasCourtHouses.com.
- ↑ Blackburn, Edward A. (January 18, 2012). "Wanted: Historic County Jails of Texas". Texas A&M University Press. p. 157 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Jons--Gilvin House". NPGallery, Digital Asset Management System.
- ↑ "Article clipped from The Weekly Herald". The Weekly Herald. April 4, 1907. p. 1. Retrieved May 31, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Kelsey, Mavis P.; Dyal, Donald H. (March 20, 2007). "The Courthouses of Texas". Texas A&M University Press – via Google Books.