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'''Charles Morrison Robinson''' (1867-1932), most commonly known as '''Charles M. Robinson''', was an American architect of schools and other buildings in Virginia. He was Public School Architect of the Richmond Public Schools from 1910 to 1929 and designed or supervised the design of 23 new schools. New school buildings from that era were improved relative to those of earlier years in many respects.<ref name=mps>{{cite web|url=http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/64500685.pdf |title=Public Schools of Richmond MPS|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>{{rp|13,22}} '''Charles Morrison Robinson''' (1867–1932), most commonly known as '''Charles M. Robinson''', was an American architect of schools and other buildings in Virginia. He was Public School Architect of the Richmond Public Schools from 1910 to 1929 and designed or supervised the design of 23 new schools. New school buildings from that era were improved relative to those of earlier years in many respects.<ref name=mps>{{cite web|url=http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/64500685.pdf |title=Public Schools of Richmond MPS|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>{{rp|13,22}}


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For author, see Charles M. Robinson III.
Not to be confused with Charles Mulford Robinson, journalist and urban planner in Missouri

Charles Morrison Robinson (1867–1932), most commonly known as Charles M. Robinson, was an American architect of schools and other buildings in Virginia. He was Public School Architect of the Richmond Public Schools from 1910 to 1929 and designed or supervised the design of 23 new schools. New school buildings from that era were improved relative to those of earlier years in many respects.

He was born in Hamilton, Virginia in Loudoun County, Virginia. His father was architect James T. Robinson. Charles learned architecture from D.S. Hopkins, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and from John K. Peebles of Richmond, Virginia. He worked as an architect in Altoona, Pennsylvania and Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, then moved to Richmond in 1906.

Many of his works survive and are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Works (and attribution) are:

References

  1. ^ "Public Schools of Richmond MPS" (PDF). National Park Service.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

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