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for Henry Jonson Toombs
1896 - 1967
Toombs was trained at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, and, from 1917 to 1919, served as an ensign in the United States Navy. After World War I, he studied architecture at the University of Pennsylvania and later worked as a draftsman in the offices of McKim, Mead, and White in New York. In 1932, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where he remained for the rest of his life working as an architect. He designed numerous private residences including the Little White House, President Franklin Roosevelt's home in Hot Springs. Toombs was a member of the American Institute of Architects and the Century Association.
