Architect, Educator. Taylor was raised in North Carolina. He was the first African American graduate of the United States School of Architecture and in 1892 became the first African American graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was an excellent student at the Massachusetts Institute and attracted the attention of Dr. Booker T. Washington who had earlier established Tuskegee Institute. Dr. Washington offered Robert Taylor a position to develop the industrial program at Tuskegee and to design and direct the construction of new building for the campus. In late 1892, Dr. Taylor joined Tuskegee Institute where he rose through the ranks and served for a time as vice principal. He designed many of the building at Tuskegee Institute, including the chapel which he considered his masterpiece. He was active in advancing the causes of African and African Americans. With Washington, he founded Negro health week and visited Liberia to select a site and design building for Tuskegee in Africa. He received an honorary doctorate from Lincoln University in 1929. Dr. Taylor died during a church service in the chapel he designed at Tuskegee Institute.
Architect, Educator. Taylor was raised in North Carolina. He was the first African American graduate of the United States School of Architecture and in 1892 became the first African American graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was an excellent student at the Massachusetts Institute and attracted the attention of Dr. Booker T. Washington who had earlier established Tuskegee Institute. Dr. Washington offered Robert Taylor a position to develop the industrial program at Tuskegee and to design and direct the construction of new building for the campus. In late 1892, Dr. Taylor joined Tuskegee Institute where he rose through the ranks and served for a time as vice principal. He designed many of the building at Tuskegee Institute, including the chapel which he considered his masterpiece. He was active in advancing the causes of African and African Americans. With Washington, he founded Negro health week and visited Liberia to select a site and design building for Tuskegee in Africa. He received an honorary doctorate from Lincoln University in 1929. Dr. Taylor died during a church service in the chapel he designed at Tuskegee Institute.
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