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Thomas James Duncan Fuller Jr.

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Thomas James Duncan Fuller Jr.

Birth
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Death
15 Nov 1946 (aged 76)
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Burial
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Chapel Hill Lot 539
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He was a native of the District of Columbia, the son of Thomas James Duncan Fuller, United States Representative from Maine for four terms in the early 1850s. He was a graduate of the Brookville Academy near Olney, Maryland and in 1892, he graduated from Cornell University. As an associate of Hornblower & Marshall, architects, he assisted in the design of the National Museum and the Baltimore Custom House. He established his own business in the District of Columbia and designed many large homes in the Kalorama Heights section. He retired in 1931. He was a member emeritus and former President of the Washington Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. He was also a member of the Cosmos Club and the last Chevy Chase Club, of which he was a founding member. He was a resident of 2317 Ashmead Place Northwest. He died on Wednesday, November 20, 1946 at the age of 76 years at Garfield Hospital after a stroke on Friday, November 15. He was predeceased by his wife, Elizabeth Ashmead Schaeffer Fuller, who died in April 1945. Survivors included two sons: Thomas J.D. Fuller Jr. of Cambridge, Massachusetts and Charles Ashmead Fuller and one grandson, Charles Ashmead Fuller Jr., both of Washington, D.C. Funeral services were held at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church at Connecticut Avenue and Bancroft Place Northwest. Interment was in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Source: The Evening Star, Wednesday, November 20, 1946.

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A native Washingtonian, Fuller (1870-1946) received a B.S. in Architecture from Cornell University in 1892. After the dissolution of Fuller & Garrett, he worked for Hornblower & Marshall, assisting in the design of the Museum of Natural History (1904-1911) and the Baltimore Custom House (1903-1908). Though Fuller was a Kalorama resident, he was a member of the Chevy Chase Club from 1892. He later had his own practice.
He was a native of the District of Columbia, the son of Thomas James Duncan Fuller, United States Representative from Maine for four terms in the early 1850s. He was a graduate of the Brookville Academy near Olney, Maryland and in 1892, he graduated from Cornell University. As an associate of Hornblower & Marshall, architects, he assisted in the design of the National Museum and the Baltimore Custom House. He established his own business in the District of Columbia and designed many large homes in the Kalorama Heights section. He retired in 1931. He was a member emeritus and former President of the Washington Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. He was also a member of the Cosmos Club and the last Chevy Chase Club, of which he was a founding member. He was a resident of 2317 Ashmead Place Northwest. He died on Wednesday, November 20, 1946 at the age of 76 years at Garfield Hospital after a stroke on Friday, November 15. He was predeceased by his wife, Elizabeth Ashmead Schaeffer Fuller, who died in April 1945. Survivors included two sons: Thomas J.D. Fuller Jr. of Cambridge, Massachusetts and Charles Ashmead Fuller and one grandson, Charles Ashmead Fuller Jr., both of Washington, D.C. Funeral services were held at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church at Connecticut Avenue and Bancroft Place Northwest. Interment was in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Source: The Evening Star, Wednesday, November 20, 1946.

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A native Washingtonian, Fuller (1870-1946) received a B.S. in Architecture from Cornell University in 1892. After the dissolution of Fuller & Garrett, he worked for Hornblower & Marshall, assisting in the design of the Museum of Natural History (1904-1911) and the Baltimore Custom House (1903-1908). Though Fuller was a Kalorama resident, he was a member of the Chevy Chase Club from 1892. He later had his own practice.


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