Harry Merritt, Architect
Harry Cline Merritt, Jr. – 1929 – 2016
Education:
1951 – Bachelor of Architecture, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
1953 – 1955 – Master of Architecture, Graduate School of Design (GSD), Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
Registered:
Florida
Academic Appointments:
1960 – 1995 – Assistant Professor of Architecture and Design, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Publications:
2010 – Perspective Drawing, The Projected Image Method
Influences:
Studied under Walter Gropius while at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. Studied under Paul Rudolph while at GSD. Recommended to work with Gene Leedy by Rudolph, then writing critic at Harvard’s GSD.
University of Florida’s College of Architecture Dean Turpin Bannister saw a display of Merritt’s work at a Florida American Institute of Architects (AIA) convention in 1959 and brought him to the University of Florida.
Firms:
1955 – Gene Leedy Architecture, Winter Haven, Florida
1958 – Harry Merritt Architects, Gainesville, Florida
Professional Affiliations:
1958 – American Institute of Architects (AIA) Florida North Chapter
Florida Housing Advisory Committee, Governor Bob Graham
Military Service:
1951- 1953 – United States Army Corps of Engineers, Korea
Honors:
2012 – Lifetime Achievement Award, University of Florida School of Architecture, Gainesville, Florida
Notable Works:
1964 – Weil – Cassis Residence, Colclough Hill Neighborhood, Gainesville, Florida
1964 – Merritt Residence, Magnolia Estates Neighborhood, Gainesville, Florida
1964 – Grissom Residence, Gwynn Oak Neighborhood, near Clear Lake, Gainesville, Florida
1964 – Vaughn Residence, Masonwood Neighborhood, Gainesville, Florida
1965 – Lakeshore Towers Apartments, 2306 SW 13th Street, Gainesville, Florida
1965 – Merritt Residence, Lakeshore Drive on Newnans Lake, Gainesville, Florida
1973 – Residence, Buckingham West Neighborhood, Gainesville, Florida
1975- West Presbyterian Church, 1521 NW 34th Street, Gainesville, Florida
1984 – Park Place Motel, Cedar Key, 211 2nd Street, Cedar Key, Florida
1980 – Saint Madeleine Catholic Church, 17155 Highway 441, High Springs, Florida
1986 – McCormick Residence, addition, Black Acres Neighborhood, Gainesville, Florida
Original Plans, Bo Diddley Community Plaza, 111 West University Avenue, Gainesville, Florida