B. Clayton Bonfoey

{{Short description|American architect}}

{{notability|1=Biographies|date=April 2023}}

Bayard Clayton Bonfoey (February 27, 1872, Higganum, Connecticut – February 18, 1953, Pinellas, Florida) was an architect known for his work in Tampa. [https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LHBH-BJS/bayard-clayton-bonfoey-1872-1953]

On September 2, 1907, Bonfey formed Bonfoey and Elliott with Malachi Leo Elliott. The firm is credited with designing Tampa City Hall,[http://landmarkhunter.com/tag/54572-bonfoey-elliott/ Bonfoey and Elliott] Landmark Hunter Kenilworth Lodge, DeSoto County Courthouse and the Centro Asturiano (1914) at 1913 Nebraska Avenue. The partnership ended with the advent of World War I, but their Rivoli Theater was finished in 1917 . [http://tourtampabayarchitecture.com/ybor-9 Ritz Theater (Rivoli Theater)]

The Wilsonian Apartment Building in Lakeland, Florida was finished in 1922. [https://lakelandpubliclibrary.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15809coll59/id/12/ Wilsonian Apartments]

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Bonfoey designed the Lake Hamilton Woman's Club building constructed in 1924. [https://eu.theledger.com/story/news/2007/07/02/lake-hamilton-womans-club-has-rich-history/25782695007/ Lake Hamilton Woman's Club Has Rich History]

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He designed the John J. Swearingen House in 1923, described as an excellent example of the Colonial Revival. [https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/731204ba-83d8-470a-bf15-237b27076bd4 Swearingen House] [https://www.outdoorlights.com/clearwater/resources/blog/2020/august/outdoor-lighting-that-honors-the-historic-nature/ Outdoor Lighting that Honors the Historic Nature of a Tampa Florida Gem]

He constructed for himself 'Casa Bonfeoey', finished in 1925. [https://www.cltampa.com/tampa/the-home-of-bc-bonfoey-who-built-tampa-city-hall-is-now-for-sale/Slideshow/12386588 The home of B.C. Bonfoey, who built Tampa City Hall, is now for sale]

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Roosevelt Elementary School was constructed in Mediterranean Revival style in 1925. [https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/002f421b-7b2a-43b8-9aaa-200f449142f2 Roosevelt Elementary School]

Bonfoey designed Wallace Stovall building constructed in 1926. {{cite web |title=Stovall Professional Building, Tampa {{!}} 271065 {{!}} EMPORIS |url=http://www.emporis.com/building/stovallprofessionalbuilding-tampa-fl-usa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215065825/http://www.emporis.com/building/stovallprofessionalbuilding-tampa-fl-usa |url-status=usurped |archive-date=December 15, 2013 |website=Emporis |access-date=19 June 2020}}

He designed the Postal Arcade in Winter Haven, Florida, finished in 1927. [https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/b4405a5e7dd34b119eacc11b0a6a4950 Winter Haven: Our History ]

Bonfoey was a member of the first board of NCARB, Florida. [https://centennial.ncarb.org/registration-boards/florida/ NCARB, Florida]

Bonfoey is buried at Myrtle Hill Memorial Park in Tampa. He was a Cpl Co F 1 Conn Inf SAW.[https://books.google.com/books?id=iWkqbzk7TGUC&dq=Bonfoey+and+elliott&pg=PA43 Tampa's Historic Cemeteries] Shelby Jean Roberson Bender, Elizabeth Laramie Dunham Arcadia Publishing, 2013 - History - 127 pages Pages 43, 108