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[https://lunaparkwv.com/history/john-c-norman-wvs-first-black-architect/ John C. Norman – WV’s First Black Architect – Luna Park Historic District – Charleston, WV]

John Clavon Norman Sr. (1892 - 1967) was an architect in Charleston, West Virginia. He was African American.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/charleston-s-first-black-architect-worked-on-both-sides-of-color-line/article_2c534ed7-3677-537e-821d-4a8bfb740136.html|title=Charleston’s first black architect worked on both sides of color line|first=Rick|last=Steelhammer|date=August 24, 2014|website=Charleston Gazette-Mail}}{{Cite web|url=https://mountainmessenger.com/recognition-john-c-norman-sr/|title=In recognition of John C. Norman, Sr.|date=February 21, 2014|website=Mountain Messenger}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/entries/1633|title=John C. Norman Jr.|first=West Virginia Humanities|last=Council|website=www.wvencyclopedia.org}}

He was born in New Jersey.

His office was in the Knights of Pythias building.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5xYcPVrYliIC&dq=hotel+ferguson+charleston&pg=PA29|title=Charleston|first=Billy Joe|last=Peyton|date=January 1, 2010|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|via=Google Books}}

He married Ruth Stephenson and had a son who became a heart surgeon. She taught high school English.{{cite journal | pmc=4251322 | date=2014 | last1=Cooley | first1=D. A. | title=In Memoriam: John C. Norman (1930–2014) | journal=Texas Heart Institute Journal | volume=41 | issue=6 | pages=569–570 | pmid=25735054 }}

The West Virginia State Archives have a collection of his papers.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.wvculture.org/history/collections/specialcollections/sc2012-046.html|title=John C. Norman Sr. Collection|website=archive.wvculture.org}}

In the 2016 John Norman Street was named for him.{{Cite web|url=https://cacwv.org/john-norman-street-dedication/|title=John Norman Street Dedication : West Virginia Center for African-American Art & Culture, Inc.}}