Edward L. Palmer Jr.

Edward Palmer received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Johns Hopkins University. Palmer was one of 38 in his graduating class on June 13, 1899.{{cite news|title=Hopkins University: Twenty-Third Commencement In The Academy Of Music Many Degrees and Honors, Parting Words Of Wisdom By Instructors To Students--An Attractive Scene And Program|work=The Sun|date= June 14, 1889}} While at Hopkins, he became a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.Maxwell, W.J. General Alumni catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania. University of Pennsylvania General Alumni Association. Palmer then went into the insurance business in Washington, D.C. where he resided at 1516 H St in the NW section of the city.The Beta Theta Pi. St. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Vol. 27. The Official Organ of the Fraternity. Pg. 493. Shortly after, Palmer began attending the University of Pennsylvania. Here he received his B.S. in architecture in 1903.Maxwell, W.J. 1917. General Alumni catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania. University of Pennsylvania General Alumni Association. Pg.209

After working for Hornblower & Marshall, in 1907 Palmer was appointed resident architect for the Roland Park Company.{{cite news|title=Marriage Announcement 2 No Title|date=Jun 30, 1907|work=The Baltimore Sun|page=6|via=ProQuest}}{{cite news|title=Real Estate Transaction 1 -- No Title|date=Jan 21, 1916|work=The Baltimore Sun|page=10|via=ProQuest}}Fisher, L. M., Charles M. Nes and Carson M. Cornbrooks. The architectural firm of Edward L. Palmer Jr. and its successors, 1907–1982. [S.l.: s.n., (1983). Ten years later, in 1917, he established his own practice in Baltimore. In 1925 he formed the firm of Palmer, Willis & Lamdin in partnership with John S. Willis and William D. Lamdin. Willis left the partnership in 1929, but Palmer & Lamdin continued until Lamdin's death in 1945.Richard Striner and Melissa Blair, [https://books.google.com/books?id=oFrCAwAAQBAJ Washington and Baltimore Art Deco: A Design History of Neighboring Cities] (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014): 201. Palmer then formed a new partnership with architects L. McLane Fisher, Carroll R. Williams Jr. and Charles M. Nes Jr.{{cite news|title=Display Ad 41 -- No Title|date=Oct 27, 1945|work=The Baltimore Sun|page=14|via=ProQuest}} He also replaced Lamdin on the State Board of Architects.{{cite news|title=Two named to State Architects Board|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=Jul 13, 1945|via=ProQuest|page=3}} Palmer's second partnership lasted until his death in 1952.{{cite news|title=ARCHITECTURE LEADER DIES AT HOME HERE|date=Feb 5, 1953|work=The Baltimore Sun|page=32|via=ProQuest}} The firm was then led by Fisher under the names Fisher, Williams, Nes & Campbell, Fisher, Nes, Campbell & Associates and Fisher, Nes, Campbell & Partners until his retirement in 1972 and then by Nes as Nes, Campbell & Partners and NCP Inc. until his own retirement in 1988."Charles M. Nes Jr. FAIA" in Architecture 78, no. 9 (September, 1989): 36. The firm did not last long after Nes's retirement, and was forfeited in 1995.Maryland corporation records

Palmer was elected chapter president of the Baltimore American Institute of Architects in 1926.{{cite news|title=Architects Name Two To Honorary Membership|date=Jan 23, 1926|work=The Baltimore Sun|page=7|via=ProQuest}} He was also named a Fellow of the A.I.A. national organization in 1948.{{cite news|title=Architects Fight Bad Construction|work=New York Times|date=Jun 25, 1948|via=ProQuest|page=41}} He served the Baltimore community through participation in the Homewood Building Committee, The Johns Hopkins University Advisory Board, the Goucher College Architectural Advisory Board, Baltimore City Planning Commission, and the Maryland Board of Examiners and its committee for Registration of Architects.

Palmer was married to Miss Jessie Loeffler, native of Pittsburgh and graduate of Goucher College.{{cite news|title=Riles Tomorrow For Mrs. Palmer|date=Feb 8, 1967|work=The Baltimore Sun|page=A13|via=ProQuest}} The two were married in 1907 by the Rev. Dr. Partridge. The ceremony was held in the backyard of the bride's brother, George Loeffler, on Woodworth Ave. The guests in attendance of the wedding consisted of family and a few close friends.{{cite news|title=Marriage Announcement 2 -- No Title|date=Jun 30, 1907|work=The Baltimore Sun|page=6|via=ProQuest}} Two years later he built a house for him and his wife on Longwood Rd. in Baltimore.{{cite news|title=To Build 42 Houses|date=Mar 20, 1909|work=The Baltimore Sun|page=9|via=ProQuest}}

He lived in several neighborhoods throughout Baltimore, including Roland Park and Homeland. Later on in his life he held several residences on Gibson Island, including a home at 7 Midvale Rd.{{cite news|title=Other 34 -- No Title|date=Feb 14, 1937|work=The Baltimore Sun|page=SC12|via=ProQuest}} and a home off Harbor Water Rd.{{cite news|title=Real Estate Deals And Building News|date=Apr 22, 1930|work=The Baltimore Sun|page=18|via=ProQuest}}

Palmer had one daughter, Anne Livingston Palmer, a 1931 graduate of The Bryn Mawr School. After earning a bachelor's degree in zoology in 1935 from Smith College, she studied sculpture and painting at the Phillips Gallery of Art in Washington.The Baltimore Sun. "Article Collections." Anne L. Sinclair-Smith, 94, homemaker, volunteer. March 16, 2006. Available from http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2006-03-16/news/0603160163_1_roland-park-school-of-medicine-smith {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908044726/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2006-03-16/news/0603160163_1_roland-park-school-of-medicine-smith |date=2012-09-08 }}. Internet; accessed 5 December 2010. Anne was married to the well-known cardiologist and professor, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110611052809/http://www.aucard.org/Memorials/Sinclaid%20Smith.html Dr. Bruce Sinclair-Smith], of Australia, in London, England on March 9, 1951.{{cite news|title=Married In London|date=Mar 18, 1951|work=The Baltimore Sun|page=B12|via=ProQuest}} The couple then resided in England where Dr. Sinclair-Smith had residency at London Heart Hospital.{{cite news|title='47 Debutante To Be Married|date=Mar 18, 1951|via=ProQuest|work=The Baltimore Sun|page=B12}} In late 1951, the couple would then move to Australia and then eventually back to the US.{{cite news|title=B. C. Sinclair-Smith Cardiologist, professor.|date=Jan 3, 1985|work=The Baltimore Sun|page=4D|via=ProQuest}} At the age of 65, Dr. Sinclair-Smith died on January 1, 1985, of stomach cancer. Anne Livingston Sinclair-Smith died at age 94 on March 9, 2006. The two were survived by their daughter Susanne Palmer Sinclair-Smith of Washington.

Palmer had one brother, Albert G. Palmer or Montgomery County, Maryland, and three sisters. The three sisters were Carrol R. Williams of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mrs. Thomas Janney Brown of Washington, D.C., and Mrs. Robert E. Robinson of Greenwich, Conn.{{cite news|title=Edward L. Palmer Dead|date=Dec 18, 1917|via=ProQuest|work=The Baltimore Sun|page=8}} His mother was Susan C. Palmer who died January 29, 1911.{{cite news|title=Died|date=Jan 31, 1911|via=ProQuest|work=The Baltimore Sun|page=6}} On his father's side, Palmer Jr. had 2 uncles and an aunt. They were John M. Palmer of Baltimore, Arthur W. Palmer of Louisville, Kentucky, and Mrs. Mary Palmer Beal of Montgomery County, Maryland.

Born in 1832, Palmer's father, Edward Livingston Palmer Sr. of Simpsonville, Howard County, Maryland, was one of Baltimore's widest known merchants in the late 1800s. His company of E.L. Palmer & Co. owned several fast moving clipper ships, of which Baltimore is known for. The company sailed all over the world, bringing back goods to the port of Baltimore. His business continued until the Baltimore Fire of 1904, when he retired the company to his partners creating Palmer, Harvey and Co. Edward Livingston Palmer Sr. died December 17, 1917.

• 1917: Hilton, Catonsville, Maryland{{cite web|url={{MHT url|id=651}}|title=Maryland Historical Trust|date=2008-10-05|work= National Register of Historic Places: Rockland|publisher=Maryland Historical Trust}}
• 1919–20: Lake Drive Apartments, Baltimore, Maryland{{cite web|url={{MHT url|id=1288}}|date=2008-11-21|title=Lake Drive Apartments, Baltimore City|publisher=Maryland Historical Trust}}
• 1924: [https://web.archive.org/web/20120315193124/http://spot-data.lib.unca.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2FPhotographs&CISOPTR=112&CISOBOX=1&REC=1 Biltmore Forest Country Club in Asheville, North Carolina]{{cite news|title=Asheville Holds Out Welcome|date=Nov 30, 1924|work=The Baltimore Sun|page=R4|via=ProQuest}}
• 1926: St. Casimir Church, Baltimore
• 1937: Goucher College{{cite news|title=Goucher Prepares For Its New Sites|date=Oct 31, 1937|via= ProQuest|work=The New York Times|page=49}}
• 1950 [https://web.archive.org/web/20110724001040/http://external.bcpl.lib.md.us/hcdo/images/700_799/7678001.jpg Sunpapers Building]{{cite news|title=2 Buildings Get Awards.|date=Nov 6, 1953|work=The Baltimore Sun|page=10|via=ProQuest}}

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