Edwin May (architect)

{{short description|American architect}}

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| birth_date = July 23, 1823

| birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1880|02|27|1823|07|23}}

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| nationality = American

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| significant_buildings = Indiana State House

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Edwin May (1823–1880) was an American architect based in Indianapolis, Indiana. He designed several county courthouses, the Indiana State House and other public hospital and school buildings, including the Horace Mann Public School No. 13.{{cite web| url = https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/welcome.html| title = Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) | publisher = Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology | format = Searchable database| accessdate = 2016-08-01}} Note: This includes {{cite web| url =https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/2162a/N/Horace_Mann_Public_School_13_Marion_CO_Nom.pdf| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Horace Mann Public School No. 13 | accessdate = 2016-08-01| author=Harriet O'Connor| date=January 1986}} He also received patents for his fireproofing designs. During the construction of his final project, the Indiana State House, he became paralyzed, traveled to Jacksonville, Florida to recover and died. Adolph Scherrer took over the project.

He was born in Boston, Massachusetts.[https://books.google.com/books?id=bg13QcMSsq8C&pg=PA980 The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis] pages 623, 980 Louis Henry Gibson worked as a draftsman in his office.