T.S. Christian

{{short description|American architect}}

T.S. Christian is the name of one or more builders of significant structures that are listed in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania and in North Carolina.{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

T.S. Christian was builder of at least two covered bridges in Pennsylvania in 1881:

• Creasyville Covered Bridge, built 1881, SR 683, Millville, PA, NRHP-listed
• Shoemaker Covered Bridge, built 1881, SR 19053, Iola, PA, NRHP-listed{{NRHP url|id=64000712|title=Covered Bridges of Columbia and Montour Counties TR}}

{{cite web| url = https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| title = National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania| publisher = CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System| format = Searchable database}} Note: This includes {{cite web| url = https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce_imagery/phmc_scans/H000378_01H.pdf| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Shoemaker Covered Bridge| accessdate = 2012-01-21| author = Bill Pennesi and Susan M. Zacher| date= n.d.}}

T.S. Christian, possibly the same or possibly a different person, was a building contractor in Durham, North Carolina,{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=64000454}} |title=Faculty Avenue Houses TR}} who built several houses in Queen Anne or similar styles, c.1890. They were the original group of faculty houses associated with a Trinity College, which became Duke University. The houses are:

• Bassett House, built 1891, 1017 W. Trinity Ave., Durham, NC, NRHP-listed
• Cranford-Wannamaker House, built 1891, 1019 W. Trinity Ave., Durham, NC, NRHP-listed
• Crowell House, built 1891, 504 Watts St., Durham, NC, NRHP-listed
• Pegram House, built 1891, 1019 Minerva Ave., Durham, NC, NRHP-listed

All four houses have been moved.

T.S. Christian served two-year terms starting in 1905, 1907, and 1915 in some Durham committee or legislative body.{{cite book|title=A History of Durham County |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4gyxDsR0t7QC&dq=T.S.+Christian+Durham&pg=PA455 |year=2011|edition=2nd|author=Jean Bradley Anderson|isbn = 978-0822349839}}