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Cyrus Edgar Silling was born June 12, 1899, in Palmer, West Virginia, to Cyrus Killand Silling and Rebecca Virginia Silling, née Rust. He was educated at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, earning a BArch in 1920. After graduation he joined Warne, Tucker & Patteson, Charleston's leading architectural firm. In 1928 he became a partner in the reorganized Warne, Tucker, Silling & Hutchinson. The firm was incorporated as Warne–Tucker–Silling in 1932 and became Tucker & Silling in 1938 when senior partner H. Rus Warne withdrew. In 1951 Tucker also withdrew, and Silling continued the firm under the name C. E. Silling & Associates."Silling, Cyrus Edgar" in Who's Who in America, 39th ed. (Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1976): 2882."Silling, C(yrus) E(dgar)" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1956): 506-507.

In 1977 Silling retired, and his partners reorganized the firm as Silling Associates.Otis K. Rice, Charleston and the Kanawha Valley: An Illustrated History (Windsor Publications, 1981): 126. The firm has continued to the present day (2024) as Silling Architects, and is the oldest active architectural firm in West Virginia.

Silling was a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and was highly active in the West Virginia chapter, serving as president and secretary–treasurer. From 1951 to 1953 he was a member of the AIA board of directors. In 1952 he was elected a Fellow of the AIA in recognition of his service to the organization."39 new A. I. A. Fellows named" in Architectural Record 111, no. 5 (May, 1952): 12.

Silling was married in 1920 to Marian Lillian Reddington. They had one child, a son.

In addition to his professional associations, Silling was a member of local fraternal and business associations. He was a congregant of St. John's Episcopal Church, where in 1928 the firm of Warne, Tucker, Silling & Hutchinson had completed the parish house.

Silling died June 6, 1993, in Charleston at the age of 94."Cyrus E. Silling," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 9, 1993, B5.

• 1939 – Huttonsville Correctional Center, US-250, Huttonsville, West Virginia
• 1940 – Stonewall Jackson High School (former), 812 Park Ave, Charleston, West VirginiaAmerican School Board Journal 100, no. 1 (January, 1940): 63.
• 1942 – Fleming Hall, West Virginia State University, Institute, West Virginia"West Virginia State's New Building" in Crisis (December, 1942): 370.
• 1942 – White Hall, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West VirginiaS. Allen Chambers Jr., Buildings of West Virginia (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004): 393.
• 1943 – Eastham House alterations, US-35, Point Pleasant, West VirginiaS. Allen Chambers Jr., Buildings of West Virginia (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004): 277.
• 1949 – Passenger terminal, Yeager Airport, Charleston, West Virginia
• 1951 – Charleston Memorial Hospital, 3200 MacCorkle Ave SE, Charleston, West VirginiaEngineering News-Record 142, no. 16 (April 21, 1949): 43.
• 1951 – Drain–Jordan Library, West Virginia State University, Institute, West VirginiaWest Virginia Libraries 3, no. 3 (August, 1950): 5.
• 1952 – Hamblin Hall, West Virginia State University, Institute, West VirginiaCrisis 57, no. 5 (May, 1950): 331.

• 1954 – West Virginia Capitol Complex Building 4, 112 California Ave, Charleston, West VirginiaJim Wallace, [https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_History_of_the_West_Virginia_Capitol_T/EZt2CQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 A History of the West Virginia Capitol: The House of State] (Charleston: History Press, 2012)
• 1957 – Basic Sciences Building, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West VirginiaS. Allen Chambers Jr., Buildings of West Virginia (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004): 394.
• 1960 – Federal Office Building, 502 8th St, Huntington, West Virginia"Silling, Cyrus Edgar" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1970): 838.
• 1960 – University Hospital, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia
• 1961 – Engineering Sciences Building, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia"Small office with a large view" in Architectural Record (September, 1963): 217-220.
• 1961 – Federal Center,{{efn|name=Greife|Designed by Greife & Daley and C. E. Silling & Associates, associated architects.}} 500 Quarrier St, Charleston, West Virginia"Speakers Stress Future Role Of Federal Building," Charleston Daily Mail, October 12, 1961, 16.
• 1963 – Reynolds Memorial Hospital, 800 Wheeling Ave, Glen Dale, West Virginia
• 1968 – Federal Correctional Institution, Morgantown, 446 Green Bag Rd, Morgantown, West VirginiaAIA Journal (September, 1971): 18.
• 1969 – One Commerce Square, 900 Lee St, Charleston, West VirginiaS. Allen Chambers Jr., Buildings of West Virginia (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004): 63.
• 1970 – Sullivan Hall, West Virginia State University, Institute, West Virginia (1970)S. Allen Chambers Jr., Buildings of West Virginia (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004): 102-104.
• 1970 – Wallace Hall, West Virginia State University, Institute, West Virginia
• 1970 – WVU Coliseum, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
• 1976 – West Virginia State Museum, 1900 Kanawha Blvd E, Charleston, West VirginiaS. Allen Chambers Jr., Buildings of West Virginia (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004): 78.

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