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Joseph Julian Patterson was born May 3, 1894, in Danville, Illinois. He was educated at the University of Illinois, graduating with a BS in architecture in 1917. After graduation he pursued graduate studies at the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College in Stillwater, Oklahoma. From 1919 to 1925 he was an instructor, later associate professor, in architecture at the college while also practicing in Stillwater with another professor under the name Redlich & Patterson. In 1925 he joined the office of Wyatt C. Hedrick in Fort Worth, and in 1932 entered practice in Fort Worth under the name Patterson & Teague. He joined Edward L. Wilson in the partnership of Wilson & Patterson in 1939."Patterson, Joseph (Julian)" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1956): 422-423. Wilson was a Chicago native and Armour Institute graduate who joined the Hedrick office the same year that Patterson had. In 1952 the partners made three employees associates, and the firm was renamed Wilson, Patterson & Associates."Wilson, Edward L(awrence)" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1956): 611. In 1958 the three were made full partners and the firm was renamed a second time to Wilson, Patterson, Sowden, Dunlap & Epperly."Wilson, Edward L(awrence)" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1962): 768. Wilson died in 1964, and in February 1968 the firm was renamed a third time to Patterson, Sowden, Dunlap & Epperly.Harold Monroe, "Business at work," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, December 17, 1967, 3E. Patterson retired from practice in 1973."J. J. Patterson, FW architect, to be buried," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, June 28, 1976, 3A.

Patterson joined the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in 1945. He was active in the Texas Society of Architects (TSA) and in the Fort Worth chapter. He served as a director of the TSA and as chapter president for 1952."Patterson, Joseph (Julian)" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1962): 537. He was elected a Fellow in 1962 in recognition of his design skills and his public service."College of Fellows" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1962): xxxiv. Patterson served as a consultant to John Ripley Forbes' National Foundation for Junior Museums from 1954 to 1964, as a member of the diocesan committee on architecture of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas from 1955 to 1960 and as a member of the planning committee of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce from 1962 to 1965."Patterson, Joseph Julian" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1970): 698.

Patterson's partner, Wilson, was elected a Fellow in 1957 in recognition of his service to the AIA. He was the first AIA Fellow from Fort Worth."College of Fellows" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1962): xxxvii.

Patterson was married in 1919 and had one child. He died June 26, 1976, at the age of 82.

In January 1976 the firm was renamed a fourth time to Sowden Kelley Barfield."Architects change name," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, January 11, 1976, 21C. Sowden retired in 1981 and the firm was dissolved."News of firms" in Texas Architect 31, no. 2 (March/April 1981): 88-90.

• 1951 – Second Church of Christ, Scientist, 1755 W Colorado Blvd, Dallas
• 1951 – William Thomas Waggoner estate building, 1700 Deaf Smith St, Vernon, TexasGerald Moorhead and contributors, Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains and West (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019): 325.
• 1952 – Mabee Hall, Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas
• 1952 – St. John's Episcopal Church, 2401 College Ave, Fort Worth, Texas
• 1952 – University Church of Christ, 733 E N 16th St, Abilene, TexasGerald Moorhead and contributors, Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains and West (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019): 310-311.

• 1954 – Fort Worth Museum of Science and History,{{efn|name=Dem|Demolished.}} 1600 Gendy St, Fort Worth, Texas
• 1955 – First Baptist Church, 709 N Lee Ave, Odessa, TexasGerald Moorhead and contributors, Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains and West (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019): 465.
• 1957 – Hurley Administration Building, University of North Texas, Denton, TexasGerald Moorhead and contributors, Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains and West (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019): 236.

• 1960 – Gainesville High School (former), 1201 Lindsay St, Gainesville, Texas
• 1960 – Woolf Hall, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
• 1966 – Fritz G. Lanham Federal Office Building,{{efn|name=Lanham|Designed by a joint venture of Wyatt C. Hedrick, Thomas E. Stanley and Wilson, Patterson, Sowden, Dunlap & Epperly.}} 819 Taylor St, Fort Worth, Texas"Exterior work nears finish on 14-story federal center," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, December 26, 1965, 2-2.
• 1968 – Fort Worth Convention Center,{{efn|name=Convention|Designed by a joint venture of Herman G. Cox, Hueppelsheuser & White, Preston M. Geren & Associates, Parker Croston Associates and Wilson, Patterson, Sowden, Dunlap & Epperly.}} 12 Houston St, Fort Worth, Texas"Project built by many," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, October 20, 1968, 28-H
• 1968 – Trinity High School, 500 N Industrial Blvd, Euless, Texas

• 1971 – First Methodist Church, 2600 E Main St, Gatesville, Texas"Famous methodist leader will take part in ground-breaking," Gatesville Messenger, June 4, 1970, 1.
• 1972 – Trinity Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 7120 W Cleburne Rd, Fort Worth, TexasFort Worth Star-Telegram, June 8, 1968, 4-A.
• 1979 – First Methodist Church, 217 E Grand Ave, Comanche, Texas"Methodists set Comanche work," Brownwood Bulletin, May 5, 1974, 10-A.

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