T. David Fitz-Gibbon
The position which T. David Fitz-Gibbon occupies among his colleagues in the architectural profession may be measured somewhat by the fact that he is a former president of the Virginia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. He has won additional stature through his work on an official committee which simplified and organized the plumbing code for the City of Norfolk and his service on the Plumbing Appeal Board and the Electrical Examining Board. Many structures of great beauty and utility, residential, industrial, commercial, religious and educational, stand in various parts of Norfolk and elsewhere as monuments to his craftsmanship.
Mr. Fitz-Gibbon, a native of the region he serves, was born in Norfolk on April 12, 1895, the son of Thomas Shanahan and Mary (Cregan) Fitz-Gibbon. His father, who was a grocer and who served on the Norfolk City Council, came to America with his parents from Ireland. T. David Fitz-Gibbon's mother was born in Maryland on May I, 1870, and died in Norfolk on March 12, 1948. His father was born in Limerick, Ireland, on April 24, 1864, and died in Norfolk on January 2, 1938. He was the son of David Fitz-Gibbon and an uncle of Dr. Maurice Fitz-Gibbon, who was a prominent physician in Norfolk.
The architect began his education at St. Mary's Academy, Norfolk, where he was graduated in 1908. He spent the next year at Mount St. Joseph's College, Baltimore, first pursued the study of architecture at the Maryland Architectural Institute, also in Baltimore. He followed up with architectural studies at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh and in the next seven years served as draftsman and architect with various firms.
In 1921, Mr. Fitz-Gibbon participated in the formation of the firm of Carlow, Browne and Fitz-Gibbon, with which he was associated until 1936. Since that year he has been in practice independently, with offices in the Royster Building. When he was with the firm of Carlow, Browne and Fitz-Gibbon, Mr. Fitz-Gibbon collaborated in the design of the Virginia Electric Power Company's office building, the DePaul Hospital, the First Lutheran Church of Norfolk and the Larchmont School.
In association with other architects Fitz-Gibbon designed the Norfolk Civic Auditorium (aka the Center Theater, later the Harrison Opera House), the Catholic High School of Norfolk, the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Science Building and others and was consulting architect in the development of the Young Park Housing Project of the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority, with its one thousand units. He designed the remodeling of banks and other commercial structures as well as numerous residences in greater Tidewater [including at 408 52nd Street, 300 Bay Colony Dr, 4510 Holly Rd, 301 51st and 313 51st, Virginia Beach -- the latter two having been his personal residences].
Among Fitz-Gibbon's solo credits are the Norfolk headquarters of the Virginia Electric Power Company, the Smith Douglas Office Building in Norfolk [which later became the Virginia Natural
Gas Headquarters and later still the Union Mission of Norfolk], the Colonial Avenue Branch of the National Bank of Commerce of Norfolk (later a branch of Wells Fargo Bank), the sixteen-story Mayflower Seaside Apartments in Virginia Beach, the Ocean Garden Apartments at Ocean View, the Grandy Park Housing project of the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority and the James Barry Robinson Home for Boys.
In 1945 Fitz-Gibbon served on the Norfolk City Committee for Compiling the Plumbing Code and since £946 has been on the Plumbing Appeal Board and the Electrical Examining Board. Since 1945 he has been chairman of the board of trustees of the James Barry Robinson Home for Boys. Besides the American Institute of Architects, he is a member of the Princess Anne Country Club at Virginia Beach, the Engineers Club at Hampton Roads and is a communicant of the Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church at Virginia Beach.
After his death, his estate endowed a building program at Barry Robinson School, as well as visiting architectural professorships at UVA and Carnegie Mellon. His Trust funded the Monticello Cabinet of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation [and bequeathed the largest endowment to the Virginia Society of the American Institute of Architects. That organization annually awards The T. David Fitz-gibbon Architecture Firm Award.]
Excerpted from page 56 of volume 3 of Rogers Dey Whichard's 3-volume set "The History of Lower Tidewater, Virginia" New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1959. [with 2022 updates]
Bio Courtesy of Patrick Masterson
The position which T. David Fitz-Gibbon occupies among his colleagues in the architectural profession may be measured somewhat by the fact that he is a former president of the Virginia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. He has won additional stature through his work on an official committee which simplified and organized the plumbing code for the City of Norfolk and his service on the Plumbing Appeal Board and the Electrical Examining Board. Many structures of great beauty and utility, residential, industrial, commercial, religious and educational, stand in various parts of Norfolk and elsewhere as monuments to his craftsmanship.
Mr. Fitz-Gibbon, a native of the region he serves, was born in Norfolk on April 12, 1895, the son of Thomas Shanahan and Mary (Cregan) Fitz-Gibbon. His father, who was a grocer and who served on the Norfolk City Council, came to America with his parents from Ireland. T. David Fitz-Gibbon's mother was born in Maryland on May I, 1870, and died in Norfolk on March 12, 1948. His father was born in Limerick, Ireland, on April 24, 1864, and died in Norfolk on January 2, 1938. He was the son of David Fitz-Gibbon and an uncle of Dr. Maurice Fitz-Gibbon, who was a prominent physician in Norfolk.
The architect began his education at St. Mary's Academy, Norfolk, where he was graduated in 1908. He spent the next year at Mount St. Joseph's College, Baltimore, first pursued the study of architecture at the Maryland Architectural Institute, also in Baltimore. He followed up with architectural studies at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh and in the next seven years served as draftsman and architect with various firms.
In 1921, Mr. Fitz-Gibbon participated in the formation of the firm of Carlow, Browne and Fitz-Gibbon, with which he was associated until 1936. Since that year he has been in practice independently, with offices in the Royster Building. When he was with the firm of Carlow, Browne and Fitz-Gibbon, Mr. Fitz-Gibbon collaborated in the design of the Virginia Electric Power Company's office building, the DePaul Hospital, the First Lutheran Church of Norfolk and the Larchmont School.
In association with other architects Fitz-Gibbon designed the Norfolk Civic Auditorium (aka the Center Theater, later the Harrison Opera House), the Catholic High School of Norfolk, the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Science Building and others and was consulting architect in the development of the Young Park Housing Project of the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority, with its one thousand units. He designed the remodeling of banks and other commercial structures as well as numerous residences in greater Tidewater [including at 408 52nd Street, 300 Bay Colony Dr, 4510 Holly Rd, 301 51st and 313 51st, Virginia Beach -- the latter two having been his personal residences].
Among Fitz-Gibbon's solo credits are the Norfolk headquarters of the Virginia Electric Power Company, the Smith Douglas Office Building in Norfolk [which later became the Virginia Natural
Gas Headquarters and later still the Union Mission of Norfolk], the Colonial Avenue Branch of the National Bank of Commerce of Norfolk (later a branch of Wells Fargo Bank), the sixteen-story Mayflower Seaside Apartments in Virginia Beach, the Ocean Garden Apartments at Ocean View, the Grandy Park Housing project of the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority and the James Barry Robinson Home for Boys.
In 1945 Fitz-Gibbon served on the Norfolk City Committee for Compiling the Plumbing Code and since £946 has been on the Plumbing Appeal Board and the Electrical Examining Board. Since 1945 he has been chairman of the board of trustees of the James Barry Robinson Home for Boys. Besides the American Institute of Architects, he is a member of the Princess Anne Country Club at Virginia Beach, the Engineers Club at Hampton Roads and is a communicant of the Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church at Virginia Beach.
After his death, his estate endowed a building program at Barry Robinson School, as well as visiting architectural professorships at UVA and Carnegie Mellon. His Trust funded the Monticello Cabinet of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation [and bequeathed the largest endowment to the Virginia Society of the American Institute of Architects. That organization annually awards The T. David Fitz-gibbon Architecture Firm Award.]
Excerpted from page 56 of volume 3 of Rogers Dey Whichard's 3-volume set "The History of Lower Tidewater, Virginia" New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1959. [with 2022 updates]
Bio Courtesy of Patrick Masterson
T. David Fitz-Gibbon
The position which T. David Fitz-Gibbon occupies among his colleagues in the architectural profession may be measured somewhat by the fact that he is a former president of the Virginia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. He has won additional stature through his work on an official committee which simplified and organized the plumbing code for the City of Norfolk and his service on the Plumbing Appeal Board and the Electrical Examining Board. Many structures of great beauty and utility, residential, industrial, commercial, religious and educational, stand in various parts of Norfolk and elsewhere as monuments to his craftsmanship.
Mr. Fitz-Gibbon, a native of the region he serves, was born in Norfolk on April 12, 1895, the son of Thomas Shanahan and Mary (Cregan) Fitz-Gibbon. His father, who was a grocer and who served on the Norfolk City Council, came to America with his parents from Ireland. T. David Fitz-Gibbon's mother was born in Maryland on May I, 1870, and died in Norfolk on March 12, 1948. His father was born in Limerick, Ireland, on April 24, 1864, and died in Norfolk on January 2, 1938. He was the son of David Fitz-Gibbon and an uncle of Dr. Maurice Fitz-Gibbon, who was a prominent physician in Norfolk.
The architect began his education at St. Mary's Academy, Norfolk, where he was graduated in 1908. He spent the next year at Mount St. Joseph's College, Baltimore, first pursued the study of architecture at the Maryland Architectural Institute, also in Baltimore. He followed up with architectural studies at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh and in the next seven years served as draftsman and architect with various firms.
In 1921, Mr. Fitz-Gibbon participated in the formation of the firm of Carlow, Browne and Fitz-Gibbon, with which he was associated until 1936. Since that year he has been in practice independently, with offices in the Royster Building. When he was with the firm of Carlow, Browne and Fitz-Gibbon, Mr. Fitz-Gibbon collaborated in the design of the Virginia Electric Power Company's office building, the DePaul Hospital, the First Lutheran Church of Norfolk and the Larchmont School.
In association with other architects Fitz-Gibbon designed the Norfolk Civic Auditorium (aka the Center Theater, later the Harrison Opera House), the Catholic High School of Norfolk, the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Science Building and others and was consulting architect in the development of the Young Park Housing Project of the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority, with its one thousand units. He designed the remodeling of banks and other commercial structures as well as numerous residences in greater Tidewater [including at 408 52nd Street, 300 Bay Colony Dr, 4510 Holly Rd, 301 51st and 313 51st, Virginia Beach -- the latter two having been his personal residences].
Among Fitz-Gibbon's solo credits are the Norfolk headquarters of the Virginia Electric Power Company, the Smith Douglas Office Building in Norfolk [which later became the Virginia Natural
Gas Headquarters and later still the Union Mission of Norfolk], the Colonial Avenue Branch of the National Bank of Commerce of Norfolk (later a branch of Wells Fargo Bank), the sixteen-story Mayflower Seaside Apartments in Virginia Beach, the Ocean Garden Apartments at Ocean View, the Grandy Park Housing project of the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority and the James Barry Robinson Home for Boys.
In 1945 Fitz-Gibbon served on the Norfolk City Committee for Compiling the Plumbing Code and since £946 has been on the Plumbing Appeal Board and the Electrical Examining Board. Since 1945 he has been chairman of the board of trustees of the James Barry Robinson Home for Boys. Besides the American Institute of Architects, he is a member of the Princess Anne Country Club at Virginia Beach, the Engineers Club at Hampton Roads and is a communicant of the Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church at Virginia Beach.
After his death, his estate endowed a building program at Barry Robinson School, as well as visiting architectural professorships at UVA and Carnegie Mellon. His Trust funded the Monticello Cabinet of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation [and bequeathed the largest endowment to the Virginia Society of the American Institute of Architects. That organization annually awards The T. David Fitz-gibbon Architecture Firm Award.]
Excerpted from page 56 of volume 3 of Rogers Dey Whichard's 3-volume set "The History of Lower Tidewater, Virginia" New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1959. [with 2022 updates]
Bio Courtesy of Patrick Masterson
The position which T. David Fitz-Gibbon occupies among his colleagues in the architectural profession may be measured somewhat by the fact that he is a former president of the Virginia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. He has won additional stature through his work on an official committee which simplified and organized the plumbing code for the City of Norfolk and his service on the Plumbing Appeal Board and the Electrical Examining Board. Many structures of great beauty and utility, residential, industrial, commercial, religious and educational, stand in various parts of Norfolk and elsewhere as monuments to his craftsmanship.
Mr. Fitz-Gibbon, a native of the region he serves, was born in Norfolk on April 12, 1895, the son of Thomas Shanahan and Mary (Cregan) Fitz-Gibbon. His father, who was a grocer and who served on the Norfolk City Council, came to America with his parents from Ireland. T. David Fitz-Gibbon's mother was born in Maryland on May I, 1870, and died in Norfolk on March 12, 1948. His father was born in Limerick, Ireland, on April 24, 1864, and died in Norfolk on January 2, 1938. He was the son of David Fitz-Gibbon and an uncle of Dr. Maurice Fitz-Gibbon, who was a prominent physician in Norfolk.
The architect began his education at St. Mary's Academy, Norfolk, where he was graduated in 1908. He spent the next year at Mount St. Joseph's College, Baltimore, first pursued the study of architecture at the Maryland Architectural Institute, also in Baltimore. He followed up with architectural studies at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh and in the next seven years served as draftsman and architect with various firms.
In 1921, Mr. Fitz-Gibbon participated in the formation of the firm of Carlow, Browne and Fitz-Gibbon, with which he was associated until 1936. Since that year he has been in practice independently, with offices in the Royster Building. When he was with the firm of Carlow, Browne and Fitz-Gibbon, Mr. Fitz-Gibbon collaborated in the design of the Virginia Electric Power Company's office building, the DePaul Hospital, the First Lutheran Church of Norfolk and the Larchmont School.
In association with other architects Fitz-Gibbon designed the Norfolk Civic Auditorium (aka the Center Theater, later the Harrison Opera House), the Catholic High School of Norfolk, the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Science Building and others and was consulting architect in the development of the Young Park Housing Project of the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority, with its one thousand units. He designed the remodeling of banks and other commercial structures as well as numerous residences in greater Tidewater [including at 408 52nd Street, 300 Bay Colony Dr, 4510 Holly Rd, 301 51st and 313 51st, Virginia Beach -- the latter two having been his personal residences].
Among Fitz-Gibbon's solo credits are the Norfolk headquarters of the Virginia Electric Power Company, the Smith Douglas Office Building in Norfolk [which later became the Virginia Natural
Gas Headquarters and later still the Union Mission of Norfolk], the Colonial Avenue Branch of the National Bank of Commerce of Norfolk (later a branch of Wells Fargo Bank), the sixteen-story Mayflower Seaside Apartments in Virginia Beach, the Ocean Garden Apartments at Ocean View, the Grandy Park Housing project of the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority and the James Barry Robinson Home for Boys.
In 1945 Fitz-Gibbon served on the Norfolk City Committee for Compiling the Plumbing Code and since £946 has been on the Plumbing Appeal Board and the Electrical Examining Board. Since 1945 he has been chairman of the board of trustees of the James Barry Robinson Home for Boys. Besides the American Institute of Architects, he is a member of the Princess Anne Country Club at Virginia Beach, the Engineers Club at Hampton Roads and is a communicant of the Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church at Virginia Beach.
After his death, his estate endowed a building program at Barry Robinson School, as well as visiting architectural professorships at UVA and Carnegie Mellon. His Trust funded the Monticello Cabinet of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation [and bequeathed the largest endowment to the Virginia Society of the American Institute of Architects. That organization annually awards The T. David Fitz-gibbon Architecture Firm Award.]
Excerpted from page 56 of volume 3 of Rogers Dey Whichard's 3-volume set "The History of Lower Tidewater, Virginia" New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1959. [with 2022 updates]
Bio Courtesy of Patrick Masterson
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