Arthur Loomis (1/23/1857-1/7/1934) Louisville, Kentucky (A.I.A.)

Born at Westfield, Massachusetts, he was taken in boyhood by his parents to Louisville and completed his education in that city. Befinning architectural study at an early age in the office of Charles J. Clarke, he continued as draftsman and was subsequently taken into partnership, Clarke & Loomis, and practiced under that name from 1891 to 1908. In a later period he was associated briefly with Julius Hartman, and finally, in the last phase of his career, carried on his work alone, completing a period of forty-five years of professional practice.

Loomis was an active member of the old Louisville Chapter, a charter member in 1908 of the Kentucky Chapter, A.I.A., and its first president. Among his most important works in Louisville were the Speed Office Building, 1914 and the Speed Museum at the University of Louisville. Also, in Association with James Gamble Rogers, he designed the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.