Kenneth M. Murchison (1872-15/15/1938) New York, New York (F.A.I.A.)

Born and educated in New York, he attended Columbia University, and following graduation in 1894, completed his professional studies at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, 1897-1900.

Opening an office in New York in 1902, Murchison soon established a successful practice, known as the architect of a number of noteworthy buildings. His first important commission was for the D.L.& M. Terminal Buildings at Hoboken and Buffalo, about 1906, later he designed other Railroad Terminals, also various public and commercial buildings, the most important of which were the Union Railroad Station at Baltimore, 1912; Union Terminal, Jacksonville, Florida, 1917; Building for the S.S. Manson Company, 1921; First National Bank Buildings, Hoboken, New York, new Colonial Hotel, Nassau, British West Indies; Dunes Country Club, Narragansett, Rhode Island, and the Marine Hospital on Staten Island. He was also associated with Raymond Hood on the Beaux Arts Apartments in New York, and other apartment buildings.

During his active years he was prominent in professional circles in New York, Murchison had been a member of the New York Chapter, A.I.A. from 1911 until his death, and was also affiliated with the Architectural League and the Beaux Arts Society of Architects.