Otto Eugene Adams [SEP] date of birth
Otto Eugene Adams
Otto Eugene Adams (Sr.) (November 1, 1889 – January 31, 1968), the architect, was born in Baltimore, MD, on November 1, 1889, to a family with Baltimore and German ancestry.
Family.
Adams' father, Henry Adams, was an emigrant from Duisburg, (Prussia) Germany and a successful engineer who enjoyed considerable professional prominence due to his work with the District of Columbia government buildings, and his pioneering and organization of the ASHVE. At
the Towson facility is credited to Otto Eugene Adams, a Maryland architect. The original building, a brick Colonial structure, contained accommodations for 80 girls, an assembly hall, infirmary, play rooms, and other features. Several outbuildings were to have been added at a later date, but were never completed. Thomas Hicks & Son Inc., were contracted to erect the building, the original cost being estimated at $100,000.
A dedication of the completed home, presided over by Methodist Episcopal Bishop William McDowell, occurred in