Edward Buehler Delk

Edward Buehler Delk (1885 -1956) was a prominent architect who designed many landmark buildings in the Midwest and Southwest regions of The United States.

Delk was born in 22 Sep 1885 Schoharie, New York. He graduated from University of Pennsylvania in 1907. After serving in the Army Air Corps during World War I where he studied at the University of London after the war.

Among his most famous works were Spanish Colonial Revival Style architecture buildings in the 1920s for Kansas City developer J.C. Nichols and Oklahoma oilman Waite Phillips.

On September 1st 1956 Edward B. Delk died unexpectedly at sea aboard the S. S. Excambion, while returning with his wife Jane from a trip to Europe. He was buried in Philadelphia.

Notable structures

*Country Club Plaza (1920) – Kansas City, Missouri
*Villa Philmonte (1926) – Cimarron, New Mexico
*Philbrook Museum of Art (1927) – Tulsa, Oklahoma
*Philtower (1927) - Tulsa
*Community Christian Church (1940) (taken over from Frank Lloyd Wright – Kansas City
*Starlight Theatre (Kansas City) (1951) – Kansas City

References

* [http://www.kclibrary.org/localhistory/media.cfm?mediaID=34795 Kansas City Public Library resources]
* [http://www.tulsaarchitecture.com/Architects/Delk.htm Tulsaarhitecure.com Delk profile]