Normand Smith Patton

• Name — Normand Smith Patton • Born — 10 July 1852 • Birthplace — Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. • Died — 15 March 1915 • Place of death — Chicago, IL • Significant Buildings — * Armour Institute, 3300 S. Federal St., Chicago, IL, with Reynolds Fisher (1892-1893, extant.) • The Chicago Academy of Sciences, 2001 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL, With Reynolds Fisher (pictured above, 1893, extant.)

Patton was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the son of the Reverend William Weston and Mary Boardman Patton (née Smith). He received a BA from Amherst College in 1873 and an MA in 1876, also from Amherst. He also attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology while he pursued his graduate studies at Amherst.

• Illustration — Armour Institute - Now Illinois Institute of Technology Patton's firm specialized in public buildings and from 1896 to 1898 he was the architect for the Chicago Board of Education. Other noted architects from the period affiliated with the school board included August Fiedler (1893-1896), Robert Seyfarth (1895-?) and William B. Mundie (1898-1904). Patton and his firm were responsible for many public school buildings in Chicago and in other cities. He is responsible for the Fiske building on the Wichita State University campus. He also designed libraries at Oberlin College (1905-1908, Indiana University, and Augustana College. He was also responsible for the campus plan of Carleton College. He designed the Skinner Memorial Chapel at Carleton College but died before its completion.