# Arch B. Swank Jr.

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{{short description|American architect (1913–1999)}}

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| birth_name         = Arch Berry Swank Jr.
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1913|6|2}}
| birth_place        = [Wills Point, Texas](/source/Wills_Point%2C_Texas), US
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|1999|1|15|1913|6|2}}
| death_place        = [Dallas](/source/Dallas), Texas, US
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| education          = [Texas A&M University](/source/Texas_A%26M_University)
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| spouse             = Patsy Swank
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'''Arch Berry Swank Jr.''' (June 2, 1913 – January 15, 1999) was an American architect.

==Biography==

===Early life===
Swank was born in [Wills Point, Texas](/source/Wills_Point%2C_Texas), on June 2, 1913.<ref name="archival">[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utaaa/00082/aaa-00082.html Texas Archival Resources Online]{{Dead link|date=July 2025|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref name="tamu">{{Cite web |title=Arch B. Swank, Jr. - Past Honorees - College of Architecture |url=https://www.arch.tamu.edu/community/formerstudents/outstanding-alumni/past-honorees/84/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311022751/https://www.arch.tamu.edu/community/formerstudents/outstanding-alumni/past-honorees/84/ |archive-date=2016-03-11 |access-date=2025-07-05 |website=www.arch.tamu.edu |language=en}}</ref> He graduated from [Texas A&M University](/source/Texas_A%26M_University) in [College Station, Texas](/source/College_Station%2C_Texas) in 1936.<ref name="tamu"/> He served in the [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army) during the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War).<ref name="archival"/><ref name="tamu"/>

===Career===
[[File:Little Chapel in the Woods in Denton, Texas.jpg|thumb|right|[Little Chapel in the Woods](/source/Little_Chapel_in_the_Woods) in Denton, Texas.]]
From 1937 to 1941, he worked with architect [O'Neil Ford](/source/O'Neil_Ford) (1905–1982).<ref name="archival"/><ref name="tamu"/> Together, and alongside [Preston Geren Sr.](/source/Preston_Geren_Sr.) (1891–1969), they designed the [Little Chapel in the Woods](/source/Little_Chapel_in_the_Woods) in [Denton, Texas](/source/Denton%2C_Texas).<ref name="archival"/><ref name="tamu"/><ref>{{Cite book |last=Caraway |first=Georgia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rSEDYqnm6wsC&dq=Arch+B.+Swank+architect&pg=PA77 |title=Denton |last2=Cupit |first2=Kim |date=2009 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-0-7385-7854-5 |language=en}}</ref>

From the end of World War II to 1952, he worked with architect [Roscoe DeWitt](/source/Roscoe_DeWitt) (1894–1975).<ref name="archival"/><ref name="tamu"/> Together, they designed buildings of the [Parkland Memorial Hospital](/source/Parkland_Memorial_Hospital), two [Neiman Marcus](/source/Neiman_Marcus) stores, and [Stanley Marcus](/source/Stanley_Marcus)'s private residence, all in [Dallas](/source/Dallas).<ref name="monuments">{{Cite web |title=The Heroes {{!}} Monuments Men and Women Foundation |url=https://www.monumentsmenandwomenfnd.org/the-heroes/the-monuments-men/dewitt-maj.-roscoe-p. |access-date=2025-07-05 |website=MonumentsMenWomenFnd |language=en}}</ref> Additionally, in [Jacksonville, Florida](/source/Jacksonville%2C_Florida), they designed the [St. Vincent’s Medical Center](/source/St._Vincent's_Medical_Center_Southside).<ref name="monuments"/> In 1951, he became President of the Dallas chapter of the [American Institute of Architects](/source/American_Institute_of_Architects).<ref name="archival"/><ref name="tamu"/>

Together with O'Neil Ford, [Richard Stewart Colley](/source/Richard_Stewart_Colley) (1910–1983) and planner [Sam Zisman](/source/Sam_Zisman) (1908-1970), he designed the headquarters of [Texas Instruments](/source/Texas_Instruments) in [Richardson, Texas](/source/Richardson%2C_Texas) in 1958.<ref name="archival"/><ref name="tamu"/> Together, alongside [Felix Candela](/source/Felix_Candela) (1910–1997), they also designed the industrial park for the [Great Southwest Corporation](/source/Great_Southwest_Corporation) in [Arlington, Texas](/source/Arlington%2C_Texas).<ref name="archival"/><ref name="tamu"/>

He continued a private architectural practise from 1955 to the late 1970s.<ref name="archival"/> During that time, he designed the United Presbyterian Homes, a housing project for needy children and the elderly in [Waxahachie, Texas](/source/Waxahachie%2C_Texas).<ref name="archival"/><ref name="tamu"/> He also designed a detention facility and a courthouse annex in [Kerr County, Texas](/source/Kerr_County%2C_Texas).<ref name="archival"/><ref name="tamu"/>

===Personal life and death===
He was married to Patsy Swank, a journalist.<ref name="archival"/>

He died on January 15, 1999, aged 85, in Dallas.<ref name="archival"/><ref name="tamu"/>

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Category:1913 births
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Category:20th-century American architects
Category:Artists from Dallas
Category:People from Wills Point, Texas
Category:Texas A&M University alumni
Category:United States Army personnel of World War II

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