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In 1992, a year following Boynton's death, Motley acquired Smithey \u0026 Boynton and renamed the firm Motley + Associates.","Smithey \u0026 Boynton designed several structures over the years, including the Christ Episcopal Church, the South Roanoke Fire Station, the Shenandoah Life Building, McClanaham Street Office Building, and the American Theater Building, all in Roanoke. The firm also designed Lane Stadium at Virginia Tech and the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg. The firm became best known for building public schools, even using the same basic layout for numerous schools. Smithey \u0026 Boynton had nearly 150 school design commissions during the period of 1945 thru 1953 in at least 19 counties and 10 cities.","\nHenry B. Boynton was born in West Chicago, Illinois, in 1899 and grew up in Amelia County, Virginia. He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute with a B.S. in Agricultural Engineering in 1921 and a B.S. in Civil Engineering in 1923. Boyton then spent a year at the University of Illinois in Urbana taking architecture classes. He became a registered architect in Virginia in 1930 and later registered in West Virginia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.","From 1924 to 1928, Boynton worked as a draftsman at Carneal \u0026 Johnston, Architects \u0026 Engineers, in Richmond, Virginia. In 1929, he joined Louis Phillipe Smithey, Architect \u0026 Engineer, in Roanoke, Virginia, as an associate. In 1935, Boynton and Smithey partnered to form Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers, in Roanoke. Boynton became senior partner of the firm when Smithey retired in 1963.","Boynton was affiliated with the Virginia Chapter (later the Virginia Society \u0026 Blue Ridge Chapter) of the American Institute of Architects from 1938 until his death. He served on the board of directors in 1952, 1953, and 1956; as vice-president in 1954; and as president in 1955. He was a member of the State Registration Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, and Land Surveyors, as a Governor's appointee, from 1962 to 1972, serving as President of the Board in 1967. He received a distinguished service award in 1980 and the Noland Award in 1989, both from the Virginia Society \u0026 Blue Ridge Chapter of the AIA.","Boynton served in the Army Corps of Engineers during World War II, rising to the rank of Colonel. He was a member of the Virginia Tech Alumni Board of Directors from 1969 to 1979 and Chair of its Annual Fund Committee from 1973 to 1979. He also served on the Board of the VPI Educational Foundation, Inc., from 1978 to 1982. In 1976, Boynton received the Virginia Tech Alumni Distinguished Service.","Boynton died on September 13, 1991, at the age of 92, at his home in Roanoke.","The son of William Rosser Smithey and Mannie Jane Elizabeth Greene, Louis Philippe Smithey was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, on June 7, 1890. He earned his bachelor and master's degrees at Randolph-Macon College in 1909 and 1910, respectively, and was an alumnus member of Phi Beta Kappa there. He was an instructor and special student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute from 1910 to 1914 and a special student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1914 to 1915.","Smithey was a registered architect in Virginia and West Virginia. A fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), he served as president of the Virginia chapter of AIA in 1940. ","Smithey worked as a draftsman and contracting engineer for Virginia Bridge \u0026 Iron Company in Roanoke from 1916 to 1918. After serving in the army in World War I, he was contracting engineer for Virginia Bridge \u0026 Iron Company again in 1919 and 1920. He practiced as Louis P. Smithey from 1920 to 1922, with Matthews H. Tardy as Smithey \u0026 Tardy from 1922 to 1927, and again as Louis P. Smithey from 1927 to 1935. ","The Smithey \u0026 Boynton partnership formed in 1935 with Henry B. Boynton. Prior to World War II, the firm served as consulting architects for the Roanoke City School Board and Roanoke County School Board for approximately eight years and handled school buildings in Franklin County, Montgomery County, Alleghany County, Pulaski County, and the City of Waynesboro.","While the company was closed during World War II, Smithey served in the U.S. Army as Lt. Colonel from 1942 thru 1945. ","Following the war, Smithey \u0026 Boynton were commissioned as architects or consulting architects on public school work in Virginia valued at approximately $31 million, distributed in 25 School Divisions of the state. Smithey retired from professional practice in 1963. ","On June 11, 1938, Smithey married Dorothy Terrill, and they had daughter Nancy Terrill Smithey on March 10, 1940. He and his family lived in Roanoke. Smithey died on August 19, 1966.","The guide to the Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers Records by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).","Some processing, arrangement, and description of the Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers Records was completed between 1992 and 2009. The majority of the arrangement and description was completed between 2010 and 2019.","See the  Henry B. Boynton Papers, Ms1992-002 , also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives.","The collection contains project files and drawings related to more than 1,500 residences, churches, businesses, schools, and community buildings, predominantly in the Roanoke and Southwest Virginia area, designed by Smithey \u0026 Boynton, mostly between 1935 and 1957. Materials consist of project files, specifications, framed drawings and photographs, and architectural drawings. Records include designs by Smithey before he collaborated with Boynton, as well as designs by other firms of projects later redesigned by Smithey \u0026 Boynton. A small group of materials also relate to the firm of Johnson Associates International from 1968."," Please note: The list of projects/project files below does NOT include the rolled drawings currently being processed. Contact Special Collections for the current inventory of available drawings and how to access them.","Several oversize and/or framed photographs and drawings have been separated to the Art Collection, and several publications have been separated to the Rare Books Collection.","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. 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The firm also designed Lane Stadium at Virginia Tech and the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg. The firm became best known for building public schools, even using the same basic layout for numerous schools. Smithey \u0026 Boynton had nearly 150 school design commissions during the period of 1945 thru 1953 in at least 19 counties and 10 cities.","\nHenry B. Boynton was born in West Chicago, Illinois, in 1899 and grew up in Amelia County, Virginia. He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute with a B.S. in Agricultural Engineering in 1921 and a B.S. in Civil Engineering in 1923. Boyton then spent a year at the University of Illinois in Urbana taking architecture classes. He became a registered architect in Virginia in 1930 and later registered in West Virginia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.","From 1924 to 1928, Boynton worked as a draftsman at Carneal \u0026 Johnston, Architects \u0026 Engineers, in Richmond, Virginia. In 1929, he joined Louis Phillipe Smithey, Architect \u0026 Engineer, in Roanoke, Virginia, as an associate. In 1935, Boynton and Smithey partnered to form Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers, in Roanoke. Boynton became senior partner of the firm when Smithey retired in 1963.","Boynton was affiliated with the Virginia Chapter (later the Virginia Society \u0026 Blue Ridge Chapter) of the American Institute of Architects from 1938 until his death. He served on the board of directors in 1952, 1953, and 1956; as vice-president in 1954; and as president in 1955. He was a member of the State Registration Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, and Land Surveyors, as a Governor's appointee, from 1962 to 1972, serving as President of the Board in 1967. He received a distinguished service award in 1980 and the Noland Award in 1989, both from the Virginia Society \u0026 Blue Ridge Chapter of the AIA.","Boynton served in the Army Corps of Engineers during World War II, rising to the rank of Colonel. He was a member of the Virginia Tech Alumni Board of Directors from 1969 to 1979 and Chair of its Annual Fund Committee from 1973 to 1979. He also served on the Board of the VPI Educational Foundation, Inc., from 1978 to 1982. In 1976, Boynton received the Virginia Tech Alumni Distinguished Service.","Boynton died on September 13, 1991, at the age of 92, at his home in Roanoke.","The son of William Rosser Smithey and Mannie Jane Elizabeth Greene, Louis Philippe Smithey was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, on June 7, 1890. He earned his bachelor and master's degrees at Randolph-Macon College in 1909 and 1910, respectively, and was an alumnus member of Phi Beta Kappa there. He was an instructor and special student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute from 1910 to 1914 and a special student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1914 to 1915.","Smithey was a registered architect in Virginia and West Virginia. A fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), he served as president of the Virginia chapter of AIA in 1940. ","Smithey worked as a draftsman and contracting engineer for Virginia Bridge \u0026 Iron Company in Roanoke from 1916 to 1918. After serving in the army in World War I, he was contracting engineer for Virginia Bridge \u0026 Iron Company again in 1919 and 1920. He practiced as Louis P. Smithey from 1920 to 1922, with Matthews H. Tardy as Smithey \u0026 Tardy from 1922 to 1927, and again as Louis P. Smithey from 1927 to 1935. ","The Smithey \u0026 Boynton partnership formed in 1935 with Henry B. Boynton. Prior to World War II, the firm served as consulting architects for the Roanoke City School Board and Roanoke County School Board for approximately eight years and handled school buildings in Franklin County, Montgomery County, Alleghany County, Pulaski County, and the City of Waynesboro.","While the company was closed during World War II, Smithey served in the U.S. Army as Lt. Colonel from 1942 thru 1945. ","Following the war, Smithey \u0026 Boynton were commissioned as architects or consulting architects on public school work in Virginia valued at approximately $31 million, distributed in 25 School Divisions of the state. Smithey retired from professional practice in 1963. ","On June 11, 1938, Smithey married Dorothy Terrill, and they had daughter Nancy Terrill Smithey on March 10, 1940. He and his family lived in Roanoke. 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Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (\u003ca href=\"mailto:specref@vt.edu\"\u003especref@vt.edu\u003c/a\u003e or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . 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Project files are listed with the project number, project/client name, and location; some also have dates and the name of the architectural or engineering firm.","Series III: Johnson Associates International, February 1968, contains materials on a single project completed by the firm, Farmland Dairies Inc. Processing Plant (Wallington, NJ). Files on this project date from February 1968.","Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers, was an architecture firm in Roanoke, Virginia, established in 1935 by Louis Phillipe Smithey and Henry B. Boynton. The firm closed during World War II for a few years while Boynton and Smithey served in the U.S. Army. After Smithey's death in the 1970s, Boynton partnered with Kenneth L. Motley, who began his career as a draftsman with the firm. In 1992, a year following Boynton's death, Motley acquired Smithey \u0026 Boynton and renamed the firm Motley + Associates.","Smithey \u0026 Boynton designed several structures over the years, including the Christ Episcopal Church, the South Roanoke Fire Station, the Shenandoah Life Building, McClanaham Street Office Building, and the American Theater Building, all in Roanoke. The firm also designed Lane Stadium at Virginia Tech and the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg. The firm became best known for building public schools, even using the same basic layout for numerous schools. Smithey \u0026 Boynton had nearly 150 school design commissions during the period of 1945 thru 1953 in at least 19 counties and 10 cities.","\nHenry B. Boynton was born in West Chicago, Illinois, in 1899 and grew up in Amelia County, Virginia. He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute with a B.S. in Agricultural Engineering in 1921 and a B.S. in Civil Engineering in 1923. Boyton then spent a year at the University of Illinois in Urbana taking architecture classes. He became a registered architect in Virginia in 1930 and later registered in West Virginia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.","From 1924 to 1928, Boynton worked as a draftsman at Carneal \u0026 Johnston, Architects \u0026 Engineers, in Richmond, Virginia. In 1929, he joined Louis Phillipe Smithey, Architect \u0026 Engineer, in Roanoke, Virginia, as an associate. In 1935, Boynton and Smithey partnered to form Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers, in Roanoke. Boynton became senior partner of the firm when Smithey retired in 1963.","Boynton was affiliated with the Virginia Chapter (later the Virginia Society \u0026 Blue Ridge Chapter) of the American Institute of Architects from 1938 until his death. He served on the board of directors in 1952, 1953, and 1956; as vice-president in 1954; and as president in 1955. He was a member of the State Registration Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, and Land Surveyors, as a Governor's appointee, from 1962 to 1972, serving as President of the Board in 1967. He received a distinguished service award in 1980 and the Noland Award in 1989, both from the Virginia Society \u0026 Blue Ridge Chapter of the AIA.","Boynton served in the Army Corps of Engineers during World War II, rising to the rank of Colonel. He was a member of the Virginia Tech Alumni Board of Directors from 1969 to 1979 and Chair of its Annual Fund Committee from 1973 to 1979. He also served on the Board of the VPI Educational Foundation, Inc., from 1978 to 1982. In 1976, Boynton received the Virginia Tech Alumni Distinguished Service.","Boynton died on September 13, 1991, at the age of 92, at his home in Roanoke.","The son of William Rosser Smithey and Mannie Jane Elizabeth Greene, Louis Philippe Smithey was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, on June 7, 1890. He earned his bachelor and master's degrees at Randolph-Macon College in 1909 and 1910, respectively, and was an alumnus member of Phi Beta Kappa there. He was an instructor and special student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute from 1910 to 1914 and a special student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1914 to 1915.","Smithey was a registered architect in Virginia and West Virginia. A fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), he served as president of the Virginia chapter of AIA in 1940. ","Smithey worked as a draftsman and contracting engineer for Virginia Bridge \u0026 Iron Company in Roanoke from 1916 to 1918. After serving in the army in World War I, he was contracting engineer for Virginia Bridge \u0026 Iron Company again in 1919 and 1920. He practiced as Louis P. Smithey from 1920 to 1922, with Matthews H. Tardy as Smithey \u0026 Tardy from 1922 to 1927, and again as Louis P. Smithey from 1927 to 1935. ","The Smithey \u0026 Boynton partnership formed in 1935 with Henry B. Boynton. Prior to World War II, the firm served as consulting architects for the Roanoke City School Board and Roanoke County School Board for approximately eight years and handled school buildings in Franklin County, Montgomery County, Alleghany County, Pulaski County, and the City of Waynesboro.","While the company was closed during World War II, Smithey served in the U.S. Army as Lt. Colonel from 1942 thru 1945. ","Following the war, Smithey \u0026 Boynton were commissioned as architects or consulting architects on public school work in Virginia valued at approximately $31 million, distributed in 25 School Divisions of the state. Smithey retired from professional practice in 1963. ","On June 11, 1938, Smithey married Dorothy Terrill, and they had daughter Nancy Terrill Smithey on March 10, 1940. He and his family lived in Roanoke. Smithey died on August 19, 1966.","The guide to the Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers Records by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).","Some processing, arrangement, and description of the Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers Records was completed between 1992 and 2009. The majority of the arrangement and description was completed between 2010 and 2019.","See the  Henry B. Boynton Papers, Ms1992-002 , also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives.","The collection contains project files and drawings related to more than 1,500 residences, churches, businesses, schools, and community buildings, predominantly in the Roanoke and Southwest Virginia area, designed by Smithey \u0026 Boynton, mostly between 1935 and 1957. Materials consist of project files, specifications, framed drawings and photographs, and architectural drawings. Records include designs by Smithey before he collaborated with Boynton, as well as designs by other firms of projects later redesigned by Smithey \u0026 Boynton. A small group of materials also relate to the firm of Johnson Associates International from 1968."," Please note: The list of projects/project files below does NOT include the rolled drawings currently being processed. Contact Special Collections for the current inventory of available drawings and how to access them.","Several oversize and/or framed photographs and drawings have been separated to the Art Collection, and several publications have been separated to the Rare Books Collection.","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. 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He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute with a B.S. in Agricultural Engineering in 1921 and a B.S. in Civil Engineering in 1923. Boyton then spent a year at the University of Illinois in Urbana taking architecture classes. He became a registered architect in Virginia in 1930 and later registered in West Virginia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFrom 1924 to 1928, Boynton worked as a draftsman at Carneal \u0026amp; Johnston, Architects \u0026amp; Engineers, in Richmond, Virginia. In 1929, he joined Louis Phillipe Smithey, Architect \u0026amp; Engineer, in Roanoke, Virginia, as an associate. In 1935, Boynton and Smithey partnered to form Smithey \u0026amp; Boynton, Architects \u0026amp; Engineers, in Roanoke. 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He was a member of the Virginia Tech Alumni Board of Directors from 1969 to 1979 and Chair of its Annual Fund Committee from 1973 to 1979. He also served on the Board of the VPI Educational Foundation, Inc., from 1978 to 1982. In 1976, Boynton received the Virginia Tech Alumni Distinguished Service.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBoynton died on September 13, 1991, at the age of 92, at his home in Roanoke.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe son of William Rosser Smithey and Mannie Jane Elizabeth Greene, Louis Philippe Smithey was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, on June 7, 1890. He earned his bachelor and master's degrees at Randolph-Macon College in 1909 and 1910, respectively, and was an alumnus member of Phi Beta Kappa there. 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Prior to World War II, the firm served as consulting architects for the Roanoke City School Board and Roanoke County School Board for approximately eight years and handled school buildings in Franklin County, Montgomery County, Alleghany County, Pulaski County, and the City of Waynesboro.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWhile the company was closed during World War II, Smithey served in the U.S. Army as Lt. Colonel from 1942 thru 1945. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFollowing the war, Smithey \u0026amp; Boynton were commissioned as architects or consulting architects on public school work in Virginia valued at approximately $31 million, distributed in 25 School Divisions of the state. Smithey retired from professional practice in 1963. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOn June 11, 1938, Smithey married Dorothy Terrill, and they had daughter Nancy Terrill Smithey on March 10, 1940. He and his family lived in Roanoke. Smithey died on August 19, 1966.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Administrative History","Biographical Note - Henry B. Boyton","Biographical Note - Louis Phillipe Smithey"],"bioghist_tesim":["Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers, was an architecture firm in Roanoke, Virginia, established in 1935 by Louis Phillipe Smithey and Henry B. Boynton. The firm closed during World War II for a few years while Boynton and Smithey served in the U.S. Army. After Smithey's death in the 1970s, Boynton partnered with Kenneth L. Motley, who began his career as a draftsman with the firm. In 1992, a year following Boynton's death, Motley acquired Smithey \u0026 Boynton and renamed the firm Motley + Associates.","Smithey \u0026 Boynton designed several structures over the years, including the Christ Episcopal Church, the South Roanoke Fire Station, the Shenandoah Life Building, McClanaham Street Office Building, and the American Theater Building, all in Roanoke. The firm also designed Lane Stadium at Virginia Tech and the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg. The firm became best known for building public schools, even using the same basic layout for numerous schools. Smithey \u0026 Boynton had nearly 150 school design commissions during the period of 1945 thru 1953 in at least 19 counties and 10 cities.","\nHenry B. Boynton was born in West Chicago, Illinois, in 1899 and grew up in Amelia County, Virginia. He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute with a B.S. in Agricultural Engineering in 1921 and a B.S. in Civil Engineering in 1923. Boyton then spent a year at the University of Illinois in Urbana taking architecture classes. He became a registered architect in Virginia in 1930 and later registered in West Virginia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.","From 1924 to 1928, Boynton worked as a draftsman at Carneal \u0026 Johnston, Architects \u0026 Engineers, in Richmond, Virginia. In 1929, he joined Louis Phillipe Smithey, Architect \u0026 Engineer, in Roanoke, Virginia, as an associate. In 1935, Boynton and Smithey partnered to form Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers, in Roanoke. Boynton became senior partner of the firm when Smithey retired in 1963.","Boynton was affiliated with the Virginia Chapter (later the Virginia Society \u0026 Blue Ridge Chapter) of the American Institute of Architects from 1938 until his death. He served on the board of directors in 1952, 1953, and 1956; as vice-president in 1954; and as president in 1955. He was a member of the State Registration Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, and Land Surveyors, as a Governor's appointee, from 1962 to 1972, serving as President of the Board in 1967. He received a distinguished service award in 1980 and the Noland Award in 1989, both from the Virginia Society \u0026 Blue Ridge Chapter of the AIA.","Boynton served in the Army Corps of Engineers during World War II, rising to the rank of Colonel. He was a member of the Virginia Tech Alumni Board of Directors from 1969 to 1979 and Chair of its Annual Fund Committee from 1973 to 1979. He also served on the Board of the VPI Educational Foundation, Inc., from 1978 to 1982. In 1976, Boynton received the Virginia Tech Alumni Distinguished Service.","Boynton died on September 13, 1991, at the age of 92, at his home in Roanoke.","The son of William Rosser Smithey and Mannie Jane Elizabeth Greene, Louis Philippe Smithey was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, on June 7, 1890. He earned his bachelor and master's degrees at Randolph-Macon College in 1909 and 1910, respectively, and was an alumnus member of Phi Beta Kappa there. He was an instructor and special student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute from 1910 to 1914 and a special student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1914 to 1915.","Smithey was a registered architect in Virginia and West Virginia. A fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), he served as president of the Virginia chapter of AIA in 1940. ","Smithey worked as a draftsman and contracting engineer for Virginia Bridge \u0026 Iron Company in Roanoke from 1916 to 1918. After serving in the army in World War I, he was contracting engineer for Virginia Bridge \u0026 Iron Company again in 1919 and 1920. He practiced as Louis P. Smithey from 1920 to 1922, with Matthews H. Tardy as Smithey \u0026 Tardy from 1922 to 1927, and again as Louis P. Smithey from 1927 to 1935. ","The Smithey \u0026 Boynton partnership formed in 1935 with Henry B. Boynton. Prior to World War II, the firm served as consulting architects for the Roanoke City School Board and Roanoke County School Board for approximately eight years and handled school buildings in Franklin County, Montgomery County, Alleghany County, Pulaski County, and the City of Waynesboro.","While the company was closed during World War II, Smithey served in the U.S. Army as Lt. Colonel from 1942 thru 1945. ","Following the war, Smithey \u0026 Boynton were commissioned as architects or consulting architects on public school work in Virginia valued at approximately $31 million, distributed in 25 School Divisions of the state. Smithey retired from professional practice in 1963. ","On June 11, 1938, Smithey married Dorothy Terrill, and they had daughter Nancy Terrill Smithey on March 10, 1940. He and his family lived in Roanoke. 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Contact Special Collections for the current inventory of available drawings and how to access them."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSeveral oversize and/or framed photographs and drawings have been separated to the Art Collection, and several publications have been separated to the Rare Books Collection.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Several oversize and/or framed photographs and drawings have been separated to the Art Collection, and several publications have been separated to the Rare Books Collection."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eReproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuareproduction\u003c/a\u003e. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuapublication\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuapublication\u003c/a\u003e. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (\u003ca href=\"mailto:specref@vt.edu\"\u003especref@vt.edu\u003c/a\u003e or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . 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Boyton then spent a year at the University of Illinois in Urbana taking architecture classes. He became a registered architect in Virginia in 1930 and later registered in West Virginia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.","From 1924 to 1928, Boynton worked as a draftsman at Carneal \u0026 Johnston, Architects \u0026 Engineers, in Richmond, Virginia. In 1929, he joined Louis Phillipe Smithey, Architect \u0026 Engineer, in Roanoke, Virginia, as an associate. In 1935, Boynton and Smithey partnered to form Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers, in Roanoke. Boynton became senior partner of the firm when Smithey retired in 1963.","Boynton was affiliated with the Virginia Chapter (later the Virginia Society \u0026 Blue Ridge Chapter) of the American Institute of Architects from 1938 until his death. He served on the board of directors in 1952, 1953, and 1956; as vice-president in 1954; and as president in 1955. He was a member of the State Registration Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, and Land Surveyors, as a Governor's appointee, from 1962 to 1972, serving as President of the Board in 1967. He received a distinguished service award in 1980 and the Noland Award in 1989, both from the Virginia Society \u0026 Blue Ridge Chapter of the AIA.","Boynton served in the Army Corps of Engineers during World War II, rising to the rank of Colonel. He was a member of the Virginia Tech Alumni Board of Directors from 1969 to 1979 and Chair of its Annual Fund Committee from 1973 to 1979. He also served on the Board of the VPI Educational Foundation, Inc., from 1978 to 1982. In 1976, Boynton received the Virginia Tech Alumni Distinguished Service.","Boynton died on September 13, 1991, at the age of 92, at his home in Roanoke.","The son of William Rosser Smithey and Mannie Jane Elizabeth Greene, Louis Philippe Smithey was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, on June 7, 1890. He earned his bachelor and master's degrees at Randolph-Macon College in 1909 and 1910, respectively, and was an alumnus member of Phi Beta Kappa there. He was an instructor and special student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute from 1910 to 1914 and a special student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1914 to 1915.","Smithey was a registered architect in Virginia and West Virginia. A fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), he served as president of the Virginia chapter of AIA in 1940. ","Smithey worked as a draftsman and contracting engineer for Virginia Bridge \u0026 Iron Company in Roanoke from 1916 to 1918. After serving in the army in World War I, he was contracting engineer for Virginia Bridge \u0026 Iron Company again in 1919 and 1920. He practiced as Louis P. Smithey from 1920 to 1922, with Matthews H. Tardy as Smithey \u0026 Tardy from 1922 to 1927, and again as Louis P. Smithey from 1927 to 1935. ","The Smithey \u0026 Boynton partnership formed in 1935 with Henry B. Boynton. Prior to World War II, the firm served as consulting architects for the Roanoke City School Board and Roanoke County School Board for approximately eight years and handled school buildings in Franklin County, Montgomery County, Alleghany County, Pulaski County, and the City of Waynesboro.","While the company was closed during World War II, Smithey served in the U.S. Army as Lt. Colonel from 1942 thru 1945. ","Following the war, Smithey \u0026 Boynton were commissioned as architects or consulting architects on public school work in Virginia valued at approximately $31 million, distributed in 25 School Divisions of the state. Smithey retired from professional practice in 1963. ","On June 11, 1938, Smithey married Dorothy Terrill, and they had daughter Nancy Terrill Smithey on March 10, 1940. He and his family lived in Roanoke. Smithey died on August 19, 1966.","The guide to the Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers Records by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).","Some processing, arrangement, and description of the Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers Records was completed between 1992 and 2009. The majority of the arrangement and description was completed between 2010 and 2019.","See the  Henry B. Boynton Papers, Ms1992-002 , also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives.","The collection contains project files and drawings related to more than 1,500 residences, churches, businesses, schools, and community buildings, predominantly in the Roanoke and Southwest Virginia area, designed by Smithey \u0026 Boynton, mostly between 1935 and 1957. Materials consist of project files, specifications, framed drawings and photographs, and architectural drawings. Records include designs by Smithey before he collaborated with Boynton, as well as designs by other firms of projects later redesigned by Smithey \u0026 Boynton. A small group of materials also relate to the firm of Johnson Associates International from 1968."," Please note: The list of projects/project files below does NOT include the rolled drawings currently being processed. Contact Special Collections for the current inventory of available drawings and how to access them.","Several oversize and/or framed photographs and drawings have been separated to the Art Collection, and several publications have been separated to the Rare Books Collection.","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. 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The firm also designed Lane Stadium at Virginia Tech and the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg. The firm became best known for building public schools, even using the same basic layout for numerous schools. Smithey \u0026 Boynton had nearly 150 school design commissions during the period of 1945 thru 1953 in at least 19 counties and 10 cities.","\nHenry B. Boynton was born in West Chicago, Illinois, in 1899 and grew up in Amelia County, Virginia. He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute with a B.S. in Agricultural Engineering in 1921 and a B.S. in Civil Engineering in 1923. Boyton then spent a year at the University of Illinois in Urbana taking architecture classes. He became a registered architect in Virginia in 1930 and later registered in West Virginia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.","From 1924 to 1928, Boynton worked as a draftsman at Carneal \u0026 Johnston, Architects \u0026 Engineers, in Richmond, Virginia. In 1929, he joined Louis Phillipe Smithey, Architect \u0026 Engineer, in Roanoke, Virginia, as an associate. In 1935, Boynton and Smithey partnered to form Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers, in Roanoke. Boynton became senior partner of the firm when Smithey retired in 1963.","Boynton was affiliated with the Virginia Chapter (later the Virginia Society \u0026 Blue Ridge Chapter) of the American Institute of Architects from 1938 until his death. He served on the board of directors in 1952, 1953, and 1956; as vice-president in 1954; and as president in 1955. He was a member of the State Registration Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, and Land Surveyors, as a Governor's appointee, from 1962 to 1972, serving as President of the Board in 1967. He received a distinguished service award in 1980 and the Noland Award in 1989, both from the Virginia Society \u0026 Blue Ridge Chapter of the AIA.","Boynton served in the Army Corps of Engineers during World War II, rising to the rank of Colonel. He was a member of the Virginia Tech Alumni Board of Directors from 1969 to 1979 and Chair of its Annual Fund Committee from 1973 to 1979. He also served on the Board of the VPI Educational Foundation, Inc., from 1978 to 1982. In 1976, Boynton received the Virginia Tech Alumni Distinguished Service.","Boynton died on September 13, 1991, at the age of 92, at his home in Roanoke.","The son of William Rosser Smithey and Mannie Jane Elizabeth Greene, Louis Philippe Smithey was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, on June 7, 1890. He earned his bachelor and master's degrees at Randolph-Macon College in 1909 and 1910, respectively, and was an alumnus member of Phi Beta Kappa there. He was an instructor and special student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute from 1910 to 1914 and a special student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1914 to 1915.","Smithey was a registered architect in Virginia and West Virginia. A fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), he served as president of the Virginia chapter of AIA in 1940. ","Smithey worked as a draftsman and contracting engineer for Virginia Bridge \u0026 Iron Company in Roanoke from 1916 to 1918. After serving in the army in World War I, he was contracting engineer for Virginia Bridge \u0026 Iron Company again in 1919 and 1920. He practiced as Louis P. Smithey from 1920 to 1922, with Matthews H. Tardy as Smithey \u0026 Tardy from 1922 to 1927, and again as Louis P. Smithey from 1927 to 1935. ","The Smithey \u0026 Boynton partnership formed in 1935 with Henry B. Boynton. Prior to World War II, the firm served as consulting architects for the Roanoke City School Board and Roanoke County School Board for approximately eight years and handled school buildings in Franklin County, Montgomery County, Alleghany County, Pulaski County, and the City of Waynesboro.","While the company was closed during World War II, Smithey served in the U.S. Army as Lt. Colonel from 1942 thru 1945. ","Following the war, Smithey \u0026 Boynton were commissioned as architects or consulting architects on public school work in Virginia valued at approximately $31 million, distributed in 25 School Divisions of the state. Smithey retired from professional practice in 1963. ","On June 11, 1938, Smithey married Dorothy Terrill, and they had daughter Nancy Terrill Smithey on March 10, 1940. He and his family lived in Roanoke. 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Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (\u003ca href=\"mailto:specref@vt.edu\"\u003especref@vt.edu\u003c/a\u003e or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . 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Project files are listed with the project number, project/client name, and location; some also have dates and the name of the architectural or engineering firm.","Series III: Johnson Associates International, February 1968, contains materials on a single project completed by the firm, Farmland Dairies Inc. Processing Plant (Wallington, NJ). Files on this project date from February 1968.","Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers, was an architecture firm in Roanoke, Virginia, established in 1935 by Louis Phillipe Smithey and Henry B. Boynton. The firm closed during World War II for a few years while Boynton and Smithey served in the U.S. Army. After Smithey's death in the 1970s, Boynton partnered with Kenneth L. Motley, who began his career as a draftsman with the firm. In 1992, a year following Boynton's death, Motley acquired Smithey \u0026 Boynton and renamed the firm Motley + Associates.","Smithey \u0026 Boynton designed several structures over the years, including the Christ Episcopal Church, the South Roanoke Fire Station, the Shenandoah Life Building, McClanaham Street Office Building, and the American Theater Building, all in Roanoke. The firm also designed Lane Stadium at Virginia Tech and the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg. The firm became best known for building public schools, even using the same basic layout for numerous schools. Smithey \u0026 Boynton had nearly 150 school design commissions during the period of 1945 thru 1953 in at least 19 counties and 10 cities.","\nHenry B. Boynton was born in West Chicago, Illinois, in 1899 and grew up in Amelia County, Virginia. He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute with a B.S. in Agricultural Engineering in 1921 and a B.S. in Civil Engineering in 1923. Boyton then spent a year at the University of Illinois in Urbana taking architecture classes. He became a registered architect in Virginia in 1930 and later registered in West Virginia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.","From 1924 to 1928, Boynton worked as a draftsman at Carneal \u0026 Johnston, Architects \u0026 Engineers, in Richmond, Virginia. In 1929, he joined Louis Phillipe Smithey, Architect \u0026 Engineer, in Roanoke, Virginia, as an associate. In 1935, Boynton and Smithey partnered to form Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers, in Roanoke. Boynton became senior partner of the firm when Smithey retired in 1963.","Boynton was affiliated with the Virginia Chapter (later the Virginia Society \u0026 Blue Ridge Chapter) of the American Institute of Architects from 1938 until his death. He served on the board of directors in 1952, 1953, and 1956; as vice-president in 1954; and as president in 1955. He was a member of the State Registration Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, and Land Surveyors, as a Governor's appointee, from 1962 to 1972, serving as President of the Board in 1967. He received a distinguished service award in 1980 and the Noland Award in 1989, both from the Virginia Society \u0026 Blue Ridge Chapter of the AIA.","Boynton served in the Army Corps of Engineers during World War II, rising to the rank of Colonel. He was a member of the Virginia Tech Alumni Board of Directors from 1969 to 1979 and Chair of its Annual Fund Committee from 1973 to 1979. He also served on the Board of the VPI Educational Foundation, Inc., from 1978 to 1982. In 1976, Boynton received the Virginia Tech Alumni Distinguished Service.","Boynton died on September 13, 1991, at the age of 92, at his home in Roanoke.","The son of William Rosser Smithey and Mannie Jane Elizabeth Greene, Louis Philippe Smithey was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, on June 7, 1890. He earned his bachelor and master's degrees at Randolph-Macon College in 1909 and 1910, respectively, and was an alumnus member of Phi Beta Kappa there. He was an instructor and special student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute from 1910 to 1914 and a special student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1914 to 1915.","Smithey was a registered architect in Virginia and West Virginia. A fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), he served as president of the Virginia chapter of AIA in 1940. ","Smithey worked as a draftsman and contracting engineer for Virginia Bridge \u0026 Iron Company in Roanoke from 1916 to 1918. After serving in the army in World War I, he was contracting engineer for Virginia Bridge \u0026 Iron Company again in 1919 and 1920. He practiced as Louis P. Smithey from 1920 to 1922, with Matthews H. Tardy as Smithey \u0026 Tardy from 1922 to 1927, and again as Louis P. Smithey from 1927 to 1935. ","The Smithey \u0026 Boynton partnership formed in 1935 with Henry B. Boynton. Prior to World War II, the firm served as consulting architects for the Roanoke City School Board and Roanoke County School Board for approximately eight years and handled school buildings in Franklin County, Montgomery County, Alleghany County, Pulaski County, and the City of Waynesboro.","While the company was closed during World War II, Smithey served in the U.S. Army as Lt. Colonel from 1942 thru 1945. ","Following the war, Smithey \u0026 Boynton were commissioned as architects or consulting architects on public school work in Virginia valued at approximately $31 million, distributed in 25 School Divisions of the state. Smithey retired from professional practice in 1963. ","On June 11, 1938, Smithey married Dorothy Terrill, and they had daughter Nancy Terrill Smithey on March 10, 1940. He and his family lived in Roanoke. Smithey died on August 19, 1966.","The guide to the Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers Records by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).","Some processing, arrangement, and description of the Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers Records was completed between 1992 and 2009. The majority of the arrangement and description was completed between 2010 and 2019.","See the  Henry B. Boynton Papers, Ms1992-002 , also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives.","The collection contains project files and drawings related to more than 1,500 residences, churches, businesses, schools, and community buildings, predominantly in the Roanoke and Southwest Virginia area, designed by Smithey \u0026 Boynton, mostly between 1935 and 1957. Materials consist of project files, specifications, framed drawings and photographs, and architectural drawings. Records include designs by Smithey before he collaborated with Boynton, as well as designs by other firms of projects later redesigned by Smithey \u0026 Boynton. A small group of materials also relate to the firm of Johnson Associates International from 1968."," Please note: The list of projects/project files below does NOT include the rolled drawings currently being processed. Contact Special Collections for the current inventory of available drawings and how to access them.","Several oversize and/or framed photographs and drawings have been separated to the Art Collection, and several publications have been separated to the Rare Books Collection.","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. 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Please contact Special Collections and University Archives ( specref@vt.edu  or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"acqinfo_ssim":["The Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers Records were donated to Special Collections and University Archives in 1992 and 1994."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","Montgomery County (Va.)","Architects -- Virginia","Architectural drawing -- 20th century"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","Montgomery County (Va.)","Architects -- Virginia","Architectural drawing -- 20th century"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["ca. 313 Cubic Feet 993 boxes, 5 oversize folders"],"extent_tesim":["ca. 313 Cubic Feet 993 boxes, 5 oversize folders"],"date_range_isim":[1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is open for research.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["The collection is open for research."],"altformavail_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/collections/show/262\"\u003eSome of this collection has been digitized and is available online.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"altformavail_heading_ssm":["Existence and Location of Copies"],"altformavail_tesim":["Some of this collection has been digitized and is available online."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is arranged into three series: \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries I: Biographical Information and Organization Records, 1923-1972, is arranged by owner and material type into the following subseries: Subseries A: Smithey \u0026amp; Tardy; Subseries B: Smithey \u0026amp; Boynton; and Subseries C: Sample Floor Plans. 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He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute with a B.S. in Agricultural Engineering in 1921 and a B.S. in Civil Engineering in 1923. Boyton then spent a year at the University of Illinois in Urbana taking architecture classes. He became a registered architect in Virginia in 1930 and later registered in West Virginia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFrom 1924 to 1928, Boynton worked as a draftsman at Carneal \u0026amp; Johnston, Architects \u0026amp; Engineers, in Richmond, Virginia. In 1929, he joined Louis Phillipe Smithey, Architect \u0026amp; Engineer, in Roanoke, Virginia, as an associate. In 1935, Boynton and Smithey partnered to form Smithey \u0026amp; Boynton, Architects \u0026amp; Engineers, in Roanoke. 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He was a member of the Virginia Tech Alumni Board of Directors from 1969 to 1979 and Chair of its Annual Fund Committee from 1973 to 1979. He also served on the Board of the VPI Educational Foundation, Inc., from 1978 to 1982. In 1976, Boynton received the Virginia Tech Alumni Distinguished Service.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBoynton died on September 13, 1991, at the age of 92, at his home in Roanoke.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe son of William Rosser Smithey and Mannie Jane Elizabeth Greene, Louis Philippe Smithey was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, on June 7, 1890. He earned his bachelor and master's degrees at Randolph-Macon College in 1909 and 1910, respectively, and was an alumnus member of Phi Beta Kappa there. 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Prior to World War II, the firm served as consulting architects for the Roanoke City School Board and Roanoke County School Board for approximately eight years and handled school buildings in Franklin County, Montgomery County, Alleghany County, Pulaski County, and the City of Waynesboro.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWhile the company was closed during World War II, Smithey served in the U.S. Army as Lt. Colonel from 1942 thru 1945. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFollowing the war, Smithey \u0026amp; Boynton were commissioned as architects or consulting architects on public school work in Virginia valued at approximately $31 million, distributed in 25 School Divisions of the state. Smithey retired from professional practice in 1963. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOn June 11, 1938, Smithey married Dorothy Terrill, and they had daughter Nancy Terrill Smithey on March 10, 1940. He and his family lived in Roanoke. Smithey died on August 19, 1966.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Administrative History","Biographical Note - Henry B. Boyton","Biographical Note - Louis Phillipe Smithey"],"bioghist_tesim":["Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers, was an architecture firm in Roanoke, Virginia, established in 1935 by Louis Phillipe Smithey and Henry B. Boynton. The firm closed during World War II for a few years while Boynton and Smithey served in the U.S. Army. After Smithey's death in the 1970s, Boynton partnered with Kenneth L. Motley, who began his career as a draftsman with the firm. In 1992, a year following Boynton's death, Motley acquired Smithey \u0026 Boynton and renamed the firm Motley + Associates.","Smithey \u0026 Boynton designed several structures over the years, including the Christ Episcopal Church, the South Roanoke Fire Station, the Shenandoah Life Building, McClanaham Street Office Building, and the American Theater Building, all in Roanoke. The firm also designed Lane Stadium at Virginia Tech and the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg. The firm became best known for building public schools, even using the same basic layout for numerous schools. Smithey \u0026 Boynton had nearly 150 school design commissions during the period of 1945 thru 1953 in at least 19 counties and 10 cities.","\nHenry B. Boynton was born in West Chicago, Illinois, in 1899 and grew up in Amelia County, Virginia. He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute with a B.S. in Agricultural Engineering in 1921 and a B.S. in Civil Engineering in 1923. Boyton then spent a year at the University of Illinois in Urbana taking architecture classes. He became a registered architect in Virginia in 1930 and later registered in West Virginia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.","From 1924 to 1928, Boynton worked as a draftsman at Carneal \u0026 Johnston, Architects \u0026 Engineers, in Richmond, Virginia. In 1929, he joined Louis Phillipe Smithey, Architect \u0026 Engineer, in Roanoke, Virginia, as an associate. In 1935, Boynton and Smithey partnered to form Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers, in Roanoke. Boynton became senior partner of the firm when Smithey retired in 1963.","Boynton was affiliated with the Virginia Chapter (later the Virginia Society \u0026 Blue Ridge Chapter) of the American Institute of Architects from 1938 until his death. He served on the board of directors in 1952, 1953, and 1956; as vice-president in 1954; and as president in 1955. He was a member of the State Registration Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, and Land Surveyors, as a Governor's appointee, from 1962 to 1972, serving as President of the Board in 1967. He received a distinguished service award in 1980 and the Noland Award in 1989, both from the Virginia Society \u0026 Blue Ridge Chapter of the AIA.","Boynton served in the Army Corps of Engineers during World War II, rising to the rank of Colonel. He was a member of the Virginia Tech Alumni Board of Directors from 1969 to 1979 and Chair of its Annual Fund Committee from 1973 to 1979. He also served on the Board of the VPI Educational Foundation, Inc., from 1978 to 1982. In 1976, Boynton received the Virginia Tech Alumni Distinguished Service.","Boynton died on September 13, 1991, at the age of 92, at his home in Roanoke.","The son of William Rosser Smithey and Mannie Jane Elizabeth Greene, Louis Philippe Smithey was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, on June 7, 1890. He earned his bachelor and master's degrees at Randolph-Macon College in 1909 and 1910, respectively, and was an alumnus member of Phi Beta Kappa there. He was an instructor and special student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute from 1910 to 1914 and a special student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1914 to 1915.","Smithey was a registered architect in Virginia and West Virginia. A fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), he served as president of the Virginia chapter of AIA in 1940. ","Smithey worked as a draftsman and contracting engineer for Virginia Bridge \u0026 Iron Company in Roanoke from 1916 to 1918. After serving in the army in World War I, he was contracting engineer for Virginia Bridge \u0026 Iron Company again in 1919 and 1920. He practiced as Louis P. Smithey from 1920 to 1922, with Matthews H. Tardy as Smithey \u0026 Tardy from 1922 to 1927, and again as Louis P. Smithey from 1927 to 1935. ","The Smithey \u0026 Boynton partnership formed in 1935 with Henry B. Boynton. Prior to World War II, the firm served as consulting architects for the Roanoke City School Board and Roanoke County School Board for approximately eight years and handled school buildings in Franklin County, Montgomery County, Alleghany County, Pulaski County, and the City of Waynesboro.","While the company was closed during World War II, Smithey served in the U.S. Army as Lt. Colonel from 1942 thru 1945. ","Following the war, Smithey \u0026 Boynton were commissioned as architects or consulting architects on public school work in Virginia valued at approximately $31 million, distributed in 25 School Divisions of the state. Smithey retired from professional practice in 1963. ","On June 11, 1938, Smithey married Dorothy Terrill, and they had daughter Nancy Terrill Smithey on March 10, 1940. He and his family lived in Roanoke. 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Contact Special Collections for the current inventory of available drawings and how to access them."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSeveral oversize and/or framed photographs and drawings have been separated to the Art Collection, and several publications have been separated to the Rare Books Collection.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Several oversize and/or framed photographs and drawings have been separated to the Art Collection, and several publications have been separated to the Rare Books Collection."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eReproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuareproduction\u003c/a\u003e. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuapublication\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuapublication\u003c/a\u003e. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (\u003ca href=\"mailto:specref@vt.edu\"\u003especref@vt.edu\u003c/a\u003e or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives ( specref@vt.edu  or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_8c42bfbc1e1061bf3fafd7635d331ea3\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe collection contains project files and drawings related to more than 1,500 residences, churches, businesses, schools, and community buildings, predominantly in the Roanoke and Southwest Virginia area, designed by Smithey \u0026amp; Boynton, mostly between 1935 and 1957.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["The collection contains project files and drawings related to more than 1,500 residences, churches, businesses, schools, and community buildings, predominantly in the Roanoke and Southwest Virginia area, designed by Smithey \u0026 Boynton, mostly between 1935 and 1957."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_a6eb7e09f425a2b99a2853c5a31e3301\"\u003e\n  \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003ePlease note: This collection is in off-site storage and requires 2-3 days notice for retrieval. 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Boyton then spent a year at the University of Illinois in Urbana taking architecture classes. He became a registered architect in Virginia in 1930 and later registered in West Virginia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.","From 1924 to 1928, Boynton worked as a draftsman at Carneal \u0026 Johnston, Architects \u0026 Engineers, in Richmond, Virginia. In 1929, he joined Louis Phillipe Smithey, Architect \u0026 Engineer, in Roanoke, Virginia, as an associate. In 1935, Boynton and Smithey partnered to form Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers, in Roanoke. Boynton became senior partner of the firm when Smithey retired in 1963.","Boynton was affiliated with the Virginia Chapter (later the Virginia Society \u0026 Blue Ridge Chapter) of the American Institute of Architects from 1938 until his death. He served on the board of directors in 1952, 1953, and 1956; as vice-president in 1954; and as president in 1955. He was a member of the State Registration Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, and Land Surveyors, as a Governor's appointee, from 1962 to 1972, serving as President of the Board in 1967. He received a distinguished service award in 1980 and the Noland Award in 1989, both from the Virginia Society \u0026 Blue Ridge Chapter of the AIA.","Boynton served in the Army Corps of Engineers during World War II, rising to the rank of Colonel. He was a member of the Virginia Tech Alumni Board of Directors from 1969 to 1979 and Chair of its Annual Fund Committee from 1973 to 1979. He also served on the Board of the VPI Educational Foundation, Inc., from 1978 to 1982. In 1976, Boynton received the Virginia Tech Alumni Distinguished Service.","Boynton died on September 13, 1991, at the age of 92, at his home in Roanoke.","The son of William Rosser Smithey and Mannie Jane Elizabeth Greene, Louis Philippe Smithey was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, on June 7, 1890. He earned his bachelor and master's degrees at Randolph-Macon College in 1909 and 1910, respectively, and was an alumnus member of Phi Beta Kappa there. He was an instructor and special student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute from 1910 to 1914 and a special student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1914 to 1915.","Smithey was a registered architect in Virginia and West Virginia. A fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), he served as president of the Virginia chapter of AIA in 1940. ","Smithey worked as a draftsman and contracting engineer for Virginia Bridge \u0026 Iron Company in Roanoke from 1916 to 1918. After serving in the army in World War I, he was contracting engineer for Virginia Bridge \u0026 Iron Company again in 1919 and 1920. He practiced as Louis P. Smithey from 1920 to 1922, with Matthews H. Tardy as Smithey \u0026 Tardy from 1922 to 1927, and again as Louis P. Smithey from 1927 to 1935. ","The Smithey \u0026 Boynton partnership formed in 1935 with Henry B. Boynton. Prior to World War II, the firm served as consulting architects for the Roanoke City School Board and Roanoke County School Board for approximately eight years and handled school buildings in Franklin County, Montgomery County, Alleghany County, Pulaski County, and the City of Waynesboro.","While the company was closed during World War II, Smithey served in the U.S. Army as Lt. Colonel from 1942 thru 1945. ","Following the war, Smithey \u0026 Boynton were commissioned as architects or consulting architects on public school work in Virginia valued at approximately $31 million, distributed in 25 School Divisions of the state. Smithey retired from professional practice in 1963. ","On June 11, 1938, Smithey married Dorothy Terrill, and they had daughter Nancy Terrill Smithey on March 10, 1940. He and his family lived in Roanoke. Smithey died on August 19, 1966.","The guide to the Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers Records by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).","Some processing, arrangement, and description of the Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers Records was completed between 1992 and 2009. The majority of the arrangement and description was completed between 2010 and 2019.","See the  Henry B. Boynton Papers, Ms1992-002 , also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives.","The collection contains project files and drawings related to more than 1,500 residences, churches, businesses, schools, and community buildings, predominantly in the Roanoke and Southwest Virginia area, designed by Smithey \u0026 Boynton, mostly between 1935 and 1957. Materials consist of project files, specifications, framed drawings and photographs, and architectural drawings. Records include designs by Smithey before he collaborated with Boynton, as well as designs by other firms of projects later redesigned by Smithey \u0026 Boynton. A small group of materials also relate to the firm of Johnson Associates International from 1968."," Please note: The list of projects/project files below does NOT include the rolled drawings currently being processed. Contact Special Collections for the current inventory of available drawings and how to access them.","Several oversize and/or framed photographs and drawings have been separated to the Art Collection, and several publications have been separated to the Rare Books Collection.","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. 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The firm also designed Lane Stadium at Virginia Tech and the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg. The firm became best known for building public schools, even using the same basic layout for numerous schools. Smithey \u0026 Boynton had nearly 150 school design commissions during the period of 1945 thru 1953 in at least 19 counties and 10 cities.","\nHenry B. Boynton was born in West Chicago, Illinois, in 1899 and grew up in Amelia County, Virginia. He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute with a B.S. in Agricultural Engineering in 1921 and a B.S. in Civil Engineering in 1923. Boyton then spent a year at the University of Illinois in Urbana taking architecture classes. He became a registered architect in Virginia in 1930 and later registered in West Virginia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.","From 1924 to 1928, Boynton worked as a draftsman at Carneal \u0026 Johnston, Architects \u0026 Engineers, in Richmond, Virginia. In 1929, he joined Louis Phillipe Smithey, Architect \u0026 Engineer, in Roanoke, Virginia, as an associate. In 1935, Boynton and Smithey partnered to form Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers, in Roanoke. Boynton became senior partner of the firm when Smithey retired in 1963.","Boynton was affiliated with the Virginia Chapter (later the Virginia Society \u0026 Blue Ridge Chapter) of the American Institute of Architects from 1938 until his death. He served on the board of directors in 1952, 1953, and 1956; as vice-president in 1954; and as president in 1955. He was a member of the State Registration Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, and Land Surveyors, as a Governor's appointee, from 1962 to 1972, serving as President of the Board in 1967. He received a distinguished service award in 1980 and the Noland Award in 1989, both from the Virginia Society \u0026 Blue Ridge Chapter of the AIA.","Boynton served in the Army Corps of Engineers during World War II, rising to the rank of Colonel. He was a member of the Virginia Tech Alumni Board of Directors from 1969 to 1979 and Chair of its Annual Fund Committee from 1973 to 1979. He also served on the Board of the VPI Educational Foundation, Inc., from 1978 to 1982. In 1976, Boynton received the Virginia Tech Alumni Distinguished Service.","Boynton died on September 13, 1991, at the age of 92, at his home in Roanoke.","The son of William Rosser Smithey and Mannie Jane Elizabeth Greene, Louis Philippe Smithey was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, on June 7, 1890. He earned his bachelor and master's degrees at Randolph-Macon College in 1909 and 1910, respectively, and was an alumnus member of Phi Beta Kappa there. He was an instructor and special student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute from 1910 to 1914 and a special student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1914 to 1915.","Smithey was a registered architect in Virginia and West Virginia. A fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), he served as president of the Virginia chapter of AIA in 1940. ","Smithey worked as a draftsman and contracting engineer for Virginia Bridge \u0026 Iron Company in Roanoke from 1916 to 1918. After serving in the army in World War I, he was contracting engineer for Virginia Bridge \u0026 Iron Company again in 1919 and 1920. He practiced as Louis P. Smithey from 1920 to 1922, with Matthews H. Tardy as Smithey \u0026 Tardy from 1922 to 1927, and again as Louis P. Smithey from 1927 to 1935. ","The Smithey \u0026 Boynton partnership formed in 1935 with Henry B. Boynton. Prior to World War II, the firm served as consulting architects for the Roanoke City School Board and Roanoke County School Board for approximately eight years and handled school buildings in Franklin County, Montgomery County, Alleghany County, Pulaski County, and the City of Waynesboro.","While the company was closed during World War II, Smithey served in the U.S. Army as Lt. Colonel from 1942 thru 1945. ","Following the war, Smithey \u0026 Boynton were commissioned as architects or consulting architects on public school work in Virginia valued at approximately $31 million, distributed in 25 School Divisions of the state. Smithey retired from professional practice in 1963. ","On June 11, 1938, Smithey married Dorothy Terrill, and they had daughter Nancy Terrill Smithey on March 10, 1940. He and his family lived in Roanoke. Smithey died on August 19, 1966."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the Smithey \u0026amp; Boynton, Architects \u0026amp; Engineers Records by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (\u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\"\u003ehttps://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\u003c/a\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["Rights Statement for Archival Description"],"odd_tesim":["The guide to the Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers Records by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ )."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Smithey \u0026amp; Boynton, Architects \u0026amp; Engineers Records, Ms1992-027, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers Records, Ms1992-027, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSome processing, arrangement, and description of the Smithey \u0026amp; Boynton, Architects \u0026amp; Engineers Records was completed between 1992 and 2009. The majority of the arrangement and description was completed between 2010 and 2019.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Some processing, arrangement, and description of the Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers Records was completed between 1992 and 2009. The majority of the arrangement and description was completed between 2010 and 2019."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \u003ca href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/lib.vt.edu/repositories/2/resources/1883.oai_ead.xml\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHenry B. Boynton Papers, Ms1992-002\u003c/a\u003e, also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives.\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Archival Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["See the  Henry B. 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Contact Special Collections for the current inventory of available drawings and how to access them.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The collection contains project files and drawings related to more than 1,500 residences, churches, businesses, schools, and community buildings, predominantly in the Roanoke and Southwest Virginia area, designed by Smithey \u0026 Boynton, mostly between 1935 and 1957. Materials consist of project files, specifications, framed drawings and photographs, and architectural drawings. Records include designs by Smithey before he collaborated with Boynton, as well as designs by other firms of projects later redesigned by Smithey \u0026 Boynton. A small group of materials also relate to the firm of Johnson Associates International from 1968."," Please note: The list of projects/project files below does NOT include the rolled drawings currently being processed. Contact Special Collections for the current inventory of available drawings and how to access them."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSeveral oversize and/or framed photographs and drawings have been separated to the Art Collection, and several publications have been separated to the Rare Books Collection.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Several oversize and/or framed photographs and drawings have been separated to the Art Collection, and several publications have been separated to the Rare Books Collection."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eReproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuareproduction\u003c/a\u003e. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuapublication\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuapublication\u003c/a\u003e. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (\u003ca href=\"mailto:specref@vt.edu\"\u003especref@vt.edu\u003c/a\u003e or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives ( specref@vt.edu  or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_8c42bfbc1e1061bf3fafd7635d331ea3\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe collection contains project files and drawings related to more than 1,500 residences, churches, businesses, schools, and community buildings, predominantly in the Roanoke and Southwest Virginia area, designed by Smithey \u0026amp; Boynton, mostly between 1935 and 1957.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["The collection contains project files and drawings related to more than 1,500 residences, churches, businesses, schools, and community buildings, predominantly in the Roanoke and Southwest Virginia area, designed by Smithey \u0026 Boynton, mostly between 1935 and 1957."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_a6eb7e09f425a2b99a2853c5a31e3301\"\u003e\n  \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003ePlease note: This collection is in off-site storage and requires 2-3 days notice for retrieval. 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Smithey died on August 19, 1966.","The guide to the Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers Records by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).","Some processing, arrangement, and description of the Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers Records was completed between 1992 and 2009. The majority of the arrangement and description was completed between 2010 and 2019.","See the  Henry B. Boynton Papers, Ms1992-002 , also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives.","The collection contains project files and drawings related to more than 1,500 residences, churches, businesses, schools, and community buildings, predominantly in the Roanoke and Southwest Virginia area, designed by Smithey \u0026 Boynton, mostly between 1935 and 1957. Materials consist of project files, specifications, framed drawings and photographs, and architectural drawings. Records include designs by Smithey before he collaborated with Boynton, as well as designs by other firms of projects later redesigned by Smithey \u0026 Boynton. A small group of materials also relate to the firm of Johnson Associates International from 1968."," Please note: The list of projects/project files below does NOT include the rolled drawings currently being processed. Contact Special Collections for the current inventory of available drawings and how to access them.","Several oversize and/or framed photographs and drawings have been separated to the Art Collection, and several publications have been separated to the Rare Books Collection.","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. 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Smithey died on August 19, 1966.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Administrative History","Biographical Note - Henry B. Boyton","Biographical Note - Louis Phillipe Smithey"],"bioghist_tesim":["Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers, was an architecture firm in Roanoke, Virginia, established in 1935 by Louis Phillipe Smithey and Henry B. Boynton. The firm closed during World War II for a few years while Boynton and Smithey served in the U.S. Army. After Smithey's death in the 1970s, Boynton partnered with Kenneth L. Motley, who began his career as a draftsman with the firm. In 1992, a year following Boynton's death, Motley acquired Smithey \u0026 Boynton and renamed the firm Motley + Associates.","Smithey \u0026 Boynton designed several structures over the years, including the Christ Episcopal Church, the South Roanoke Fire Station, the Shenandoah Life Building, McClanaham Street Office Building, and the American Theater Building, all in Roanoke. The firm also designed Lane Stadium at Virginia Tech and the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg. The firm became best known for building public schools, even using the same basic layout for numerous schools. Smithey \u0026 Boynton had nearly 150 school design commissions during the period of 1945 thru 1953 in at least 19 counties and 10 cities.","\nHenry B. Boynton was born in West Chicago, Illinois, in 1899 and grew up in Amelia County, Virginia. He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute with a B.S. in Agricultural Engineering in 1921 and a B.S. in Civil Engineering in 1923. Boyton then spent a year at the University of Illinois in Urbana taking architecture classes. He became a registered architect in Virginia in 1930 and later registered in West Virginia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.","From 1924 to 1928, Boynton worked as a draftsman at Carneal \u0026 Johnston, Architects \u0026 Engineers, in Richmond, Virginia. In 1929, he joined Louis Phillipe Smithey, Architect \u0026 Engineer, in Roanoke, Virginia, as an associate. In 1935, Boynton and Smithey partnered to form Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers, in Roanoke. Boynton became senior partner of the firm when Smithey retired in 1963.","Boynton was affiliated with the Virginia Chapter (later the Virginia Society \u0026 Blue Ridge Chapter) of the American Institute of Architects from 1938 until his death. He served on the board of directors in 1952, 1953, and 1956; as vice-president in 1954; and as president in 1955. He was a member of the State Registration Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, and Land Surveyors, as a Governor's appointee, from 1962 to 1972, serving as President of the Board in 1967. He received a distinguished service award in 1980 and the Noland Award in 1989, both from the Virginia Society \u0026 Blue Ridge Chapter of the AIA.","Boynton served in the Army Corps of Engineers during World War II, rising to the rank of Colonel. He was a member of the Virginia Tech Alumni Board of Directors from 1969 to 1979 and Chair of its Annual Fund Committee from 1973 to 1979. He also served on the Board of the VPI Educational Foundation, Inc., from 1978 to 1982. In 1976, Boynton received the Virginia Tech Alumni Distinguished Service.","Boynton died on September 13, 1991, at the age of 92, at his home in Roanoke.","The son of William Rosser Smithey and Mannie Jane Elizabeth Greene, Louis Philippe Smithey was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, on June 7, 1890. He earned his bachelor and master's degrees at Randolph-Macon College in 1909 and 1910, respectively, and was an alumnus member of Phi Beta Kappa there. He was an instructor and special student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute from 1910 to 1914 and a special student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1914 to 1915.","Smithey was a registered architect in Virginia and West Virginia. A fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), he served as president of the Virginia chapter of AIA in 1940. ","Smithey worked as a draftsman and contracting engineer for Virginia Bridge \u0026 Iron Company in Roanoke from 1916 to 1918. After serving in the army in World War I, he was contracting engineer for Virginia Bridge \u0026 Iron Company again in 1919 and 1920. He practiced as Louis P. Smithey from 1920 to 1922, with Matthews H. Tardy as Smithey \u0026 Tardy from 1922 to 1927, and again as Louis P. Smithey from 1927 to 1935. ","The Smithey \u0026 Boynton partnership formed in 1935 with Henry B. Boynton. Prior to World War II, the firm served as consulting architects for the Roanoke City School Board and Roanoke County School Board for approximately eight years and handled school buildings in Franklin County, Montgomery County, Alleghany County, Pulaski County, and the City of Waynesboro.","While the company was closed during World War II, Smithey served in the U.S. Army as Lt. Colonel from 1942 thru 1945. ","Following the war, Smithey \u0026 Boynton were commissioned as architects or consulting architects on public school work in Virginia valued at approximately $31 million, distributed in 25 School Divisions of the state. Smithey retired from professional practice in 1963. ","On June 11, 1938, Smithey married Dorothy Terrill, and they had daughter Nancy Terrill Smithey on March 10, 1940. He and his family lived in Roanoke. Smithey died on August 19, 1966."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the Smithey \u0026amp; Boynton, Architects \u0026amp; Engineers Records by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (\u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\"\u003ehttps://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\u003c/a\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["Rights Statement for Archival Description"],"odd_tesim":["The guide to the Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers Records by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ )."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Smithey \u0026amp; Boynton, Architects \u0026amp; Engineers Records, Ms1992-027, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers Records, Ms1992-027, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSome processing, arrangement, and description of the Smithey \u0026amp; Boynton, Architects \u0026amp; Engineers Records was completed between 1992 and 2009. 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Contact Special Collections for the current inventory of available drawings and how to access them."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSeveral oversize and/or framed photographs and drawings have been separated to the Art Collection, and several publications have been separated to the Rare Books Collection.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Several oversize and/or framed photographs and drawings have been separated to the Art Collection, and several publications have been separated to the Rare Books Collection."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eReproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuareproduction\u003c/a\u003e. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuapublication\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuapublication\u003c/a\u003e. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (\u003ca href=\"mailto:specref@vt.edu\"\u003especref@vt.edu\u003c/a\u003e or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives ( specref@vt.edu  or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_8c42bfbc1e1061bf3fafd7635d331ea3\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe collection contains project files and drawings related to more than 1,500 residences, churches, businesses, schools, and community buildings, predominantly in the Roanoke and Southwest Virginia area, designed by Smithey \u0026amp; Boynton, mostly between 1935 and 1957.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["The collection contains project files and drawings related to more than 1,500 residences, churches, businesses, schools, and community buildings, predominantly in the Roanoke and Southwest Virginia area, designed by Smithey \u0026 Boynton, mostly between 1935 and 1957."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_a6eb7e09f425a2b99a2853c5a31e3301\"\u003e\n  \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003ePlease note: This collection is in off-site storage and requires 2-3 days notice for retrieval. 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The Series contains documentation and administrative files on Smithey \u0026 Tardy and Smithey \u0026 Boynton. Materials include professional histories of partners and employees, biographical and personnel information, organization charts, legal and tax files, forms and contracts for clients, and some sample plans for school and residential designs.","Series II: Project Files and Drawings, 1923-1985, is arranged by project number, with unnumbered projects at the end. The materials are for designs or renovations by Smithey \u0026 Boynton with some files from previous or additional architects and engineers. The project files contain a variety of items that vary with each project. Materials may include blueprints, drawings, maps, contracts, correspondence and memos, and other documentation created by the firm or clients. Project files are listed with the project number, project/client name, and location; some also have dates and the name of the architectural or engineering firm.","Series III: Johnson Associates International, February 1968, contains materials on a single project completed by the firm, Farmland Dairies Inc. Processing Plant (Wallington, NJ). Files on this project date from February 1968.","Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers, was an architecture firm in Roanoke, Virginia, established in 1935 by Louis Phillipe Smithey and Henry B. Boynton. The firm closed during World War II for a few years while Boynton and Smithey served in the U.S. Army. After Smithey's death in the 1970s, Boynton partnered with Kenneth L. Motley, who began his career as a draftsman with the firm. In 1992, a year following Boynton's death, Motley acquired Smithey \u0026 Boynton and renamed the firm Motley + Associates.","Smithey \u0026 Boynton designed several structures over the years, including the Christ Episcopal Church, the South Roanoke Fire Station, the Shenandoah Life Building, McClanaham Street Office Building, and the American Theater Building, all in Roanoke. The firm also designed Lane Stadium at Virginia Tech and the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg. The firm became best known for building public schools, even using the same basic layout for numerous schools. Smithey \u0026 Boynton had nearly 150 school design commissions during the period of 1945 thru 1953 in at least 19 counties and 10 cities.","\nHenry B. Boynton was born in West Chicago, Illinois, in 1899 and grew up in Amelia County, Virginia. He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute with a B.S. in Agricultural Engineering in 1921 and a B.S. in Civil Engineering in 1923. Boyton then spent a year at the University of Illinois in Urbana taking architecture classes. He became a registered architect in Virginia in 1930 and later registered in West Virginia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.","From 1924 to 1928, Boynton worked as a draftsman at Carneal \u0026 Johnston, Architects \u0026 Engineers, in Richmond, Virginia. In 1929, he joined Louis Phillipe Smithey, Architect \u0026 Engineer, in Roanoke, Virginia, as an associate. In 1935, Boynton and Smithey partnered to form Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers, in Roanoke. Boynton became senior partner of the firm when Smithey retired in 1963.","Boynton was affiliated with the Virginia Chapter (later the Virginia Society \u0026 Blue Ridge Chapter) of the American Institute of Architects from 1938 until his death. He served on the board of directors in 1952, 1953, and 1956; as vice-president in 1954; and as president in 1955. He was a member of the State Registration Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, and Land Surveyors, as a Governor's appointee, from 1962 to 1972, serving as President of the Board in 1967. He received a distinguished service award in 1980 and the Noland Award in 1989, both from the Virginia Society \u0026 Blue Ridge Chapter of the AIA.","Boynton served in the Army Corps of Engineers during World War II, rising to the rank of Colonel. He was a member of the Virginia Tech Alumni Board of Directors from 1969 to 1979 and Chair of its Annual Fund Committee from 1973 to 1979. He also served on the Board of the VPI Educational Foundation, Inc., from 1978 to 1982. In 1976, Boynton received the Virginia Tech Alumni Distinguished Service.","Boynton died on September 13, 1991, at the age of 92, at his home in Roanoke.","The son of William Rosser Smithey and Mannie Jane Elizabeth Greene, Louis Philippe Smithey was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, on June 7, 1890. He earned his bachelor and master's degrees at Randolph-Macon College in 1909 and 1910, respectively, and was an alumnus member of Phi Beta Kappa there. He was an instructor and special student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute from 1910 to 1914 and a special student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1914 to 1915.","Smithey was a registered architect in Virginia and West Virginia. A fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), he served as president of the Virginia chapter of AIA in 1940. ","Smithey worked as a draftsman and contracting engineer for Virginia Bridge \u0026 Iron Company in Roanoke from 1916 to 1918. After serving in the army in World War I, he was contracting engineer for Virginia Bridge \u0026 Iron Company again in 1919 and 1920. He practiced as Louis P. Smithey from 1920 to 1922, with Matthews H. Tardy as Smithey \u0026 Tardy from 1922 to 1927, and again as Louis P. Smithey from 1927 to 1935. ","The Smithey \u0026 Boynton partnership formed in 1935 with Henry B. Boynton. Prior to World War II, the firm served as consulting architects for the Roanoke City School Board and Roanoke County School Board for approximately eight years and handled school buildings in Franklin County, Montgomery County, Alleghany County, Pulaski County, and the City of Waynesboro.","While the company was closed during World War II, Smithey served in the U.S. Army as Lt. Colonel from 1942 thru 1945. ","Following the war, Smithey \u0026 Boynton were commissioned as architects or consulting architects on public school work in Virginia valued at approximately $31 million, distributed in 25 School Divisions of the state. Smithey retired from professional practice in 1963. ","On June 11, 1938, Smithey married Dorothy Terrill, and they had daughter Nancy Terrill Smithey on March 10, 1940. He and his family lived in Roanoke. Smithey died on August 19, 1966.","The guide to the Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers Records by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).","Some processing, arrangement, and description of the Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers Records was completed between 1992 and 2009. The majority of the arrangement and description was completed between 2010 and 2019.","See the  Henry B. Boynton Papers, Ms1992-002 , also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives.","The collection contains project files and drawings related to more than 1,500 residences, churches, businesses, schools, and community buildings, predominantly in the Roanoke and Southwest Virginia area, designed by Smithey \u0026 Boynton, mostly between 1935 and 1957. Materials consist of project files, specifications, framed drawings and photographs, and architectural drawings. Records include designs by Smithey before he collaborated with Boynton, as well as designs by other firms of projects later redesigned by Smithey \u0026 Boynton. A small group of materials also relate to the firm of Johnson Associates International from 1968."," Please note: The list of projects/project files below does NOT include the rolled drawings currently being processed. Contact Special Collections for the current inventory of available drawings and how to access them.","Several oversize and/or framed photographs and drawings have been separated to the Art Collection, and several publications have been separated to the Rare Books Collection.","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives ( specref@vt.edu  or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.","The collection contains project files and drawings related to more than 1,500 residences, churches, businesses, schools, and community buildings, predominantly in the Roanoke and Southwest Virginia area, designed by Smithey \u0026 Boynton, mostly between 1935 and 1957.","Please note: This collection is in off-site storage and requires 2-3 days notice for retrieval. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.","Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects and Engineers (1935-1992) (Roanoke, Va.)","Boynton, Henry B., 1899-1991","The materials in the collection are in English."],"unitid_tesim":["Ms.1992.027"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers Records"],"collection_title_tesim":["Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers Records"],"collection_ssim":["Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers Records"],"repository_ssm":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"],"repository_ssim":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"],"geogname_ssm":["Covington (Va.)","Buchanan County (Va.)","Franklin County (Va.)","Christiansburg (Va.)","Wythe County (Va.)","Pulaski County (Va.)","Blacksburg (Va.)","Roanoke (Va.)","Carroll County (Va.)","Virginia, Southwest","Salem (Va.)","Radford (Va.)","Russell County (Va.)","Tazewell County (Va.)","Bedford County (Va.)"],"geogname_ssim":["Covington (Va.)","Buchanan County (Va.)","Franklin County (Va.)","Christiansburg (Va.)","Wythe County (Va.)","Pulaski County (Va.)","Blacksburg (Va.)","Roanoke (Va.)","Carroll County (Va.)","Virginia, Southwest","Salem (Va.)","Radford (Va.)","Russell County (Va.)","Tazewell County (Va.)","Bedford County (Va.)"],"creator_ssm":["Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects and Engineers (1935-1992) (Roanoke, Va.)"],"creator_ssim":["Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects and Engineers (1935-1992) (Roanoke, Va.)"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects and Engineers (1935-1992) (Roanoke, Va.)"],"creators_ssim":["Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects and Engineers (1935-1992) (Roanoke, Va.)"],"places_ssim":["Covington (Va.)","Buchanan County (Va.)","Franklin County (Va.)","Christiansburg (Va.)","Wythe County (Va.)","Pulaski County (Va.)","Blacksburg (Va.)","Roanoke (Va.)","Carroll County (Va.)","Virginia, Southwest","Salem (Va.)","Radford (Va.)","Russell County (Va.)","Tazewell County (Va.)","Bedford County (Va.)"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives ( specref@vt.edu  or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"acqinfo_ssim":["The Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers Records were donated to Special Collections and University Archives in 1992 and 1994."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","Montgomery County (Va.)","Architects -- Virginia","Architectural drawing -- 20th century"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","Montgomery County (Va.)","Architects -- Virginia","Architectural drawing -- 20th century"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["ca. 313 Cubic Feet 993 boxes, 5 oversize folders"],"extent_tesim":["ca. 313 Cubic Feet 993 boxes, 5 oversize folders"],"date_range_isim":[1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is open for research.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["The collection is open for research."],"altformavail_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/collections/show/262\"\u003eSome of this collection has been digitized and is available online.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"altformavail_heading_ssm":["Existence and Location of Copies"],"altformavail_tesim":["Some of this collection has been digitized and is available online."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is arranged into three series: \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries I: Biographical Information and Organization Records, 1923-1972, is arranged by owner and material type into the following subseries: Subseries A: Smithey \u0026amp; Tardy; Subseries B: Smithey \u0026amp; Boynton; and Subseries C: Sample Floor Plans. The Series contains documentation and administrative files on Smithey \u0026amp; Tardy and Smithey \u0026amp; Boynton. Materials include professional histories of partners and employees, biographical and personnel information, organization charts, legal and tax files, forms and contracts for clients, and some sample plans for school and residential designs.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries II: Project Files and Drawings, 1923-1985, is arranged by project number, with unnumbered projects at the end. The materials are for designs or renovations by Smithey \u0026amp; Boynton with some files from previous or additional architects and engineers. The project files contain a variety of items that vary with each project. Materials may include blueprints, drawings, maps, contracts, correspondence and memos, and other documentation created by the firm or clients. Project files are listed with the project number, project/client name, and location; some also have dates and the name of the architectural or engineering firm.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries III: Johnson Associates International, February 1968, contains materials on a single project completed by the firm, Farmland Dairies Inc. Processing Plant (Wallington, NJ). Files on this project date from February 1968.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["The collection is arranged into three series: ","Series I: Biographical Information and Organization Records, 1923-1972, is arranged by owner and material type into the following subseries: Subseries A: Smithey \u0026 Tardy; Subseries B: Smithey \u0026 Boynton; and Subseries C: Sample Floor Plans. The Series contains documentation and administrative files on Smithey \u0026 Tardy and Smithey \u0026 Boynton. Materials include professional histories of partners and employees, biographical and personnel information, organization charts, legal and tax files, forms and contracts for clients, and some sample plans for school and residential designs.","Series II: Project Files and Drawings, 1923-1985, is arranged by project number, with unnumbered projects at the end. The materials are for designs or renovations by Smithey \u0026 Boynton with some files from previous or additional architects and engineers. The project files contain a variety of items that vary with each project. Materials may include blueprints, drawings, maps, contracts, correspondence and memos, and other documentation created by the firm or clients. Project files are listed with the project number, project/client name, and location; some also have dates and the name of the architectural or engineering firm.","Series III: Johnson Associates International, February 1968, contains materials on a single project completed by the firm, Farmland Dairies Inc. Processing Plant (Wallington, NJ). Files on this project date from February 1968."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSmithey \u0026amp; Boynton, Architects \u0026amp; Engineers, was an architecture firm in Roanoke, Virginia, established in 1935 by Louis Phillipe Smithey and Henry B. Boynton. The firm closed during World War II for a few years while Boynton and Smithey served in the U.S. Army. After Smithey's death in the 1970s, Boynton partnered with Kenneth L. Motley, who began his career as a draftsman with the firm. In 1992, a year following Boynton's death, Motley acquired Smithey \u0026amp; Boynton and renamed the firm Motley + Associates.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSmithey \u0026amp; Boynton designed several structures over the years, including the Christ Episcopal Church, the South Roanoke Fire Station, the Shenandoah Life Building, McClanaham Street Office Building, and the American Theater Building, all in Roanoke. The firm also designed Lane Stadium at Virginia Tech and the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg. The firm became best known for building public schools, even using the same basic layout for numerous schools. Smithey \u0026amp; Boynton had nearly 150 school design commissions during the period of 1945 thru 1953 in at least 19 counties and 10 cities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nHenry B. Boynton was born in West Chicago, Illinois, in 1899 and grew up in Amelia County, Virginia. He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute with a B.S. in Agricultural Engineering in 1921 and a B.S. in Civil Engineering in 1923. Boyton then spent a year at the University of Illinois in Urbana taking architecture classes. He became a registered architect in Virginia in 1930 and later registered in West Virginia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFrom 1924 to 1928, Boynton worked as a draftsman at Carneal \u0026amp; Johnston, Architects \u0026amp; Engineers, in Richmond, Virginia. In 1929, he joined Louis Phillipe Smithey, Architect \u0026amp; Engineer, in Roanoke, Virginia, as an associate. In 1935, Boynton and Smithey partnered to form Smithey \u0026amp; Boynton, Architects \u0026amp; Engineers, in Roanoke. Boynton became senior partner of the firm when Smithey retired in 1963.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBoynton was affiliated with the Virginia Chapter (later the Virginia Society \u0026amp; Blue Ridge Chapter) of the American Institute of Architects from 1938 until his death. He served on the board of directors in 1952, 1953, and 1956; as vice-president in 1954; and as president in 1955. He was a member of the State Registration Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, and Land Surveyors, as a Governor's appointee, from 1962 to 1972, serving as President of the Board in 1967. He received a distinguished service award in 1980 and the Noland Award in 1989, both from the Virginia Society \u0026amp; Blue Ridge Chapter of the AIA.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBoynton served in the Army Corps of Engineers during World War II, rising to the rank of Colonel. He was a member of the Virginia Tech Alumni Board of Directors from 1969 to 1979 and Chair of its Annual Fund Committee from 1973 to 1979. He also served on the Board of the VPI Educational Foundation, Inc., from 1978 to 1982. In 1976, Boynton received the Virginia Tech Alumni Distinguished Service.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBoynton died on September 13, 1991, at the age of 92, at his home in Roanoke.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe son of William Rosser Smithey and Mannie Jane Elizabeth Greene, Louis Philippe Smithey was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, on June 7, 1890. He earned his bachelor and master's degrees at Randolph-Macon College in 1909 and 1910, respectively, and was an alumnus member of Phi Beta Kappa there. He was an instructor and special student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute from 1910 to 1914 and a special student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1914 to 1915.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSmithey was a registered architect in Virginia and West Virginia. A fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), he served as president of the Virginia chapter of AIA in 1940. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSmithey worked as a draftsman and contracting engineer for Virginia Bridge \u0026amp; Iron Company in Roanoke from 1916 to 1918. After serving in the army in World War I, he was contracting engineer for Virginia Bridge \u0026amp; Iron Company again in 1919 and 1920. He practiced as Louis P. Smithey from 1920 to 1922, with Matthews H. Tardy as Smithey \u0026amp; Tardy from 1922 to 1927, and again as Louis P. Smithey from 1927 to 1935. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Smithey \u0026amp; Boynton partnership formed in 1935 with Henry B. Boynton. Prior to World War II, the firm served as consulting architects for the Roanoke City School Board and Roanoke County School Board for approximately eight years and handled school buildings in Franklin County, Montgomery County, Alleghany County, Pulaski County, and the City of Waynesboro.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWhile the company was closed during World War II, Smithey served in the U.S. Army as Lt. Colonel from 1942 thru 1945. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFollowing the war, Smithey \u0026amp; Boynton were commissioned as architects or consulting architects on public school work in Virginia valued at approximately $31 million, distributed in 25 School Divisions of the state. Smithey retired from professional practice in 1963. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOn June 11, 1938, Smithey married Dorothy Terrill, and they had daughter Nancy Terrill Smithey on March 10, 1940. He and his family lived in Roanoke. Smithey died on August 19, 1966.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Administrative History","Biographical Note - Henry B. Boyton","Biographical Note - Louis Phillipe Smithey"],"bioghist_tesim":["Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers, was an architecture firm in Roanoke, Virginia, established in 1935 by Louis Phillipe Smithey and Henry B. Boynton. The firm closed during World War II for a few years while Boynton and Smithey served in the U.S. Army. After Smithey's death in the 1970s, Boynton partnered with Kenneth L. Motley, who began his career as a draftsman with the firm. In 1992, a year following Boynton's death, Motley acquired Smithey \u0026 Boynton and renamed the firm Motley + Associates.","Smithey \u0026 Boynton designed several structures over the years, including the Christ Episcopal Church, the South Roanoke Fire Station, the Shenandoah Life Building, McClanaham Street Office Building, and the American Theater Building, all in Roanoke. The firm also designed Lane Stadium at Virginia Tech and the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg. The firm became best known for building public schools, even using the same basic layout for numerous schools. Smithey \u0026 Boynton had nearly 150 school design commissions during the period of 1945 thru 1953 in at least 19 counties and 10 cities.","\nHenry B. Boynton was born in West Chicago, Illinois, in 1899 and grew up in Amelia County, Virginia. He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute with a B.S. in Agricultural Engineering in 1921 and a B.S. in Civil Engineering in 1923. Boyton then spent a year at the University of Illinois in Urbana taking architecture classes. He became a registered architect in Virginia in 1930 and later registered in West Virginia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.","From 1924 to 1928, Boynton worked as a draftsman at Carneal \u0026 Johnston, Architects \u0026 Engineers, in Richmond, Virginia. In 1929, he joined Louis Phillipe Smithey, Architect \u0026 Engineer, in Roanoke, Virginia, as an associate. In 1935, Boynton and Smithey partnered to form Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers, in Roanoke. Boynton became senior partner of the firm when Smithey retired in 1963.","Boynton was affiliated with the Virginia Chapter (later the Virginia Society \u0026 Blue Ridge Chapter) of the American Institute of Architects from 1938 until his death. He served on the board of directors in 1952, 1953, and 1956; as vice-president in 1954; and as president in 1955. He was a member of the State Registration Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, and Land Surveyors, as a Governor's appointee, from 1962 to 1972, serving as President of the Board in 1967. He received a distinguished service award in 1980 and the Noland Award in 1989, both from the Virginia Society \u0026 Blue Ridge Chapter of the AIA.","Boynton served in the Army Corps of Engineers during World War II, rising to the rank of Colonel. He was a member of the Virginia Tech Alumni Board of Directors from 1969 to 1979 and Chair of its Annual Fund Committee from 1973 to 1979. He also served on the Board of the VPI Educational Foundation, Inc., from 1978 to 1982. In 1976, Boynton received the Virginia Tech Alumni Distinguished Service.","Boynton died on September 13, 1991, at the age of 92, at his home in Roanoke.","The son of William Rosser Smithey and Mannie Jane Elizabeth Greene, Louis Philippe Smithey was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, on June 7, 1890. He earned his bachelor and master's degrees at Randolph-Macon College in 1909 and 1910, respectively, and was an alumnus member of Phi Beta Kappa there. He was an instructor and special student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute from 1910 to 1914 and a special student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1914 to 1915.","Smithey was a registered architect in Virginia and West Virginia. A fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), he served as president of the Virginia chapter of AIA in 1940. ","Smithey worked as a draftsman and contracting engineer for Virginia Bridge \u0026 Iron Company in Roanoke from 1916 to 1918. After serving in the army in World War I, he was contracting engineer for Virginia Bridge \u0026 Iron Company again in 1919 and 1920. He practiced as Louis P. Smithey from 1920 to 1922, with Matthews H. Tardy as Smithey \u0026 Tardy from 1922 to 1927, and again as Louis P. Smithey from 1927 to 1935. ","The Smithey \u0026 Boynton partnership formed in 1935 with Henry B. Boynton. Prior to World War II, the firm served as consulting architects for the Roanoke City School Board and Roanoke County School Board for approximately eight years and handled school buildings in Franklin County, Montgomery County, Alleghany County, Pulaski County, and the City of Waynesboro.","While the company was closed during World War II, Smithey served in the U.S. Army as Lt. Colonel from 1942 thru 1945. ","Following the war, Smithey \u0026 Boynton were commissioned as architects or consulting architects on public school work in Virginia valued at approximately $31 million, distributed in 25 School Divisions of the state. Smithey retired from professional practice in 1963. ","On June 11, 1938, Smithey married Dorothy Terrill, and they had daughter Nancy Terrill Smithey on March 10, 1940. He and his family lived in Roanoke. Smithey died on August 19, 1966."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the Smithey \u0026amp; Boynton, Architects \u0026amp; Engineers Records by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (\u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\"\u003ehttps://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\u003c/a\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["Rights Statement for Archival Description"],"odd_tesim":["The guide to the Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers Records by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ )."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Smithey \u0026amp; Boynton, Architects \u0026amp; Engineers Records, Ms1992-027, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers Records, Ms1992-027, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSome processing, arrangement, and description of the Smithey \u0026amp; Boynton, Architects \u0026amp; Engineers Records was completed between 1992 and 2009. The majority of the arrangement and description was completed between 2010 and 2019.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Some processing, arrangement, and description of the Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers Records was completed between 1992 and 2009. The majority of the arrangement and description was completed between 2010 and 2019."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \u003ca href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/lib.vt.edu/repositories/2/resources/1883.oai_ead.xml\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHenry B. Boynton Papers, Ms1992-002\u003c/a\u003e, also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives.\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Archival Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["See the  Henry B. 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Contact Special Collections for the current inventory of available drawings and how to access them.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The collection contains project files and drawings related to more than 1,500 residences, churches, businesses, schools, and community buildings, predominantly in the Roanoke and Southwest Virginia area, designed by Smithey \u0026 Boynton, mostly between 1935 and 1957. Materials consist of project files, specifications, framed drawings and photographs, and architectural drawings. Records include designs by Smithey before he collaborated with Boynton, as well as designs by other firms of projects later redesigned by Smithey \u0026 Boynton. A small group of materials also relate to the firm of Johnson Associates International from 1968."," Please note: The list of projects/project files below does NOT include the rolled drawings currently being processed. Contact Special Collections for the current inventory of available drawings and how to access them."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSeveral oversize and/or framed photographs and drawings have been separated to the Art Collection, and several publications have been separated to the Rare Books Collection.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Several oversize and/or framed photographs and drawings have been separated to the Art Collection, and several publications have been separated to the Rare Books Collection."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eReproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuareproduction\u003c/a\u003e. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuapublication\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuapublication\u003c/a\u003e. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (\u003ca href=\"mailto:specref@vt.edu\"\u003especref@vt.edu\u003c/a\u003e or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives ( specref@vt.edu  or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_8c42bfbc1e1061bf3fafd7635d331ea3\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe collection contains project files and drawings related to more than 1,500 residences, churches, businesses, schools, and community buildings, predominantly in the Roanoke and Southwest Virginia area, designed by Smithey \u0026amp; Boynton, mostly between 1935 and 1957.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["The collection contains project files and drawings related to more than 1,500 residences, churches, businesses, schools, and community buildings, predominantly in the Roanoke and Southwest Virginia area, designed by Smithey \u0026 Boynton, mostly between 1935 and 1957."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_a6eb7e09f425a2b99a2853c5a31e3301\"\u003e\n  \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003ePlease note: This collection is in off-site storage and requires 2-3 days notice for retrieval. 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He was a member of the State Registration Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, and Land Surveyors, as a Governor's appointee, from 1962 to 1972, serving as President of the Board in 1967. He received a distinguished service award in 1980 and the Noland Award in 1989, both from the Virginia Society \u0026 Blue Ridge Chapter of the AIA.","Boynton served in the Army Corps of Engineers during World War II, rising to the rank of Colonel. He was a member of the Virginia Tech Alumni Board of Directors from 1969 to 1979 and Chair of its Annual Fund Committee from 1973 to 1979. He also served on the Board of the VPI Educational Foundation, Inc., from 1978 to 1982. In 1976, Boynton received the Virginia Tech Alumni Distinguished Service.","Boynton died on September 13, 1991, at the age of 92, at his home in Roanoke.","The son of William Rosser Smithey and Mannie Jane Elizabeth Greene, Louis Philippe Smithey was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, on June 7, 1890. He earned his bachelor and master's degrees at Randolph-Macon College in 1909 and 1910, respectively, and was an alumnus member of Phi Beta Kappa there. He was an instructor and special student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute from 1910 to 1914 and a special student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1914 to 1915.","Smithey was a registered architect in Virginia and West Virginia. A fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), he served as president of the Virginia chapter of AIA in 1940. ","Smithey worked as a draftsman and contracting engineer for Virginia Bridge \u0026 Iron Company in Roanoke from 1916 to 1918. After serving in the army in World War I, he was contracting engineer for Virginia Bridge \u0026 Iron Company again in 1919 and 1920. He practiced as Louis P. Smithey from 1920 to 1922, with Matthews H. Tardy as Smithey \u0026 Tardy from 1922 to 1927, and again as Louis P. Smithey from 1927 to 1935. ","The Smithey \u0026 Boynton partnership formed in 1935 with Henry B. Boynton. Prior to World War II, the firm served as consulting architects for the Roanoke City School Board and Roanoke County School Board for approximately eight years and handled school buildings in Franklin County, Montgomery County, Alleghany County, Pulaski County, and the City of Waynesboro.","While the company was closed during World War II, Smithey served in the U.S. Army as Lt. Colonel from 1942 thru 1945. ","Following the war, Smithey \u0026 Boynton were commissioned as architects or consulting architects on public school work in Virginia valued at approximately $31 million, distributed in 25 School Divisions of the state. Smithey retired from professional practice in 1963. ","On June 11, 1938, Smithey married Dorothy Terrill, and they had daughter Nancy Terrill Smithey on March 10, 1940. He and his family lived in Roanoke. Smithey died on August 19, 1966.","The guide to the Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers Records by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).","Some processing, arrangement, and description of the Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers Records was completed between 1992 and 2009. The majority of the arrangement and description was completed between 2010 and 2019.","See the  Henry B. Boynton Papers, Ms1992-002 , also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives.","The collection contains project files and drawings related to more than 1,500 residences, churches, businesses, schools, and community buildings, predominantly in the Roanoke and Southwest Virginia area, designed by Smithey \u0026 Boynton, mostly between 1935 and 1957. Materials consist of project files, specifications, framed drawings and photographs, and architectural drawings. Records include designs by Smithey before he collaborated with Boynton, as well as designs by other firms of projects later redesigned by Smithey \u0026 Boynton. A small group of materials also relate to the firm of Johnson Associates International from 1968."," Please note: The list of projects/project files below does NOT include the rolled drawings currently being processed. Contact Special Collections for the current inventory of available drawings and how to access them.","Several oversize and/or framed photographs and drawings have been separated to the Art Collection, and several publications have been separated to the Rare Books Collection.","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. 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The firm also designed Lane Stadium at Virginia Tech and the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg. The firm became best known for building public schools, even using the same basic layout for numerous schools. Smithey \u0026 Boynton had nearly 150 school design commissions during the period of 1945 thru 1953 in at least 19 counties and 10 cities.","\nHenry B. Boynton was born in West Chicago, Illinois, in 1899 and grew up in Amelia County, Virginia. He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute with a B.S. in Agricultural Engineering in 1921 and a B.S. in Civil Engineering in 1923. Boyton then spent a year at the University of Illinois in Urbana taking architecture classes. He became a registered architect in Virginia in 1930 and later registered in West Virginia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.","From 1924 to 1928, Boynton worked as a draftsman at Carneal \u0026 Johnston, Architects \u0026 Engineers, in Richmond, Virginia. In 1929, he joined Louis Phillipe Smithey, Architect \u0026 Engineer, in Roanoke, Virginia, as an associate. In 1935, Boynton and Smithey partnered to form Smithey \u0026 Boynton, Architects \u0026 Engineers, in Roanoke. Boynton became senior partner of the firm when Smithey retired in 1963.","Boynton was affiliated with the Virginia Chapter (later the Virginia Society \u0026 Blue Ridge Chapter) of the American Institute of Architects from 1938 until his death. He served on the board of directors in 1952, 1953, and 1956; as vice-president in 1954; and as president in 1955. He was a member of the State Registration Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, and Land Surveyors, as a Governor's appointee, from 1962 to 1972, serving as President of the Board in 1967. He received a distinguished service award in 1980 and the Noland Award in 1989, both from the Virginia Society \u0026 Blue Ridge Chapter of the AIA.","Boynton served in the Army Corps of Engineers during World War II, rising to the rank of Colonel. He was a member of the Virginia Tech Alumni Board of Directors from 1969 to 1979 and Chair of its Annual Fund Committee from 1973 to 1979. He also served on the Board of the VPI Educational Foundation, Inc., from 1978 to 1982. In 1976, Boynton received the Virginia Tech Alumni Distinguished Service.","Boynton died on September 13, 1991, at the age of 92, at his home in Roanoke.","The son of William Rosser Smithey and Mannie Jane Elizabeth Greene, Louis Philippe Smithey was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, on June 7, 1890. He earned his bachelor and master's degrees at Randolph-Macon College in 1909 and 1910, respectively, and was an alumnus member of Phi Beta Kappa there. He was an instructor and special student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute from 1910 to 1914 and a special student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1914 to 1915.","Smithey was a registered architect in Virginia and West Virginia. A fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), he served as president of the Virginia chapter of AIA in 1940. ","Smithey worked as a draftsman and contracting engineer for Virginia Bridge \u0026 Iron Company in Roanoke from 1916 to 1918. After serving in the army in World War I, he was contracting engineer for Virginia Bridge \u0026 Iron Company again in 1919 and 1920. He practiced as Louis P. Smithey from 1920 to 1922, with Matthews H. Tardy as Smithey \u0026 Tardy from 1922 to 1927, and again as Louis P. Smithey from 1927 to 1935. ","The Smithey \u0026 Boynton partnership formed in 1935 with Henry B. Boynton. Prior to World War II, the firm served as consulting architects for the Roanoke City School Board and Roanoke County School Board for approximately eight years and handled school buildings in Franklin County, Montgomery County, Alleghany County, Pulaski County, and the City of Waynesboro.","While the company was closed during World War II, Smithey served in the U.S. Army as Lt. Colonel from 1942 thru 1945. ","Following the war, Smithey \u0026 Boynton were commissioned as architects or consulting architects on public school work in Virginia valued at approximately $31 million, distributed in 25 School Divisions of the state. Smithey retired from professional practice in 1963. ","On June 11, 1938, Smithey married Dorothy Terrill, and they had daughter Nancy Terrill Smithey on March 10, 1940. He and his family lived in Roanoke. 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Contact Special Collections for the current inventory of available drawings and how to access them."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSeveral oversize and/or framed photographs and drawings have been separated to the Art Collection, and several publications have been separated to the Rare Books Collection.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Several oversize and/or framed photographs and drawings have been separated to the Art Collection, and several publications have been separated to the Rare Books Collection."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eReproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuareproduction\u003c/a\u003e. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuapublication\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuapublication\u003c/a\u003e. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (\u003ca href=\"mailto:specref@vt.edu\"\u003especref@vt.edu\u003c/a\u003e or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives ( specref@vt.edu  or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_8c42bfbc1e1061bf3fafd7635d331ea3\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe collection contains project files and drawings related to more than 1,500 residences, churches, businesses, schools, and community buildings, predominantly in the Roanoke and Southwest Virginia area, designed by Smithey \u0026amp; Boynton, mostly between 1935 and 1957.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["The collection contains project files and drawings related to more than 1,500 residences, churches, businesses, schools, and community buildings, predominantly in the Roanoke and Southwest Virginia area, designed by Smithey \u0026 Boynton, mostly between 1935 and 1957."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_a6eb7e09f425a2b99a2853c5a31e3301\"\u003e\n  \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003ePlease note: This collection is in off-site storage and requires 2-3 days notice for retrieval. 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","Source: Materials within the collection.   ","This material may contain offensive or harmful language or imagery. The purpose of this note is to give users the opportunity to decide whether they need or want to view these materials, or at least, to mentally or emotionally prepare themselves to view the materials.","This collection was reprocessed during 2024-2026 by archivists Elizabeth Nosari and Kaylin Preslar. The collection was originally described in 180 different catalog records and housed in non-consecutive boxes.\nArchivists worked to bring these disparate parts together to create a single William Faulkner Collection (MSS 16807) and finding aid to improve access and discoverability.","The William Faulkner collection has historically been represented by numerous different manuscript numbers (collection identifiers). MSS 16807 is a new manuscript number which serves to identify the collection as a whole. 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