Robert E. Lee (architect)

Robert Emmett Lee (1870–1925 ) was a prolific architect in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

He was a native of Meridian, Mississippi. He died suddenly at his home at 463 Southern Avenue, Hattiesburg, when talking with one of his daughters, at age 54.

Career
Lee designed many works in Hattiesburg, but also elsewhere in South Mississippi, and in Columbus, Mississippi (replacing buildings destroyed by a fire). At least three of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Lee's works include:


 * Walthall School (1902), Hattiesburg, Mississippi, a contributing building in the NRHP-listed Hattiesburg Historic Neighborhood District
 * Eaton Elementary School (1905), 1105 McInnis Ave. Hattiesburg, Mississippi, NRHP-listed
 * Hattiesburg Trust & Banking Company (1905), a contributing building in the NRHP-listed Hub City Historic District.
 * Ross Building (1907), Hattiesburg
 * Masonic Temple (1920), Hattiesburg
 * Old Hattiesburg High School (front addition, 1921), 846 Main St., Hattiesburg, the only known Jacobethan Style work by Lee, NRHP-listed
 * City Hall (1923), Hattiesburg
 * I.O.O.F. Lodge No. 27 (1927), Hattiesburg
 * a school (1927), Brooklyn, Mississippi
 * First Presbyterian Church, Hattiesburg
 * Main Street Baptist Church, Hattiesburg