Thomas M. Price
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Thomas M. Price (1916, Blacksburg, Virginia – November 6, 1998) has been called "Galveston's foremost modern architect" by historian Stephen Fox. Price attended the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 1941. While at Harvard he studied under modern masters like Marcel Breuer[1] and Walter Gropius[2].
Price was primarily active at mid-century, designing private residences, hotels, motels, schools, a social club, a beach house and commercial buildings. His activities were not limited to Galveston; he designed the Lasher house in Houston which has been renovated and restored by Ray Bailey architects. Price designed buildings in Alvin, Bay City, Freeport, Hitchcock, Houston and Webster, Texas. He also designed hotels in Asheville, North Carolina, Biloxi, Mississippi, Marathon, Florida and San Francisco, California.
Price retired to Fredericksburg, TX where he designed the Nimitz Museum.
His major works include:
- Sealy & Smith Professional building (1964) *demolished 2007
- Flagship Hotel with Neuhaus & Taylor
- Seahorse Motel (1956) *demolished
- Galveston Artillery Club (1959)
Price's house designs are among the most distinctive in Galveston, and are listed in the Galveston Architectural Guide.
