Herbert B. Hunter
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Herbert B. Hunter (October 5, 1890 – March 31, 1976) was an architect in North Carolina. Early in his career he worked as a draughtsman for Leonard L. Hunter.[1] His principal North Carolina projects occurring in the 1920s.[1] Hunter established his own firm in High Point, North Carolina in the early 1920s.[1] He was an early member of the North Carolina Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and was pictured among the group at the annual meeting in Charlotte in 1929.[1] He worked as an architect for the National Park Service designing park buildings.[1] President Franklin D. Roosevelt selected him to make the drawing for the White House Oval Room.[1] He served in the U.S. Navy during World War I and World War II, planning hospitals and other structures.[1]
Hunter was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, attended Charlotte Military Academy and the Beaux Arts Architectural School in New York.[1]
Hunter and his wife Johnsie had two children: Herbert Bernard Hunter, Jr. and Haynes N. Hunter.[1] In 1965 Hunter retired to Asheville, North Carolina.[1] He died in Hendersonville, North Carolina at the age 85.[1]