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Paris, William Francklyn

American, 1871 - 1954

Biography

William Francklyn Paris was a professional architect who studied with private tutors, at the Art Students League in New York, and in London, Paris, and Rome. He served as United States director of decorative art at the Paris Exposition in 1900. Paris did architectural decorative work in the State Capitols of Missouri, Minnesota and West Virginia, as well as for numerous universities. From 1901 he worked with his own firm, Paris & Wiley Associates, in New York. In 1922 Paris was named Chévalier de la Légion d'Honneur and immediately set about founding the American Society of the French Legion of Honor. He went on to act as its treasurer, vice president, and in 1946 as its president. Paris died at age 83 in New York in 1954, survived by his widow, Mrs. Margaret Wynne-Jones, a son, Francklyn Wynne Paris, and a brother, Dr. Auguste Jean Paris. [Compiled from sources and references recorded on CMS]

Bibliography

1954
"William F. Paris, an Architect, 83," The New York Times, 8 June 1954 [obituary]
1993
Les Américains et la Légion d'Honneur Exh. cat., Château de Blérancourt, 1993

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