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Carnegie Institute, and during the 1950s and 60s he dominated the awards of the Church Architecture Guild of America. Wagoner was vice-president of the Philadelphia Chapter of the AIA and also served as chairman of the Commission on Architecture, Lutheran Society of Music, Worship and the Arts and President of the Church Architectural Guild of America. He was succeeded in his firm by Henry Jung.
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to form the firm Thomas & Wagoner. At the time of Thomas's death in 1948, the firm had approximately 30 church-related projects underway in 16 states. After Thomas's death, Wagoner formed
Wagoner and Associates, which continued into the 1980s. In 1948, he was given the Award of Merit by his alma
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No two buildings are alike which, in my opinion, is a great asset. He has always been able to select the architectural mood which is most suited to the environment of the community in which he works. When the site and the sponsorship suggested a very dramatic building, Mr. Wagoner has risen to the
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Wagoner. In a 1956 list of "Ecclesiastical Work", Wagoner states that "Certain of the foregoing projects were undertaken with local architects, or were executed under the firm name of Thomas and Wagoner." Projects executed under the firm name of Thomas and
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occasion and produced good architecture. On the other hand, when the established community and its sponsorship suggested a modest building in character with the neighborhood, Mr. Wagoner again was sensitive to the situation and produced good architecture.
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Trinity Presbyterian in Montgomery, then that is what he delivered. If they wished something modern, such as at Wesley United Methodist in Urbana, then he would create a modern design. His work is thus quite eclectic, ranging from the
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338:Wagoner are marked with an * in the list below.
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840:Second Presbyterian Church, Memphis, Tennessee*
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828:The Sanctuary of National Presbyterian Church
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364:Grace United Methodist Church,
236:École Americaine des Beaux-Arts
133:Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church
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460:Saint Mark Lutheran Church,
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