Ulysses J. Lincoln Peoples (February 17, 1865 - August 17, 1945) was an American architect based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Five schools located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that were designed by Peoples have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Biography Peoples was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, in 1865, the son of William and Elizabeth (Taylor) Peoples. William Peoples was a stair builder and author of Peoples' Pocket Stair-Builder and Carpentry Hand-Book.
At the time of the 1870 United States census, Peoples was living with his parents and three siblings in Allegheny.Census entry for William Peoples and family. Ulysses age listed as five. Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Year: 1870; Census Place: Allegheny Ward 2, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1290; Page: 95B; Image: 192; Family History Library Film: 552789. At the time of the 1880 United States census, Peoples was living in Chester, Pennsylvania.Census entry for Ulysses Peoples, age 14. Ancestry.com. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Year: 1880; Census Place: Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1126; Family History Film: 1255126; Page: 397B; Enumeration District: 021; Image: 0406. Peoples attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, graduating in 1890 with a degree in architecture. He worked in the office of Burnham and Root in Chicago as well as in Memphis and Fort Wayne, Indiana, before opening his own architecture practice in Pittsburgh. He married Emma Utz in 1891.
At the time of the 1900 United States census, Peoples was living in Pittsburgh with his wife Emma and daughter Edith.Census entry for U. J. Lincoln Peoples, architect, born Feb. 1865 in Pennsylvania, and family. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Year: 1900; Census Place: Pittsburgh Ward 19, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1361; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 223; FHL microfilm: 1241361. By the time of the 1910 Census, Peoples also had a son Ulysses Jr.Census entry for Ulysses J. Peoples, architect, age 45, and family. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Year: 1910; Census Place: Pittsburgh Ward 11, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1302; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0416; Image: 1020; FHL microfilm: 1375315. He remained in Pittsburgh at the time of the 1920 and 1930 Censuses.Census entry for Ulysses Lincoln Peoples, architect, age 51, and family. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Year: 1920; Census Place: Pittsburgh Ward 8, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1517; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 445; Image: 994.Census entry for Ulysses J. Peoples, architect, wife Emma, and daughter Virginia. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Year: 1930; Census Place: Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1977; Page: 38B; Enumeration District: 223; Image: 705.0; FHL microfilm: 2341711. By the time of the 1940 Census, Peoples and his wife Emma had relocated to Uniontown, Pennsylvania, where both were employed as taxi cab dispatchers.Census entry for U. J. L. Peoples, age 75, and wife Emma. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Year: 1940; Census Place: Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania; Roll: T627_3508; Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 26-111. Peoples died in Uniontown in 1945.
Works Peoples' works include:
Oakland Public School (1893), Dawson Street near Edith Place, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, NRHP-listed; demolished Larimer School (1896), Larimer Avenue at Winslow Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, NRHP-listed Wightman School (1897), (now Wightman School Community Building), 5604 Solway Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, NRHP-listed McCleary Elementary School (1900), Holmes Street and McCandless Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, NRHP-listed Madison Elementary School (1902), Milwaukee and Orion Streets, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, NRHP-listed
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