Robert Emmett Lee (1870–1925) was a prolific architect in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
He was a native of Meridian, Mississippi. He died suddenly at his home at 463 Southern Avenue, Hattiesburg, when talking with one of his daughters, at age 54. As reproduced in "Mississippi Architects: Robert E. Lee (1870-1925)".
Career Lee designed many works in Hattiesburg, but also elsewhere in South Mississippi, and in Columbus, Mississippi (replacing buildings destroyed by a fire). At least three of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Lee's works include:
Walthall School (1902), Hattiesburg, Mississippi, a contributing building in the NRHP-listed Hattiesburg Historic Neighborhood District Eaton Elementary School (1905), 1105 McInnis Ave. Hattiesburg, Mississippi, NRHP-listed Hattiesburg Trust & Banking Company (1905), a contributing building in the NRHP-listed Hub City Historic District. Ross Building (1907), Hattiesburg Masonic Temple (1920), Hattiesburg Old Hattiesburg High School (front addition, 1921), 846 Main St., Hattiesburg, the only known Jacobethan Style work by Lee, NRHP-listedOld Hattiesburg High School, at SaveMyPlacesMS City Hall (1923), Hattiesburg I.O.O.F. Lodge No. 27 (1927), Hattiesburg a school (1927), Brooklyn, Mississippi First Presbyterian Church, Hattiesburg Main Street Baptist Church, Hattiesburg
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