Rufus Holland
Brady, Jr.
(1925–2013)
Born in Tryon NC, Brady attended Tryon High School in the same class as his future wife, Carolyn Flynn, the sister of Ligon Flynn. According to sister-in-law Frances Flynn, Brady spent a year at Clemson University before serving as a medic in the US Army in Europe during WWII. After returning from Europe in 1946, he continued his education at the University of Michigan, graduating in 1950. He worked for Schweikher and Elting in Chicago IL, Roger Bailey in Ann Arbor MI, and Anthony Lord in Asheville before returning to Tryon to work for Shannon Meriwether, becoming his partner in 1953. He started his own company after Meriwether's retirement. He was the author of "From Indiantown Gap to Bremerhaven." In the 1960s and 1970s, he collaborated with brother-in-law Ligon Flynn, designing several homes in Tryon and student housing at the Brevard Music Center, for which they received an AIA Design Award. Later in his career, he was joined by architects Julie McIntyre and Dean Trakas. That firm continues as of 2025 and has the Brady archives. There were two 2013 Brady exhibitions in Tryon NC.
This is the 1960 Tryon Presbyterian Church on Harmon Field Road.
Read Architects in The Life Of Tryon, a 2007 speech by Brady.
Sources include: Shields Flynn; Virginia Faust.
